Have US CEOs finally shaken off the Friedman doctrine they subscribed to for nearly 50 years? They have certainly taken a bold step to legitimately grant themselves permission to put societal value first. They must, however, determine a common purpose and measure their progress. The Maturity Institute’s OMINDEX rates corporations to determine their Total Stakeholder […]
This is Part 1 in our BRT Series – see parts 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Monday 19th August 2019 – mark it in your diary. It will forever be remembered as the day the world finally grew up, for the betterment of all humankind. It will be seen, in hindsight, as the day all of us were […]
A seminal discourse from Saker Nusseibeh, CEO, Hermes Investment Management The relationship between business and society is the focus of a recent interview (June 2019) between Saker Nusseibeh, CEO of Hermes Investment Management and Ioannis Ioannou of London Business School. In particular, Nusseibeh explains the crucial importance of integrating ESG factors (environment, social, governance) into […]
The UN has been working hard at making the world a more responsible and sustainable place since the 1970s and in 2006 it brought its thinking to investors with the introduction of 6 principles of responsible investment. These are designed to underpin the work of the investment community as it integrates ESG, “impact”, or responsible and […]
Why aren’t all businesses like Julian Richer’s? The owner of UK based Richer Sounds was recently widely lauded for passing a well-run family business into the hands of its employees. Proponents of both family and employee owned businesses used the opportunity to highlight the benefits of both types of ownership. It is argued that families […]
MI Member, Stanislav (Standa) Tichý, runs the Develor (Czech) learning and development consultancy in Prague. He contacted the Maturity Institute in 2014 to learn more about maturity and how it might inform his work and benefit his clients. Since then Standa has been one of MI’s most active professionals making significant progress over a sustained […]
Dear Mark, You don’t know me but you do know of the Maturity Institute because we met your emissary at a meeting held by the Coalition for Inclusive Capitalism. She informed us that you wanted to know more about us. So, having just viewed your video yesterday, I would like to provide some clear and […]
The Maturity Institute (MI) set out in 2012 to pursue its over-arching goal of maximising societal value through improving organisational maturity (OM); using a single measure of Total Stakeholder Value (TSV). Since then our research has enabled us to develop widely recognised methods to bring this to life. First, by rating comparative maturity levels between organisations, […]
There is more confusion in the world of investment today than there has ever been. Historically, the most contentious debate has been around differing perspectives on value (short or long term, shareholder or other stakeholders?). More recently, further confusion has emanated from a well-meaning but misguided focus on what constitutes good corporate governance and responsible […]
Maturity Institute (MI) and The KBA Consulting Group (KBA) announce collaborative project to combine the power of OMINDEX with the ability to understand value in terms of a Bow Wave of Expected Economic Profits delivered over the long term. MI’s OMINDEX ratings are increasingly recognised as a leading indicator of long-term organisational health. They provide […]