How businesses can serve everyone, not just shareholders | Dame Vivian Hunt

20 October 2020 - 13 mins
Podcast Series TED Talks Daily

Companies worldwide are pledging to play a more meaningful role in the well-being of their employees, customers and the environment. How can they turn their promises into action? From creating a representative boardroom to committing to measurable sustainability goals, business leader Dame Vivian Hunt discusses the necessary changes companies can make to embrace stakeholder capitalism -- and shares how it could change business for good.

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