Bosses of FTSE 100 and accountancy firms promise new focus on wellbeing of staff and local communities
The bosses of 14 big organisations, including Capita, Unilever and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), have pledged to put the wellbeing of staff, local communities and broader society higher on the boardroom agenda, after concluding it will enhance the long-term profitability of their businesses.
The Purposeful Company, a not-for-profit organisation, said it had brought together business leaders from leading FTSE 100 companies and large accountancy firms, whose businesses employ 2 million people and manage £1tn of investment assets, to show that having a purpose beyond a simple profit motive “brings strategic clarity, operational discipline around what’s material to stakeholders and more meaningful work for employees”.
