We are emerging from a period when companies, under pressure to meet shareholder expectations, favored profitability and growth, even if it meant taking undue risks and losing public confidence. Companies now need to work on minimizing risk and building trust by meeting the legitimate expectations of all their stakeholders, including reducing their activities’ adverse impact on the environment and creating high-quality employment opportunities.
我们曾遇到这样的情形，企业面对满足股东期望的压力，要支持盈利能力和增长，却面临承担过度风险和失去公众信心。如今企业需要通过满足所有的利益相关者的合法期望来努力减少风险和建立信任，包括减少它们的活动对环境的负面影响和创造高质量的就业机会。