Portions of this article were drafted using an in-house natural language generation platform. The article was reviewed, fact-checked and edited by our editorial staff. Companies often have various ...

Editor's note: This article first appeared in the Q1 2021 issue of Morningstar magazine. Click here to subscribe. Analysis of environmental, social, and governance risk is critical to long-term ...

Many business leaders devote a lot of time to making shareholders happy. Happy shareholders are a good thing, of course, but shareholder value shouldn't be the only goal of a business. Stakeholders ...

Two terms in the finance industry commonly believed to be synonymous are “stakeholder” and “shareholder.” The similarity between the two words is understandable — both refer to people or groups who ...

Today we’re checking in on what happened after almost 200 high profile CEOs signed a statement in 2019 promising to serve stakeholders like employees and consumers along with their shareholders. Have ...

What should be the role of corporations in society? Discussion and debate on this issue have been ongoing for decades. More recently, however, the 2007-2008 global financial crisis unleashed a huge ...

The evidence is in: public companies that focus on multiple stakeholders are the least volatile and most lucrative bet for investors over the long term. The findings may prompt changes at the many ...

Investing in companies considering all stakeholders may lead to sustainable profits. Salesforce annual reports highlight their broad stakeholder accountability. Understanding stakeholder priorities ...

The FINANCIAL — The way many companies think about Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is as follows: if we do something good or charitable for society, take lots of pictures, and make sure there is ...