Pledge 1% Blog

Apphienz is Now a Pledge 1% Member!

Originally published at Apphienz. Written by Piyusha Pilania. Apphienz is now a Pledge 1% member and has pledged to donate 1% of its product, equity, and employee time to society. Pledge 1%, a philant...

Lone Andersen: Don’t Be Afraid To Change Your Mind

Pledge 1%’s #WomenWhoLead series celebrates female leaders who are paving the way for the next generation. While our featured leaders come from a variety of backgrounds and industries, they are united...

Equity pledge to drive new wave of corporate philanthropy

Originally published at Philanthropy Australia. Written by Mark Reading, Head of Foundation, Atlassian Foundation. The non-profit Pledge 1% movement has prepared detailed guidance on ways for USA-base...

Jiordan Castle: Leave Room For Error And Leave Room For Change

Pledge 1%’s #WomenWhoLead series celebrates female leaders who are paving the way for the next generation. While our featured leaders come from a variety of backgrounds and industries, they are united...

Aussie Broadband joins Pledge 1% to help build better communities

Originally published in IT Wire. Written by Alex Zaharov-Reutt. Aussie Broadband has announced it has joined Pledge 1%, a global movement that encourages businesses to be a force for good. Community I...

Atlassian push to make companies back up words with donations

Originally published at The Australian Financial Review. Written by Natasha Gillezeau. Atlassian has signed on to a new deed of equity, created by its charitable foundation, which it is hoping other c...

Bárbara Corvacho: Speak Your Mind and Chase Growth Opportunities

Pledge 1%’s #WomenWhoLead series celebrates female leaders who are paving the way for the next generation. While our featured leaders come from a variety of backgrounds and industries, they are united...

Shipshape Grants 2% of Its Equity to Help Low-Income Homeowners Weatherize & Update Their Homes

Originally published in PRWeb.com. Shipshape Solutions Inc., a company with a vision for every home to be safe, reliable and efficient, today announced the establishment of the Shipshape Foundation an...

Why top VCs are convincing their companies to give away equity

Originally published on Protocol. Written by Biz Carson. SPACs may have been the hottest IPO trend in the last year, but now a bunch of investors are hoping to make another aspect of going public just...

Pledge 1% Named a Finalist in the 2021 Classy Awards

Today, we are excited to announce that Pledge 1% has been named a Top 50 Finalist for the 2021 Classy Awards! Classy, online fundraising software for nonprofits, launched the Classy Awards in 2009 to ...

Supporting Automation for Good – UiPath Joins Pledge 1%

Originally pubished on uipath.com. On Our Path to Automation for Good Daniel Dines The UiPath journey began with 10 people in an apartment in Romania. As our company has grown into a multinational bus...

Linh Judin: Prioritize, Delegate, and Be Present

Pledge 1%’s #WomenWhoLead series celebrates female leaders who are paving the way for the next generation. While our featured leaders come from a variety of backgrounds and industries, they are united...

Pledge 1% Launches Boardroom Allies with Top Venture Capitalists

Alliance of VCs commit to helping portfolio companies set aside stock for social impact on path to IPO; $1B in new philanthropy already ignited in the last year by companies like Coinbase, UiPath, and...

Pledge 1% Members & a Coalition of Companies Launch Challenge Campaign for Vaccine Equity

Since the start of the pandemic, our Pledge 1% community has demonstrated a commitment to working together and supporting those who are most in need. Right now, the gap between countries that can and ...

Melissa Frugé: View Your Career As An Evolving Journey, Not A Destination

Pledge 1%’s #WomenWhoLead series celebrates female leaders who are paving the way for the next generation. While our featured leaders come from a variety of backgrounds and industries, they are united...

Event Roundup–Why CEOs Should Set Aside Equity, and Why Investors Should Support Them with Pledge 1%

Business as a force for good is a top-of-mind topic. The last eighteen months have proven the power and the important role businesses have when it comes to tackling problems in our interconnected worl...

Yasmin Grigaliunas: We’re all ordinary people capable of extraordinary things

Pledge 1%’s #WomenWhoLead series celebrates female leaders who are paving the way for the next generation. While our featured leaders come from a variety of backgrounds and industries, they are united...

Beth Rustin: Have Conviction When Making Decisions In Life And Career

Pledge 1%’s #WomenWhoLead series celebrates female leaders who are paving the way for the next generation. While our featured leaders come from a variety of backgrounds and industries, they are united...

UPDATED ANNOUNCEMENT: Pledge 1% Companies Commit to Support COVID-19 India Relief

Early this week, we announced the collective effort of our Global Coalition to support organizations responding to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis in India. Together, we have unlocked over $28M worth of d...

Available Now: The New Builders Book by Seth Levine and Elizabeth Macbride

The New Builders: Face To Face With The TRUE Future Of Business People starting new businesses today are not who you think they are. Contrary to the myth of the white, male tech founder that dominates...

Lisa Cole: Becoming An Advocate Is Also Part Of Mentorship

Pledge 1%’s #WomenWhoLead series celebrates female leaders who are paving the way for the next generation. While our featured leaders come from a variety of backgrounds and industries, they are united...

Global Coalition Mobilizes $28M to Support India COVID-19 Relief

Philanthropic funding from 43 companies will go toward organizations responding to the COVID-19 crisis in India, with a focus on medical supplies, vaccine awareness and distribution, and food security...

Good Spirits Co. Team Proudly Supports ‘Variety Rocks 4 All Concert’

Originally published at Australian Baiju. Our team at Good Spirits Co. was so proud to participate in ‘Variety Rocks 4 All Concert,’ a family concert held by Variety – the Children’s Charity in conjun...

Chasity Wright: Keep Learning To Stay Competitive

Pledge 1%’s #WomenWhoLead series celebrates female leaders who are paving the way for the next generation. While our featured leaders come from a variety of backgrounds and industries, they are united...

Coinbase Giving: how we are operationalizing our commitment to Pledge 1%

Originally published on The Coinbase Blog. Prior to our recent direct listing, in April 2020, we partnered with Pledge 1% to build a corporate giving program that would commit 1% of Coinbase profits, ...

Event Roundup–Pledge 1%: Business as a force for good at Collision Conference!

Event Roundup–Pledge 1%: Business as a force for good at Collision Conference! To find out why pledging equity is not only the right thing to do but also the smart thing to do to drive your company’s ...

Social Champ Joins the Pledge 1% Movement

Originally published on socialchamp.io. Written by Marium Fahim Khan. Social Champ Joins the Pledge 1% Movement and Pledges to Donate 1% of Time and Product to the Community Today we joined Pledge 1%,...

Amanda Rees: Create A Culture That Values Physical And Mental Wellbeing

Pledge 1%’s #WomenWhoLead series celebrates female leaders who are paving the way for the next generation. While our featured leaders come from a variety of backgrounds and industries, they are united...

How Zylo Supports the Earth Year-Round

Since the early days of Zylo, we’ve been committed to supporting the communities where we live and work. Our success wouldn’t be possible without the support of our community, so we’re proud to partne...

Cruise Joins the Pledge 1% Movement, Introducing Cruise for Good

Written by Dan Ammann for Pledge 1%. Sometimes terrible events can be clarifying. Last fall I wrote about the spike in auto fatality rates and the record-breaking wildfires, and how both situations fu...