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Environmental, Social, and Governance Strategy in the Workplace

IdeaScale

Environmental, social and governance strategy (ESG) refers to the three central factors in measuring the sustainability and ethical impact of an investment in a company or business. The post Environmental, Social, and Governance Strategy in the Workplace appeared first on IdeaScale. trillion in U.S. Is this a challenge for you?

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Election 2016: Do We Need to Change Our Process?

IdeaScale

However you felt about the results of the 2016 election, one thing is clear: our nation is still demonstrating a fierce divide. The post Election 2016: Do We Need to Change Our Process? Only four times before in our nation’s history has our winner reflected an electoral selection but not the popular vote.

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Two Factors that Determine When ESG Creates Shareholder Value

Harvard Business Review

The paper “Corporate Sustainability: First Evidence on Materiality,” published in 2016, marked a significant shift in perceptions of corporate sustainability. It demonstrated that focusing on financially material ESG (environmental, social, and governance) factors positively impacts portfolio returns and shareholder value.

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Announcing the 2016 Innovation Management Award Winners

IdeaScale

Having received some fantastic entries, we have officially chosen and are extremely pleased to share our winners for the 2016 Innovation Management Awards. The National Cancer Institute is the winner of Best Innovation for their Cancer Research Ideas campaign, in support of the Cancer Moonshot proposed by President Obama in January 2016.

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3 Things Politicians Can Do to Create Innovation

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Greg Satell In the 1960s, the federal government accounted for more than 60% of all research funding, yet by 2016 that had fallen to just over 20%. Government’s role in US innovation, it seems, […].

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Origin Story: How IdeaScale Grew from a Simple Idea to a Leading Idea Management Company

IdeaScale

This occurred in tandem with President Barack Obama’s Open Government Initiative. Hoehn wanted companies and government organizations to be able to gather, transform, and prioritize ideas through crowdsourcing. Government clients cited platform affordability and a high level of engagement as the reasons for early adoption.

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Make America Innovate Again – Digital Transformation, Citizen Participation, and Government Efficiency

Qmarkets

As a general rule, we hold our governments to a higher standard than that which we hold private businesses and corporations to. Private sector businesses are expected to only look out for themselves, but the government is meant to look out for us. Or, for that matter, any government body at the local, state or national level.

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