{"id":23433,"date":"2020-04-08T10:37:13","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T17:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=23433"},"modified":"2020-04-08T10:37:13","modified_gmt":"2020-04-08T17:37:13","slug":"corporations-respond-to-the-virus-crisis-series-from-ga-institute-excellence-in-corporate-citizenship-on-display","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=23433","title":{"rendered":"Corporations Respond to the Virus Crisis &#8211; Series From G&#038;A Institute &#8212; Excellence in Corporate Citizenship on Display"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fmr-subtitle\">\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-fmr-subtitle field-type-text field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">G&amp;A&#8217;s Sustainability Highlights (04.02.2020)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fmr-multimedia-slick-slideshow slick-initialized slick-slider\">\n<div class=\"slick-list draggable\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<div class=\"slick-track\">\n<div class=\"slick-slide__photo slick-slide slick-current slick-active\" data-slick-index=\"0\" aria-hidden=\"false\"><a class=\"colorbox init-colorbox-processed cboxElement\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.3blmedia.com\/sites\/www.3blmedia.com\/files\/images\/47RTEmagicC_84b9fecf72.jpg\" rel=\"slick-gallery-node-281241\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"fmr-photo-0\" class=\"slide--item-image\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3blmedia.com\/sites\/www.3blmedia.com\/files\/styles\/400w\/public\/images\/47RTEmagicC_84b9fecf72.jpg?itok=rU76K29J\" alt=\"\" width=\"400px\" height=\"auto\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div id=\"fmr-date\">\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-fmr-date-time field-type-datetime field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\"><span class=\"date-display-single\">Tuesday, April 7, 2020 &#8211; 10:30am<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fmr-meta-container--top\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ga-institute.com\/newsletter\/press-release\/article\/corporations-respond-to-the-virus-crisis-series-from-ga-institute-excellence-in-corporate-citi.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Corporations Respond to the Virus Crisis &#8211; Series from G&amp;A Institute &#8212; Excellence in Corporate Citizenship on Display<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"fmr-body\">\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-fmr-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p>As the coronavirus infections continued to spread into every corner of the globe, the players in three societal sectors moved into action \u2013 the public sector (governments), the private sector (in the main, corporations, public and private) and what the esteemed Professor Peter Drucker identified as the \u201cSocial\u201d sector (i.e., not-for-profits, NGOs, academics, foundations, others).<\/p>\n<p>The G&amp;A Institute team closely monitors the corporate sector and the capital markets and the social sector \u2013 and so as corporate leaders began to rapidly address the societal challenges posed by the virus crisis, we shared the news of what the actions were in our\u00a0<em>G&amp;A Institute Sustainability Update\u00a0<\/em>blog.<\/p>\n<p>The rationale:\u00a0 We are in the age of the stakeholder \u2013 beyond the long-term focus on investors only \u2013 and corporate boards and executives are seriously considering the needs and wants of employees, customers, suppliers, regulators, partners, investors, lenders, communities, and civic leadership.<\/p>\n<p>The good news is that corporate leaders did not hesitate, taking steps to protect the enterprise and to address the many societal challenges posed by the virus crisis.\u00a0 We are sharing the news &amp; details of their good work in our blog posts.\u00a0 You can read them at the links:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The March 19th introduction to the series &#8212;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ga-institute.com\/Sustainability-Update\/excellence-in-corporate-citizenship-on-display-in-the-coronavirus-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Excellence in Corporate Citizenship on Display in the Corona Virus<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ga-institute.com\/Sustainability-Update\/nasdaq-supports-crisis-relief-organizations-makes-commitment-to-clients\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nasdaq Supports Crisis Relief Organizations<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ga-institute.com\/Sustainability-Update\/estee-lauder-companies-actions-in-the-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Estee Lauder Companies Actions in the Crisis<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ga-institute.com\/Sustainability-Update\/excellence-in-corporate-citizenship-on-display-in-the-coronavirus-crisis-4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Round Up \u2013 Novartis, Bayer, Morgan Stanley, Alliant Energy<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ga-institute.com\/Sustainability-Update\/important-crisis-talk-about-ppe-personal-protective-equipment-excellence-in-corporate-citizenship-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Important Crisis Talk About PPE \u2013 Personal Protective Equipment<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ga-institute.com\/Sustainability-Update\/covid-19-and-the-global-fashion-industry-dramatic-impacts-and-good-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">COVID-19 \u2013 And the Global Fashion Industry \u2013 Dramatic Impacts \u2013 And Good News<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ga-institute.com\/Sustainability-Update\/perspectives-bloomberg-mckinsey-leading-esg-investors-mark-cuban-on-corporate-purpose-and-the-virus-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Perspectives \u2013 Bloomberg, McKinsey, Leading ESG Investors, Mark Cuban \u2013 on Corporate Purpose and the Virus Crisis<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We invite you to follow the series on the blog and send us news about what your company is doing, or what you see other companies doing:\u00a0\u00a0<a>info@ga-institute.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our Featured Article this week is a very timely and speech at Cornell University as the corona virus swept across Europe and North America \u2013 we bring you by the Estee Lauder Companies\u2019 sustainability leader, Vice President Al Iannuzzi.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking \u201cvirtually\u201d (welcome to the new normal!) to the fifth annual Cornell Business Impact Symposium (CBIS) in mid-March, he explained that there is a demand from customers, company stakeholders and shareholders for companies to be more sustainable \u2013 and that is now a market driver for innovation and growth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSustainability is tied to companies\u2019 performance as well as to their reputation\u2026that is why I feel that this presentation is one of hope. Consumers are ensuring [that] companies are a big part of the solution,\u201d he told the audience.\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cBold statements are being made. Consumers are supporting companies that are trying to achieve sustainability and improve the environment. They are encouraging those companies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Conference organizers scrambled to put the event together\u2026and Mark Milstein, clinical professor of management and the center director underscored Al Iannuzzi\u2019s perspectives: \u201c\u2026Our collective response to COVID-19 is similar to what we need to do to battle climate change and ecosystem degradation, issues that are not unrelated.\u00a0 How we can rally and battle challenges together is something in which we can all take heart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve kept the headlines \u201clight\u201d this issue to bring you the \u201cExcellence in Corporate Citizenship\u201d highlights and introduce you to the blog if you have not been following us there.\u00a0\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ga-institute.com\/Sustainability-Update\/registration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Do sign up to receive notices of new content.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is just the introduction of G&amp;A&#8217;s Sustainability Highlights newsletter this week.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ga-institute.com\/newsletter\/press-release\/article\/corporations-respond-to-the-virus-crisis-series-from-ga-institute-excellence-in-corporate-citi.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0to view the full issue.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>G&amp;A&#8217;s Sustainability Highlights (04.02.2020) Tuesday, April&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","category-opinion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23433"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23434,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23433\/revisions\/23434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}