1. Corporate Equality Index 2012: Rating American Workplaces on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Equality

The Human Rights Campaign’s 2012 Corporate Equality Index chronicles a decade of progress in workplace equality. Read more

2. The Global Sustainable Competitiveness Index

SolAbility has developed a model to measure the level of sustainable development of nations, based on 4 pillars: Natural Capital, Resource Intensity and Efficiency, Sustainable Innovation Competitiveness, and Social Cohesion. Read more

3. Measuring Financial Inclusion: The Global Findex Database

The paper provides the first analysis of the Global Financial Inclusion (Global Findex) Database, a new set of indicators that measure how adults in 148 economies save, borrow, make payments, and manage risk. Read more

4. The New Paradigm: Volunteerism. Competence. Results.

To get a handle on how companies are approaching corporate social responsibility, why they do it, what they perceive the benefits are, and how they are allocating their resources, Forbes Insights surveyed top-level management at consumer, financial services, technology, energy, and healthcare companies. Read more

5. Collaborating With Customer Communities: Lessons From the Lego Group

Between 2003 and 2011, authors engaged in a multisite research program to examine community development and user innovation among adult fans of Lego and to learn about Lego’s experiences and practices in working with external communities. Read more

6. Law Firms’ Implementation of the Guiding Principles on Business & Human Rights

This paper prepared by A4ID with John Sherman provides an overview of discussions conducted by leading law firms on human right issue in London in September 2011. Read more

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