RISE. Corporate Purpose Advisory

29/07/2022

Team summer drinks on the terrace at 🥂☀️

17/06/2022

"Being purpose-led and embedding sustainability is a strategic management approach that deserves attention beyond the current obsession with ESG." Read our latest insights at the link in the bio!

31/05/2022

Currently on our bookshelf 📚

05/04/2022

Welcome to .v.m who is joining us for two weeks to do an internship, one week in Brussels and one week in London!

01/02/2022

A warm welcome to Nicholas Jackson, who joins the team in Brussels as a Director. Nick has deep experience with strategy and disclosure, has worked at leading consultancies and further strengthens our sustainability expertise.

17/01/2022

Delighted to welcome Charles Perry as our first UK-based Partner. A leader, green entrepreneur and UN Climate Champion, he joins to grow the business advising clients on , sustainability and . Click the link in bio for the full release ⬆️

18/05/2021

Great news - we are partnering with our friend, former colleague and master storyteller Dennis Landsbert-Noon Panda Communications 🙌🏼

28/08/2020

The Power in Wellbeing: Addressing Mental Health in the Workplace - 10 September 2020 from 10h00 CET - 11h00 CET.

A webinar with Geoff McDonald, Senior Adviser at RISE and co-founder of Minds at Work, and Jonny Jacobs, Finance Director EMEA Starbucks. Moderated by Katarina Wallin Bureau, Managing Partner at RISE.

COVID-19 has exacerbated an existing mental health crisis among the global workforce. There is increasing recognition that a happy, healthy and energised workforce is a key driver of business success.

We discuss:
- Whether COVID-19 provides an opportunity for organisations to reset their focus on employee wellbeing - both physical and mental - as a strategic priority?
- What are the key features of organisations that succeed in addressing this?
- What are the implications for organisational and individual accountability to enhance employee wellbeing?
- How can a sense of purpose add to motivation and overall wellbeing at work?

The pandemic has shown the strategic importance of addressing not only the physical but also the mental health of employees. The focus on mental wellbeing in the workplace cannot be put back in a box - it is here to stay - and companies need to address it.

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The pandemic has shown the strategic importance of addressing not only the physical but also the mental health of employees. The focus on mental wellbeing in the workplace cannot be put back in a box - it is here to stay - and companies need to address it.

20/08/2020

Purpose-led or Purpose-washing?

On its 1-year anniversary the US Business Roundtable says signatories to the Declaration on the Purpose of a Corporation have lived up to their commitment, but we argue progress has been mixed.

While COVID-19 has allowed many companies to demonstrate their social value, this does not mean that there is a clear link between business strategy and corporate purpose. The real measure of whether companies are living up to the commitments made a year ago in the BRT Declaration is what happens after the pandemic subsides, and how they will use corporate purpose to guide decision-making into the future, integrating it with sustainability and business strategy.

Read the full piece here:

The declaration by 181 major American companies on 19 August 2019 that the purpose of a corporation is to deliver a value to all stakeholders - not only its owners- was hailed as a major step in the evolution of responsible business. It affirmed that companies and their leaders should generate long-...

30/06/2020

Our perspective on Germany's Presidency of the Council of the EU and how they can use the EU Green Deal and UN SDGs to put the EU on a sustainable and inclusive path to recovery

The German Presidency will take the reins of the Council of the EU on Wednesday 1 July following one of the most tumultuous times the European Union has faced in recent years. With the European Commission having committed to a ‘Green, Digital and Resilient’ recovery, Germany’s gargantuan task ...