Summary
This report sets the World Benchmarking Alliance's ‘social baseline’, providing a global state of play focused
on three themes of respect for human rights, decent work and ethical
conduct, looking at 1,000 key companies across more than 60 countries.
The findings are sobering – 99% of companies fail to demonstrate the
fundamentals of socially responsible business conduct. But they also move
us to action: for each step needed there are companies displaying good
practices, showing that this transformation is not just necessary, but also
possible.