Corporate Social Responsibility News
Learn about companies that are doing good while turning a profit. This section features news on company and employee initiatives, corporate donations, activities and announcements that benefit the environment, under-represented groups and the community at large.
Safety Center's Peer-to-Peer, Teen Safe Driving Campaigns Receives Funding from the Allstate Foundation Good Starts Young Program
Empowering Students to Create Real Change, Lead, Impact, and Reach Youth Making a Difference in Teen Safe Driving Decisions - September 14, 2016 - Safety Center
Unique Digital Jobs Program in Jamaica Generates High Value Opportunities for Over 120 Deserving Youth
On Saturday September 3, 2016, Avasant Foundation celebrated the fourth and final graduation of its Digital Youth Employment Initiative that has trained a total of 123 youth in Kingston and Montego Bay, Jamaica. Minister of Education, Youth and Information, the Hon. Minister Ruel Reid, endorsed... - September 14, 2016 - Avasant
Nussbaum Gillis & Dinner Funds Financial Needs Scholarship Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University
Nussbaum Gillis & Dinner, a Scottsdale-based law firm, has pledged funds for a scholarship to assist students attending Arizona State University's Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law. The scholarship will be available to students with unexpected financial needs during the school year. - September 12, 2016 - Nussbaum Gillis and Dinner
Dollar for Dollar Challenge Drive for Bumi Sehat: Hyperbiotics $150,000 Donation Enables Completion of a New Health Clinic in Bali
Last week, mission-driven probiotics company, Hyperbiotics completed its Dollar for Dollar Challenge Grant to help Bumi Sehat complete its new health clinic in Bali, Indonesia, enabling the nonprofit to expand services to approximately 1500 gentle births per year. With the support of Earth Company,... - September 10, 2016 - Hyperbiotics
Camille D. Jamerson (CDJ & Associates) is Now Global: Named to the Advisory Executive Council of the International Women’s Economic Forum
Committed to promoting leadership among women and spearheading global economic growth, Camille D. Jamerson of CDJ & Associates, is honored to be named to the Advisory Executive Council and slated as a featured speaker of the Women’s Economic Forum in New Delhi, India. - September 06, 2016 - CDJ & Associates
Digital Lion Makes Donation to Vecova Centre for Disability Services and Research
Digital Lion, a leader in the Web development, graphic design, and digital marketing field, donated a portion of its profits to a charity helping those in the community. - August 27, 2016 - Digital Lion Inc.
Local Real Estate Team Donates Over $7,000 to Families in Need
The Miller Realty Group has made their second donation of the year to Families in Need Program for the Foundation of Seminole County Schools! Since the beginning of the year the members of this local real estate team have donated 5% of their total commission to this great cause. So far this year... - August 26, 2016 - The Miller Realty Group
Strip Mine Next to State Forest Permanently Stopped
The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has ordered a permanent stop to mining on the controversial KD#2 mountaintop removal strip mine adjacent to Kanawha State Forest following two years of action by the Kanawha Forest Coalition. The KD#2 permit, approved by the DEP in May... - August 22, 2016 - Kanawha Forest Coalition
Bellafina Chocolates Announces Charity Giveaway
Bellafina Chocolates, a gourmet chocolate company and social enterprise that donates 100% of its profits to children's charities, is celebrating its 6-year anniversary with a Fan's Choice Charity Giveaway. Fans may vote for one of six children's charities on the company's Facebook page. - August 20, 2016 - Bellafina Chocolates
Largest Raw Dataset on Social Conflict
Trubshaw Cumberlege, Ltd., a leading social risk consulting firm, today announced that is has compiled the world’s most comprehensive empirical dataset on social conflicts between companies and communities. The dataset includes 1,010 social conflicts from 112 countries involving 1,028... - August 19, 2016 - Trubshaw Cumberlege, Ltd
Intertek Launches Soil Manager App to Support Local Farmers in Africa
Intertek supports development in Africa by bringing access to new technologies. Their Mobile soil analysis app Soil Manager will support Local farmers' needs in the region, improve their financial independence and reduce food insecurity in African region. - August 11, 2016 - Intertek
YourCause Volunteers Support United Nations Sustainable Development Goal #4
The Staff from YourCause, provider of CSRconnect Employee Engagement Platform, and their families participated in a volunteer event with Community Partners of Dallas to provide new school supplies and uniforms to over 2,500 Dallas County children. YourCause chose this day of service to align with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 4: to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all. - August 08, 2016 - YourCause, LLC
Homes for Heroes® Honors Affiliate Real Estate Specialists Who Gave Back More Than $818,000 to 700 HEROES
Homes for Heroes honors five affiliate real estate specialists from across the country that have give back over $818,000 to heroes in their local communities and have earned their induction into the 100 and 250 Heroes Served Club. - August 04, 2016 - Homes for Heroes
Homes for Heroes® Affiliate Lender Specialist Kris Crane Gives Back to More Than 100 Local Heroes
Homes for Heroes honors Kris Crane of Snohomish, WA for serving 106 local heroes, providing over $165,000 in Hero Rewards® savings and earning the prestigious 100 Heroes Served Club award. - August 04, 2016 - Homes for Heroes
Homes for Heroes® Affiliate Lender Specialist Kyra Sommerville Moore Gives Back to More Than 100 Local Heroes
Homes for Heroes honors Kyra Sommerville Moore of Urbandale, IA for serving 101 local heroes, providing over $55,000 in Hero Rewards® savings and earning the prestigious 100 Heroes Served Club award. - August 04, 2016 - Homes for Heroes
William Hill Signs Agreements with English and Scottish FA’s to Safeguard the Integrity of Football
William Hill are proud to announce they have signed a landmark memorandum of understanding with the Scottish FA on betting integrity. The new agreement complements the MoU the firm has signed with the English FA. The two separate MoU’s cover all professional football events and associated... - August 01, 2016 - William Hill
WROC News8 Rochester Receives Award from Organ Donation Association
CBS affiliate station in Rochester, New York recognized for outstanding contributions to organ, eye and tissue donation. - July 29, 2016 - Association of Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO)
Christmas in July Event to Support FeedMore
Kid to Kid Midlothian sponsors fund-raiser to feed Richmond. - July 27, 2016 - Kid to Kid Midlothian
Email Append Services Launches a Service Tailored to Help Businesses Effectively Manage Their Data
Proper data management has proved to be one of the most effective ways of ensuring that a company continues to grow its client base as well as enhancing their customer services. - July 23, 2016 - Email Append Services
Taiwan Software Company Ares Creates Child-Friendly Workplace Environment
Taiwan software company Ares creates child-friendly workplace environment by providing breastfeeding and child-care support, to raise employee′s happiness. - July 21, 2016 - Ares International Corp.
