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This roundtable discussion looked at the evolving relationship between employers and their people and explored emerging challenges and opportunities for employers as they take steps to link sustainability and a conscious approach to environmental issues to people strategy.
This roundtable discussion explored the trends driving increased flexibility in the workplace and considered a variety of different approaches to flexible working, with a spotlight on the four-day week.
This roundtable discussion explored the reasons behind the skills shortage and the barriers to attracting and retaining the best people.
Edelman’s latest Trust Barometer reveals that business is now viewed as the only global institution to be both competent and ethical. It explores how a lack of faith in societal institutions triggered by economic anxiety, disinformation, mass-class divide and a failure of leadership has brought us to where we are today – deeply and dangerously polarised.
This report by the International Labour Organisation raises particular concerns about inequality and the effects of the global economic slowdown on the quality of employment. This Report explores global employment and social trends by region and warns that, left unaddressed, the challenges facing the world of work threaten progress towards social justice.
The world currently faces difficulties securing human capital, enabling social mobility and enhancing societal resilience – issues that are likely to increase with a growing and ageing global population.
Meanwhile, the climate crisis and geopolitical tensions are accelerating the shift towards greener economies and greater energy independence. This white paper by the World Economic Forum explores the role that social and green jobs can play in addressing these challenges.
Action Builds Community describes the accelerated pace at which we continued in fiscal 2022 that ended June 30 to pursue our 12-year-old global citizenship program that strives to advance the communities where we live and work and the broader society. Through this report, we illuminate our commitment to honesty and transparency that foster trust; diversity and inclusion that ensure equality for all; and best practices in all areas of our business that ensure our activities align with all with whom we interact.
This report from Deloitte explores how the path towards net zero is giving rise to a new ‘green collar workforce’ and predicts that this could create more than 300 million new jobs globally by 2050. It notes that with around one quarter of global jobs at risk from unchecked climate change, policy action to upskill and retrain workers can realise the potential of economic growth and drive greater equality as the world economy shifts to a low emissions production system.
This report explores how inclusion leads to strategic success and encourages companies to introduce objectives to address inclusion within the workplace.
A new European Parliament research service blog considers that technological change, far from being deterministic in its nature and effects, is open to reform. There is no guarantee that digital technologies will destroy jobs, nor any certainty that these technologies will lead to more and better jobs.
