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📣 Do you want to invest in your capacity as a corporate changemaker? In 2024, many leaders are grapping with how to transform their social impact commitments into action. We believe that corporate changemakers need renewed frameworks, tools and community to navigate this moment. Join FSG and leaders from AARP, Bristol Myers Squibb, Merck, and Sanofi on Oct 1 from 12-1PM ET for an interactive discussion on how to navigate this moment. Panelists: ⭐Bobbi Silten, Chief of People & Culture and Managing Director, FSG  ⭐Diana Blankman Roberts, Head, Corporate Social Responsibility, Sanofi US; President, Sanofi Cares N.A.  ⭐Josette Gbemudu, Executive Director, U.S. Health Equity, Merck  ⭐Nikhil Bumb, Managing Director, FSG ⭐Patricia Mae Doykos, PhD, Executive Director for Health Equity, Bristol Myers Squibb ⭐Reema Jweied-Guegel, Enterprise Strategic Partnerships Director, AARP Register: https://lnkd.in/eYhPuzSj

How do companies advance work on #climate and #equity amid fear of backlash? Join us in San Francisco on October 10th to discuss the sector's issues, approaches companies can employ, and strategies for engaging senior leaders to maintain focus and future-proof this work. Register: https://lnkd.in/g9wRmpC3

Yesterday, we held an incredible discussion with health equity leaders from AARP, Bristol Myers Squibb, Merck, and Sanofi ❤️ The conversation was authentic, rich, and felt like sitting around a dinner table. FSG’s Nikhil Bumb and Bobbi Silten moderated a fantastic conversation with Diana Blankman Roberts, Josette Gbemudu, Patricia Mae Doykos, PhD, and Reema Jweied-Guegel. Each panelist shared powerful stories and insights on how they’ve navigated interference and advanced health equity strategies within their companies. Some of the key strategies discussed: 💡 Elevating health equity as a critical business lever rather than a ‘nice-to-have’ 💡 Getting proximate to the problem 💡 Gaining executive buy-in for long-term sustainability 💡 Setting north star goals and creating KPIs with others to build shared accountability Huge thanks to all our panelists for all their incredible words of wisdom! 👏 Watch the recording here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eUWiZKPs

Today, in partnership with PolicyLink and JUST Capital, we’re proud to release draft standards 9-14 of the Business Standards for 21st Century Leadership. The Business Standards for 21st Century Leadership set out a new way of doing business that values people and our planet just as much as the bottom line. Building on standards 1-8, standards 9-14 offer a roadmap for businesses to assess and strengthen their impact on communities and society at large. These standards need your input! Help redefine the way business is done by participating in our public comment period. Learn more ➡️ https://lnkd.in/ggvT9CVv

📣 HAPPENING IN 1 DAY! Do you want to invest in your capacity as a corporate changemaker? In 2024, many leaders are grapping with how to transform their social impact commitments into action. Join us for an interactive discussion designed to help corporate changemakers diagnose interference and build enabling conditions for social impact strategies to thrive. Panelists: ⭐Bobbi Silten, Chief of People & Culture and Managing Director, FSG ⭐Diana Blankman Roberts, Head, Corporate Social Responsibility, Sanofi US; President, Sanofi Cares N.A. ⭐Josette Gbemudu, Executive Director, U.S. Health Equity, Merck ⭐Nikhil Bumb, Managing Director, FSG ⭐Patricia Mae Doykos, PhD, Executive Director for Health Equity, Bristol Myers Squibb ⭐Reema Jweied-Guegel, Enterprise Strategic Partnerships Director, AARP Register: https://lnkd.in/eYhPuzSj

Join FSG Managing Director Chirlie Felix at MovingWorlds’s new corporate changemaker series on Oct 1st at 11AM ET! She will share on: 💸 How funders are refreshing their CSR strategies 🗺️ Tools for mapping and influencing key stakeholders at your company 💪 How to build a strong internal enabling environment 📏 How to use measurement to guide impact and deepened community relationships   This is a great opportunity to learn from a seasoned strategist on the front lines of #csr and #socialinnovation - we hope to see you there! Register: https://lnkd.in/evnTVQtE

We are at a critical crossroads, with the opportunity to build a more inclusive, multiracial democracy where all people, especially those from historically marginalized communities, feel represented. Companies are increasingly recognizing both the fragility of this moment and the pivotal role they can play in shaping a more equitable future. But where can they get started? And what can be done without being seen as taking sides? As part of FSG’s inclusive democracy series, FSG Managing Director Noa Gafni writes on three nonpartisan ways that companies can support the democratic process: 1️⃣ Promote civic discourse 2️⃣ Combat misinformation 3️⃣ Encourage voter engagement Read more: https://lnkd.in/eZgcVB-h

Welcome, Mansi Garg! 👋

With September in full swing, many of our corporate social impact partners are deep in reflection, evaluating the past year’s initiatives, and preparing for the upcoming year. To support corporate social impact leaders, we've compiled a list of helpful reflection questions to help guide the planning process. These include questions like: ❓What have you learned since your last strategy refresh? ❓Where have you adhered to or adjusted your strategy, and why? ❓Have these shifts led you closer to or further from your vision and mission? Read more: https://lnkd.in/eTqn7UFH

Last week, the Fearless Fund case involving a grant program for Black women entrepreneurs reached a settlement, avoiding a potential Supreme Court challenge to race-conscious grantmaking. ICYMI: Collective Impact Forum leaders co-authored this important op-ed explaining why the Fearless Fund ruling highlights the need for philanthropy to to double down on supporting multisector place-based partnerships. Thank you to Inside Philanthropy for sharing this important piece by FSG’s Jennifer Splansky Juster and Aspen Forum For Community Solutions (AFCS) Cindy Santos, and Monique Miles. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eKdB3dat