# ImpactAlpha: Flex of worker power raises the stakes for quality jobs

Center for Sustainable Business

July 17, 2023Ulrich Atz and Tensie Whelan

![ImpactAlpha](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/2023-07/Untitled%20design%20%2812%29.png?itok=R9Z55_Nf)Tensie Whelan and Ulrich Atz published a byline on their findings from analyzing more than 1000 job-related metrics, and the financial and social costs of the data that is still missing from these most common disclosures.

*"Investors focused on societal impact are often concerned with corporate treatment of workers.*

*To assess job quality performance across a portfolio, they generally rely upon environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting metrics. Unfortunately, [our research](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-05/What%20We%20Measure%20Today%20Does%20Not%20Matter%20When%20It%20Comes%20to%20Jobs_5_11_23.pdf) has found that current ESG reporting metrics do not capture indicators of whether a company is providing quality jobs. Critical job-related metrics such as the share of employees making a living wage, cost of turnover, or value of benefits are rarely tracked or reported.*

*Yet, investors, regulators, and the managers themselves rely on that incomplete data to make decisions that have a significant impact on employees, society, and the bottom line."*

Read the full byline on ImpactAlpha [here](https://impactalpha.com/flex-of-worker-power-raises-the-stakes-for-quality-jobs/).