Businesses have the potential to improve lives and their leaders can show compassion and use their voice to influence change, says CEO Sleepout's Bianca Robinson.
Homelessness has risen by 160% since 2010, with 245,000 children registered as homeless and too many others living destitute. I not only believe that business leaders can drive positive social change, but that they have a responsibility to rise to such challenges.
Business leaders have prospered, they have worked hard and they absolutely deserve the success and results of their labour. But they can also show solidarity with people who are not as fortunate.
Businesses have the potential to improve lives by looking after their workers’ happiness and wellbeing, paying a living wage, making sure staff can get to and from work, providing adequate holiday and downtime, offering people opportunities by recruiting apprentices and enabling staff to advance their careers, and ensuring suppliers follow a similar ethos.
Leaders can also show compassionate leadership by making a stand and making a noise – that powerful voice of business is what policymakers will listen to. And t
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