We know there is so much in the daily news cycle about CSR, ESG, and DEI that it takes time to stay updated on all the latest information and trends.
ACCP provides a curated and updated collection of articles from reputable news outlets to keep you informed on the latest insights and trends in corporate social impact.
Articles are added weekly, and reviewed in full quarterly for broken links.
CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility)
ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance)
DEI (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion)
CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility)
- How Your Board of Directors Can Play a Role in CSR Efforts, Submittable
- How to Effectively Respond to Humanitarian Crises Across the Globe, The Philanthropic Initiative
- Rebuilding Trust in Society, Stanford Social Innovation Review
- The Big Idea: In a Disaster, Bad Help Can Be Worse Than No Help At All, The Guardian
- Is It a Movement or A Moment? Candid
- Inside the Plan to Give People Cash Aid Before Climate Disasters Hit Devex
- 5 Steps to Build a Corporate Philanthropy Program Submittable
- Global Volunteer Month Points of Light
- Participatory Grantmaking: What Practitioners Have To Say, Nonprofit Quarterly
- Corporate Social Impact Report Index Social Impact World
- A Social Movement Requires Momentum, SSIR
- How Can Doing Good Help Companies Improve Their Culture After a Layoff? Global Giving
- 13 Employee Recognition Ideas for Your Volunteer Program, Points of Light
- Disaster Philanthropy’s Impact on Mental Health, Center for Disaster Philanthropy
- The Long-Term Business Case for Corporate Purpose, Wharton School at UPenn
- Championing Cross-Sector Partnerships, Common Impact
- Done Right, Social Impact Programs Keep Employees Engaged and Motivated. Here’s How. Tides.org
- Why Workplace Giving Can Be a Valuable Asset for Both Employers and Employees National Philanthropic Trust
- Beyond Grants: Leveraging In-Kind Donations & Sponsorships, YourCause by Blackbaud
- Skills-Based Volunteering: Effective Recognition Strategies, Points of Light
- Corporate Volunteering in 2024: Societal Change or Participation Rates? Realized Worth
- How B Corps Are Supporting Workers Through Policy and Advocacy, B Lab
- Tapping ERGs to Help During a Crisis, Ragan Communications
- The Social Justice Guide for Business, Center for Business and Social Justice
- In a War on ‘Woke Capitalism,’ What’s a Good Company to Do? SSIR.com
- How to Create A Good Employee Volunteering Program, With Lessons from Cisco and Salesforce, Fortune.com
- Get Out The Vote strategies to engage employees ahead of the 2024 election, Ragan.com
- Creating a Corporate Social Responsibility Program with Real Impact, Harvard Business Review
- More Than Half of Nonprofits Use A.I., Google.org Survey Finds, Chronicle of Philanthropy
- How to design a volunteering program in your workplace, APNews.com
- A New Era Of Work: Aligning Purpose With Employee Well-Being For Organizational Success, InternationalBusinessTimes.com
- Responsible AI: Integrating Social Impact and AI for Good, LinkedIn.com
- The 4 D’s of Creating an Impact Program, Platypus Advisors
- Why you could consider offering ‘skills-based volunteering’, TLNT.com
- Put Purpose at the Core of your Strategy, HBR.org
- Are ERGs Leading the Next Era of Corporate Giving? GlobalGiving.org
- Corporate volunteering programs go skills-based to boost engagement, belonging, WorkLife.com
- What can volunteering teach us about compassionate leadership?, WeForum.org
- Deloitte Survey: Workplace Volunteer Opportunities Can Unlock a Greater Sense of Connection and a More Positive Work Experience for Employees, Deloitte.com
- Here We Go Again (and Again and Again): Let’s Stop Looking for the One ‘New Approach’ to Philanthropy, CEP.org
- Boost Retention through Social Impact: 6 Strategies, HR Daily Advisor
- Fewer Americans want companies to take stance on politics, Axios.com
- Aligning Your CSR Strategy with Business Objectives: A Path to Lasting Impact, LinkedIn.com
- US Employee Engagement Inches Up Slightly After 11-Year Low, Gallup.com
- Understanding Stakeholders in Social Impact: The Decision-Making Funnel for Activating Initiatives, LinkedIn.com
- What’s Next for Corporate Philanthropy, Deloitte.com
ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance)
- Companies Should Follow ESG Rules Despite Hearing Mixed Signals, Bloomberg Law
- The U.S. ESG Regulatory Chaos, PracticalESG.com
- Building A Sustainable Path to Cleaner ESG Data PwC
- The First Rule of ESG: Don’t Talk About ESG GreenBiz.com
- A Green Wave of Climate Activism is Cresting – Companies Must Be ‘All In’, GreenBiz.com
- How to Judge the ROI of your Sustainability Efforts Raconteur
- The Employee Imperative of ESG Purpose Decoded
- How to Implement Sustainability Frameworks That Also Improve Customer Experience Forbes
- Business is Terrified of ESG Backlash. Will They Fight Back? Time.com
- Empowering Your ESG Journey: 5 Best Practices in ESG Communication Forbes
- What ESG Issues Do Consumers Really Care About?, Yahoo Finance
- KPMG Partners With Context Labs to Provide Climate Measurement And Reporting Solutions, ESG Today
- Over 70% of Businesses View ESG as a Revenue Enabler: IBM Study, ESG Today
