We just covered how Fannie Mae fully dismantled its ESG team and program. Now it appears that Freddie Mac has followed suit. Freddie Mac’s main ESG (environmental, social, and governance) webpage and a recent ESG-related article have been taken down from the website. Here’s what we found out. Freddie ESG Webpage Is Gone Previously, Freddie Mac’s ESG page was located at this URL and…
Last week, HousingWire reported that Fannie Mae (#27 on the Fortune 100) dismissed its entire environmental, social, and governance (ESG) team. We maintain a database of Fortune 100 ESG policies, so I wanted to investigate. Here’s what we found out about Fannie Mae’s ESG program and the recent dismantling. See Also: Freddie Mac Scrubs ESG From Its Website Fannie Mae Eliminated Its ESG Team In…
Arguably since the first agricultural revolution 10,000+ years ago, work has been tied to a fixed location. That location-based work – first a farm, then a manufacturing plant, then an office – created opportunity. Opportunity attracted workers (or new citizens). Therefore, we always formed cities, countries, and societies primarily through location-based opportunity. Go where the work is, as they say. For the first time in…
CEOs are stepping down at record-high rates. According to a report from Russell Reynolds Associates, a record 202 CEOs of publicly traded companies exited their roles in 2024. This tracks with research by Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc.: “So far this year, [as of Dec 10, 2024] a record number of CEOs have left their roles.” Through our own primary research at Buildremote, we uncovered…
At Buildremote, we’ve reported a staggering amount of well-known companies that have implemented some form of permanent remote work. Next, we analyzed in-depth the true plans for the Fortune 500’s return to office. As of October 2024, only 10 of the Fortune 100 had declared a full return to the office for all employees. The others planned to never come back in full, come back…
Honda is shifting gears on its workplace model. In an internal memo shared with employees on April 23, 2025, Honda announced that all U.S.-based staff will be required to work onsite at least 80% of the time starting October 6, 2025. The memo, signed by American Honda’s President and CEO Kazuhiro Takizawa and Honda Development & Manufacturing of America’s President Kensuke Oe, emphasized that in-person…
IBM, known to some employees as “I’ve Been Moved,” is once again requiring major shifts for its workforce. In April 2025, IBM announced that U.S. sales staff and all U.S. cloud employees must now work from a client site, a flagship office, or a sales hub at least three days per week. The Register first reported the story. From our primary RTO research, this is…
Intel was one of the few Fortune 500 companies to publicly state it would not require an official return to the office. The company shared this approach in 2021 and reiterated it in 2023. But as of April 24, 2025, Intel has reversed course. An internal memo told employees to 1) watch for layoffs and 2) return to the office four days per week in September….
In this database, we keep an updated list of every publicly stated “return to office” policy for the Fortune 500 (and compile the data at the top). Use the links below to jump to a section that interests you. You can download one of two datasets here. Or, navigate the free report using the table of contents here. RTO policy statistics RTO for the Fortune…
Use this calculator to estimate employee productivity either by the hour or by the project. With just a few quick inputs, you can determine output per hour worked or output per project completed. Instructions For The Employee Productivity Calculator Follow these steps depending on whether you want to measure productivity per hour or per project: Productivity Per Hour Productivity Per Project Scroll down to view…