Two decades ago, a few pioneering companies came together in London to form a benchmarking group and that has now gone worldwide. So what’s next for community investment?
Last week I spent an energising day in the company of 70 corporates from our LBG network and came away with three thoughts on how business/community partnerships should change if they are to remain relevant to the challenges of our times.
LBG started out with just six companies 20 years ago and has today grown into the global standard for measuring corporate community investment. That’s why companies committed to increasing their social impact use it, over a thousand now, large and small, across all sectors. Last week’s participants included not just the usual UK blue-chips, but firms as diverse as Nokia from Finland, EDP from Portugal, DP World out of Dubai and the Australian retailer Myers. Continue reading