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What’s next for corporate philanthropy

Original article here Author: Deloitte Corporate philanthropy has long been held to the standards of both business and traditional philanthropy. Too often, it falls short in both, and ends up marginal...

KCare Donates to Voices for Children to Support Foster Care Advocates

Original article here Author: Brooke White This year, KCare is proudly pledging 1% of our profits to Voices for Children reaffirming our ongoing commitment to giving back to our community. Voices for ...

Dr. Allessandria Polizzi: Leading with Abundance, Compassion, and a Vision for Healthier Workplaces

Dr. Allessandria Polizzi, SPHR CEO / Founder, Verdant ConsultingSharon, MA If you could describe yourself in one word, what would that be and why? Abundant - Starting my own company with a focus on a...

Integrated Impact: Crunchbase’s Diversity Spotlight Feature (Case Study)

Crunchbase is a U.S.-based company that provides intelligent prospecting software powered by live company data for salespeople, CEOs, and venture capitalists to find and close deals. The company joine...

Steffi Kromer: Empowering Growth, Equity, and Social Impact in Business Leadership

Steffi Kromer Founder, EMPAUA GmbHZurich, Switzerland If you could describe yourself in one word, what would that be and why? Efficient! I like to constantly improve processes for our business and ou...

Jaime Krone: Indomitable Spirit and Compassionate Leadership in Social Work

Jaime Krone Founder & CEO, The Life Lesson Center LLCGermantown, USA If you could describe yourself in one word, what would that be and why? I describe myself as indomitable. Even though I endured ma...

Innovating for Impact: Toast’s Changemaker Product Suite (Case Study)

Toast is a cloud-based, all-in-one digital technology platform purpose-built for the entire restaurant community. In 2019, Toast launched its social impact arm, Toast.org, with the purpose of enrichin...

Giulia Acchioni Mena: A Journey of Curiosity and Social Impact at ZIM

Giulia Acchioni Mena Co-founder and COO, ZIM ConnectionsLondon, United Kingdom If you could describe yourself in one word, what would that be and why? Curious, because my personal and professional jo...

Australia’s top 50 corporate givers

Original article hereAuthor: Anastasia Santoreneos The top 50 corporate givers in Australia contributed close to $1.5 billion to the nation’s community in 2023, thanks to large donations from companie...

Collaboration and Iteration: Keys to Justworks’ Social Impact Success (Case Study)

Justworks is a technology company that levels the playing field for all small businesses. To formalize their commitment to social impact, Justworks joined the Pledge 1% movement as a Builder in 2021, ...

Making a Difference Together: Our commitment journey with Pledge 1%

Original article here Author: codefortynine GmbH Since 2019, we are proud to be a member of Pledge 1%. This initiative has inspired us to give back part of our success to the community. What started w...

Workato® Announces Workato Cares, a Philanthropic Initiative with Commitment to Pledge 1%

Original linkAuthor: Workato August 14, 2024 01:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Workato®, the leading AI-driven enterprise orchestration platform, today announced t...

Trishunda A. Mooney: Hopeful Leadership and Advocacy Through 4th Moon Productions

Trishunda A. Mooney Founder/CEO, 4th Moon ProductionsAlpharetta, USA If you could describe yourself in one word, what would that be and why? Hopeful! Growing up in rural Alabama, just below the pover...

Zsuzsanna Recsey: Empowering Leadership and Social Impact in Modern Business

Zsuzsanna Recsey CEO, Standing on GiantsLondon, UK If you could describe yourself in one word, what would that be and why? If I had to describe myself in one word that would be related to coaching an...

Canva hits a billion-dollar milestone… without realising

Original article here Author: Mark Whittaker Canva has hit so many billion-dollar milestones that it’s easy to lose track. Co-founder Cam Adams said the design juggernaut made it’s premium product fre...

Jayne Warrilow: Embracing Curiosity and Social Impact in Leadership

Jayne Warrilow Founder & CEO, Sacred Changemakers Columbus, Ohio If you could describe yourself in one word, what would that be and why? Curious - I don't settle for the way things are and am always ...

Carol Ganz: A Persistent Leader Driving Innovation and Inclusion at Six Feet Up

Carol Ganz VP of Client Success, Six Feet UpFishers, United States If you could describe yourself in one word, what would that be and why? In one word, I am persistent. This quality has been crucial ...

Sandra Amezquita: Cultivating Humanity and Social Impact in Corporate Culture

Sandra Amezquita Chairwoman, Viventa Coral Gables Florida If you could describe yourself in one word, what would that be and why? Last month, we conducted 5 workshops to establish our new culture in ...

New Relic's 3rd Annual ESG Impact Report

Original article here.Author: New Relic New Relic’s mission is to reduce interruptions in digital experiences. After inventing application performance management, we built the intelligent observabilit...

This program trains refugees in vital tech skills they can use for remote jobs anywhere

Original article hereAuthor: Kristin Toussaint Around the world, there are more than 100 million refugees who were forced to flee their homes because of violence, persecution, climate change, and more...

A more inspired internet. A better world. It’s possible.

Original article hereAuthor: Pinterest Our 2024 ESG Impact Report Learn more about our commitment to being a force for good across our industry, communities and the planet. DOWNLOAD THE REPORT

2024 Braze ESG Report

Original article here Our environmental, social, and governance (ESG) work features a renewed focus on strengthening our communities within Braze and beyond. By engaging thoughtfully with our employee...

Braze Employee Resource Groups Direct $300,000 to Community Organizations in Second Year of Program

Original article hereAuthor: Maria Villalba Gomez As a proud member of the Pledge 1% movement, Braze has committed to contribute 1% of its outstanding equity (as of 2021) over ten years to uplift char...

Abigail Matchett: Empowering Leadership and Social Impact in Today's Corporate World

Abigail Matchett VP, Data Strategy, Bounteous Philadelphia, PA If you could describe yourself in one word, what would that be and why? Empowering. Success in my role requires me to empower our client...

Airteam supports the Environmental Defenders Office

Original article here Author: Patrick Goffin At Airteam, we strive to make a positive impact, not just through the software products we create, but also through the partnerships we foster and the valu...

Boladale Olagoke: Creativity, Social Impact, and Fashion Forward Thinking

Boladale Olagoke Founder, Dalewears and Head Of Marketing, Shoptreo Lagos Nigeria If you could describe yourself in one word, what would that be and why? I will choose creativity. From a young age, I...

Dr Polly McGee: Embracing All-Purpose Humanity for Social Impact and Growth

Dr Polly McGee Founder and Principal, Second Mountain All over Tasmania If you could describe yourself in one word, what would that be and why? All-purpose. Ok - its hyphenated and I am cheating as I...

Canva’s cofounders are Australia’s 2nd most generous philanthropists

Original article here Author: Simon Thomsen The three billionaire cofounders of Canva donated $39 million to the foundation in their company’s name over 18 months, with most of that money already give...

Paula Gómez Anaya: Entrepreneurial Spirit, Social Impact, and Professional Success

Paula Gómez Anaya Global Data/AdTech Director, Making Science Madrid, Spain If you could describe yourself in one word, what would that be and why? Constant and entrepreneurial person. I love to set ...

Zuora Releases Latest Global Impact Report, Committing to GHG Reduction Targets and Increasing Leade

Original article here Author: Zuora REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – June 17, 2024 – Zuora, Inc. (NYSE: ZUO), a leading monetization suite for modern business, today launched its fiscal year (FY) 2024 Global Im...