- The Evolving Role of Chief Sustainability Officers, Harvard Business Review
- Sharpening the ‘S’ in ESG: How Companies Can Make a Social Impact, Forbes
- ESG Compliance: 5 Blind Spots Your Plan May Miss, Salesforce
- Tales of ESG’s Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated, TechCrunch+
- Looking for an Advantage? Focus on Internal Controls for ESG, BDO
- Overcoming the Hurdles to Integrating Sustainability into Business Strategy, Deloitte
- Over 90% of Executives Plan to Increase Spending on ESG Data This Year: Bloomberg, ESG Today
- California Lawmakers Pass Bill Requiring Companies to Disclose Full Value Chain Emissions, ESG Today
- Will the CSRD Create Litigation Risk from the SEC? PracticalESG.com
- ESG is under attack–but Gen Zers and millennials are still looking for purpose and a paycheck, Fortune
- SEC Adopts Rule Requiring ESG-Labelled Funds to Invest 80% in Alignment with Theme ESG Today
- What is a Chief Sustainability Officer? World Economic Forum
- Companies Test Our Different Ways to Talk About ESG Without Saying ‘ESG’, Yahoo Finance
- US regulator drops some emissions disclosure requirements from draft climate rules, Reuters.com
- Want to Stop Greenhushing? Make Sustainability a Strategic Growth Decision, GreenBiz
- The Sustainability Advantage: How Brands Can Boost Revenue By Empowering Consumers, TriplePundit.com
- TNFD: A Turning Point for Action on Biodiversity Loss? SSIR.com
- The SEC Climate Disclosure Rule is Public: Here’s What Companies Need To Do Now, Triple Pundit
- Why you’re about to see more CFOs in charge of corporate sustainability goals, Fast Company
- Meeting the New SEC Emissions Policies: We Already Have All the Technology We Need, 3BLMedia
- An Introduction to ESG Reporting and Why It’s Important, GlobalGiving.org
- Will the SEC Climate Rule Matter?, Aspen Institute
- Conducting a Double Materiality Assessment: Case Studies, BSR. org
- Taking a Strategic Approach to the ‘S’ in ESG: Creating a Social Impact Strategy, 3BL Media
- Conducting a Double Materiality Assessment, BSR.org
- Double Materiality and Decision Quality: An Opportunity for the Courageous, BSR.org
- Unpacking the Corporate Sustainability Directive (CSRD) and Its Implications for US-based Companies, 3BL Media
- Do green initiatives impact employee satisfaction?, Fast Company
- 4 steps to boost your ESG influence with the board or C-suite, GreenBiz.com
- When it comes to sustainability reporting, it depends on how serious companies are about making change, Eco-Business.com
- How to tackle ESG reporting by getting organized, ESG Professionals Network
- The ‘sustainability recession’ will end soon—and not by choice, Yahoo! Finance
- ESG movement’s largest achievement? Driving ESG corporate disclosure, ESG Professionals Network
- The ‘G’ in ESG is gaining more shareholder love than the ‘E’ or ‘S’, Yahoo! Finance
- Rethinking corporate philanthropy for the post-ESG, Medium.com
- ESG increasingly shaping strategic decisions at US organisations, GC study finds, The Global Legal Post
- How ‘Scope 4’ emissions can help and hinder sustainability efforts, Trellis.com
- A “Double Materiality” chart, ESG Professionals Network.com
- Over Half of CFOs Fear Greenwashing Risk as Sustainability Data Problems Persist: EY Survey, ESGToday.com
- Guest Post – Materiality Assessments: Expectations and Best Practices, ESGToday.com
- The Rhetoric on ESG Doesn’t Match the Reality, Bloomberg.com
DEI (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion)
- Do You Have an ‘Inclusion Delusion?’ Here’s How a Lack of Inclusivity Can Create a Toxic Culture, Entrepreneur
- Dove Partners With LinkedIn to Help End Workplace Discrimination, Essence.com
- POV: Why the Head of DEI Should Not Report to HR, Fast Company
- Words Matter: Defining Sustainability and Equity for a More Just World, Center for Effective Philanthropy
- Reduce Diversity Fatigue: A Guide to Conversations with DEI Skeptics, Cynics, and Late Adopters, The Diversity Movement
- Authentic Inclusion Requires More Than Setting Longer Tables Greenbiz
- How Investing in DEI Helps Companies Become More Adaptable, Harvard Business Review
- How to Leverage Employee and Business Resource Groups to Create a More Diverse and Inclusive Workplace, Entrepreneur
- How Training Can Help Companies Promote DEI in the Workplace, LRN
- How to Effectively – and Legally – Use Racial Data for DEI, HBR
- What SCOTUS’s Affirmative Action Decision Means for Corporate DEI, HBR
- Mark Cuban: Good Business Embraces Diversity, CNBC
- Why a ‘Lay Low’ DEI Strategy Is Especially Bad Right Now, Forbes
- Facing Backlash, Some Corporate Leaders Go ‘Under the Radar’ with DEI, NY Times
- Chief Diversity Officers: Reframing the Message, Korn Ferry
- 7 Ways to Build Cultural Intelligence and Become a More Inclusive Leader, FastCompany.com
- Tap Into the Power of Skills-Based Mentor Volunteerism, 3BL Media
- DEI Is a Lightning Rod for Controversy – But the Practice Isn’t Dead, BBC.com
- Wall Street’s DEI Retreat Has Officially Begun, P&I Online
- Research: Why Companies Should Disclose Their Lack of Progress on DEI, HBR.org
- Ground Your DEI Efforts in Data, HBR.org
- Courageous Confrontations: Why We Must Preserve DEI Work, Forward-ED.com