5 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Trends To Watch In 2025

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : Here are a few trends in corporate social responsibility (or corporate citizenship if you prefer) that are worth tracking in the new year.
56% : Many companies have cut back on supporting traditional charities such as higher education, arts and culture, and national humanitarian organizations in favor of assisting social justice programs and environmental organizations in the past four years.
50% : With many CEOs from Jeff Bezos to Tim Cook to Mark Zuckerberg working to gain favor with the new administration, and with many important senior government jobs going to current or former corporate leaders, more progressive corporate positions on matters of public policy will be largely muted, and efforts to allow employees to speak their minds freely will be channeled into internal online forums like Slack and Teams.More sponsorships and less philanthropy.

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