Webinar 2 | The Purpose and Impact of Business

Companies all over the world are called upon to assume their responsibilities towards society and the biosphere.

The constant shocks and instabilities of the first decades of this century show that we have definitely entered an era of uncertainty and disruption. The models and paradigms of the 20th century are of little use for the present and the future. Increasingly, the natural and social limits of our development models are imposed.

In this context, the growing movements calling for more attention to our collective problems show that the role of companies, organized civil society and governments need to be reviewed. These movements begin to reach the core of our economic system when the World Economic Forum points out that the 5 main global risks are environmental and the CEO of the largest asset manager in the world, Larry Fink of BlackRock, goes on to argue that companies without a sens…