Over the past year, we’ve seen the importance of strong stakeholder capitalism initiatives. As our nation continues to navigate the pandemic’s health and economic ramifications as well as reinvigorated national conversations around racial justice, there’s been a desire for businesses to support more than just their shareholders and bring purpose and profit into alignment.

While this movement takes many forms, we’ve seen more companies than ever make fundamental changes to how they support their employees, communities and customers and the metrics used to measure progress. We’ve pulled together a few stories that caught our eye this week to give you a sense of the kind of changes we are watching. 

• New Criteria for Chiefs’ Bonuses: Diversity and Climate Change
   

• Target Joins a Growing List of Corporations to Offer Frontline Workers Incentives for Getting a COVID-19 Vaccine
   

• Ariel Investments, America’s First Black-Owned Mutual Fund Giant, Launches Fund To Close The Racial Wealth Gap
   

• Carlyle Inks $4.1 Billion Credit Line Linked to Board Diversity

If you’re interested in a deeper dive into how businesses can play an active, positive role in the changing economic and social landscape, register for an engaging conversation with Jean Case and Judy Samuelson, executive director of the Aspen Institute Business and Society Program. They will be discussing Judy’s new book, The Six New Rules of Business: Creating Real Value in a Changing World.