Predictions for Business & Society in 2021
Will the turning of the calendar mean the turning of a page on the crises of 2020? This question is surely top of mind as 2020 nears its end. Yet, it’s a question complicated by the fact that, while 2020 will be remembered as the year of COVID-19, the pandemic revealed an array of other, longer-standing issues: economic inequality, systemic racism, stresses on democracy, and the rising threat of climate change.
Sometimes with changes in words, and sometimes with changes in action, in 2020 the business world signaled that it had a part to play in meeting these challenges. To determine what will truly outlast this year—and whether it might really lead to a better world—we asked leaders in social impact, business, and academia: