Business headlines provide ample proof that your company’s actions and perceived ethics today are judged constantly by your clients and stakeholders. This puts great pressure on corporate legal and compliance chiefs tasked with safeguarding and fortifying the corporate reputation. Now forces from multiple sources are connecting to make your job easier.

First, the US’ Business Roundtable’s CEOs made a historic decision this fall that business should be more than profit-driven. Weeks later, the UK’s Institute of Directors declared that companies should exist also to support the well-being of all of their stakeholders, including their communities. We see a great increase in companies signing on to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDG).