Transforming the Way Business is Done

The Shared Value Initiative is a global platform for leaders seeking to solve societal challenges through business solutions and to help companies fulfill a purpose beyond profits alone.

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The Latest

  • The Business Imperative of Enabling Peace and Prosperity

    A case study on the Energía para la Paz, a shared value initiative of Grupo Energía Bogotá

  • Hybrid Metrics: Connecting Shared Value to Shareholder Value

    “Hybrid Metrics: Connecting Shared Value to Shareholder Value,” introduces a new approach that combines companies’ social and environmental impact with standard measures of financial performance.

  • Purpose Playbook Learning Cohort

    We created the Purpose Playbook to help companies better understand what it means to have a purpose-led organization, what makes a purpose worth having, and how to deliver on the promise of that purpose by focusing on shared value.

  • ESG and the Earnings Call: Bringing the Metrics and the Narrative Together

    Brian Tomlinson - CEO Investor Forum, Tensie Whelan - NYU Stern, Center for Sustainable Business
    Build it back better. That has become the mantra of recovery from this extended crisis. One area that has started to change is the quarterly earnings call. This key disclosure forum has been rightly criticized for amplifying short-term pressures that create incentives for short-term profit taking at the expense of employees, research and development, and sustainability. Our joint research by […]