Happy Birthday to us!
The Purpose Business turns 7 with a refreshed purpose statement:
We guide leaders to evolve business as a force for good.
We opened for business in 2015, driven by the desire to help build responsible businesses in Asia.
Fast forward seven years and there are many reasons to raise a glass!
ESG has accelerated in unimaginable ways, while companies in Asia are now slowly making meaningful progress with increased sustainable finance and impact investments, decarbonisation action plans, alignment of reporting frameworks with global standards and a surge in the recruitment of Chief Sustainability Officers. We are immensely proud to celebrate our team, clients and partners who have successfully driven this critical change.
The sustainability landscape is dynamic and will continue to evolve. The last two years in particular have shown the need for genuine transformation of organisational and workplace culture, requiring stronger and more responsible leadership.
With ESG awareness and expectations having grown around regulations on energy transition, waste management and even biodiversity management (thanks COP26), the need to prioritise the ‘S’ in ESG, critical people issues, has never been more important.
To create long-term, positive impact - companies need to address multiple societal issues including an amplified focus on diversity, equity and inclusion, as well as much-needed transparency around supply chain due diligence.
As TPB blows out our seven candles, we have an even more defined role to play in helping businesses activate their own purpose for the development of a just society. As such, we have refreshed our own purpose statement:
We guide leaders to evolve business as a force for good.
By guiding and empowering leaders and change agents to bring about positive impact, we will strive to fulfil our refreshed purpose and aspire to grow in three areas in the years to come:
our impact, harnessing our relationships to create the next generation of sustainable Asian businesses
our people, leveraging the network of specialists with the experience that makes sustainability attainable
our business, driven by the right people in the right markets
As we push ahead together, we ask business leaders to rethink their purpose and make choices that fairly serve the interests of and maximise value for all of their stakeholders - employees, customers, communities and shareholders alike. Be profitable and drive positive impact, by evolving to be a force for good. We're here to support you as you do so.
Here’s to another 7 years - and more. Thank you to all of you who have helped us get here and we’re looking forward to the next 7 with you!