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The State of Corporate Citizenship is a research project of the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship that examines how executives view corporate citizenship and their firms' performance in the environmental, social, and governance dimensions of business.

Today’s companies face substantial pressure from stakeholders to monitor and report on a variety of environmental metrics. The benefits are clear, as successfully managing a company’s environmental footprint can help reduce costs, improve image, and identify potential risks to operations.

Diversity and inclusion in the workplace is increasingly becoming a corporate citizenship and business imperative for all industries. This report finds that companies that work to attract diverse talent that is developed and supported through thoughtful inclusion efforts are rewarded with increased performance.

CAREER AND LEARNING ISSUE: Learn how leading companies are learning from their previous corporate citizenship efforts to drive their future work.

ADAPTATION AND RESILIENCE: How leading companies are developing programs that respond to present needs and work toward creating the world in which we want to live.

Companies are drawing from their ecosystems to invest in the health, vibrancy, and potential of our people and our planet.

Hear about the firsthand experiences of professionals that navigated a big organizational change, and how you can be successful during your own changes.

Successfully managing a company’s environmental footprint can help reduce costs, improve its image, and identify potential risks to operations.

This webinar is dedicated to the planning, relief response, and reconstruction efforts that help communities deal with - and even improve - economic and social issues following a disaster.

RESEARCH BRIEF - Firms that focus on the opportunities presented by climate change, rather than the perceived risks are more likely to have superior corporate citizenship performance, which in turn leads to stronger financial performance.

RESEARCH BRIEF - Companies working to increase the representation of Black employees in leadership positions should consider referral-based hiring.

RESEARCH BRIEF - Multinational companies are likely to engage in more comprehensive corporate citizenship reporting when they are headquartered in countries with weak governance systems.

REGULATORY RADAR - On April 7, 2017, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that U.S. corporations will no longer be required by the SEC to conduct a due diligence review or an audit regarding sourcing of conflict minerals.

REGULATORY RADAR - The European Parliament voted to reduce waste throughout Europe by 2030. The share of waste to be recycled would rise to 70 percent by 2030, from 44 percent today.

REGULATORY RADAR - A global code of conduct for the foreign exchange market, unveiled on May 25, 2017, aims to lay down international standards on a range of practices, from the handling of confidential information to the pricing and settlement of deals.