Florida’s Toxic Algae Blooms: Could This Happen in North Carolina?
The recent toxic algae problems in Florida have generated widespread media attention and led many to ask “what’s going on?” The blooms on the east coast of Florida began in May as algal blooms in the nutrient enriched Lake Okeechobee, then moved down the St. Lucie River to the estuary and ultimately to Florida’s “Treasure Coast” as a result water releases by the Corps of Engineers. Could the same thing happen to North Carolina's coastline? It's possible. - July 20, 2016 - WK Dickson & Co., Inc.
Jennifer’s Boutique Collects 900 Pounds of Food for Community Cooperative
Jennifer’s women’s boutique collected canned goods for Community Cooperative’s “Summer Drive for Hunger” throughout the month of June. Jennifer’s customers donated 900 pounds of canned foods and non-perishable food items. "We have been hosting food drives... - July 20, 2016 - Jennifer's
LA Corporate Challenge - 500 Businesses, Thousands of Employees, a Fun Filled Time for Everyone
500 businesses will compete in this years Corporate Challenge in Los Angeles. The focus is health, wellness, and team building..... - July 19, 2016 - Los Angeles Corporate Challenge
Operation: Pizza for Peacekeepers. Local Lender Partners with Mortgage Professionals Across the Country to Honor Their Local Law Enforcement Agencies.
This Friday, July 15th, Chris Roberts of Mid America Mortgage, Inc. in Dallas, Texas will be donating a pizza lunch to his local Police department. Roberts is part of a nationwide movement of fellow mortgage professionals for lunch this Friday. - July 15, 2016 - Mid America Mortgage, Inc
Wise Business Plans Joins Zoos in Celebrating August as National Family Fun Month
Wise Business Plans, a leader in the business planning industry, is currently offering zoos and aquariums in-depth researched business plans and services that can help them secure funding for improvement, maintenance, and expansion. - July 15, 2016 - Wise Business Plans
Code Tech Corporation Partners with CannaMarkUSA
Makers of the first Direct-On-Edible Warning Label Solution for cannabis-infused ingestible products. Code Tech Corporation to partner with CannaMarkUSA™, who are the makers of the first ever, patent-pending Direct-On-Edible Warning Label Solution for cannabis-infused ingestible products. - July 14, 2016 - CannaMarkUSA
Texas Trust Credit Union Gives $100,000 to Support UTA Career Development Center
UTA will name the interview suite within its new Career Development Center the Texas Trust Interview Suite in recognition of the credit union's $100,000 gift to the university. - July 07, 2016 - Texas Trust Credit Union
Apple & Donate Life America Bring National Organ Donor Registration to iPhone
Apple® and Donate Life America announced today that, for the first time ever, iPhone® users will be able to legally register to be an organ, eye and tissue donor right from the Health app with the release of iOS 10 scheduled for this Fall. With just a few taps, iPhone users can learn more and take action through the simple sign up process. - July 05, 2016 - Association of Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO)
Centre for Sustainability and Excellence (CSE): Helping Sustainability Professionals Achieve Excellence Through Its Certified Trainings
5,000 Certified Sustainability Executives speak of their training experience and help CSE remain committed to its mission to offer advanced, certified education to professionals seeking to make a positive contribution to this planet. - July 05, 2016 - Centre for Sustainability and Excellence
Zakat Project in Support of the City’s Labor Camps at Park Rotana Abu Dhabi This Ramadan
Park Rotana Abu Dhabi launched the project Zakat this Ramadan, aimed at extending help to workers in two Abu Dhabi labor camps. The drive called for hotel colleagues to donate basic food items like rice, lentils, oil, canned food and biscuits; as well as other living essentials such as toiletries, linen, kitchen items, shoes and clothes. Tenants at the Park Residences also supported the initiative with both goods and money. The goods were individually packaged and delivered by the team of PRAD. - June 29, 2016 - Park Rotana Hotel
ECF Thanks Over 70 Business Partners That Include Developmentally Disabled in Their Bottom Line
The Exceptional Children's Foundation recognized over 70 businesses who partner with the entrepreneurial non-profit to create a lifespan of opportunities for children, students and adults with developmental disabilities, including educational and job placement programs. - June 25, 2016 - Exceptional Children's Foundation
Maritime Chevrolet Will Donate Proceeds to St. Vincents SWIM Across the Sound Foundation
Maritime Chevrolet will donate a portion of all proceeds of new and used vehicle sales from June 20 - July 20 to the St. Vincent’s Medical Center Foundation. The donation will be in support of Officer Thomas Gorton and the Fairfield Police Department making the 15.5 swim during St. - June 24, 2016 - Maritime Chevrolet
Gulf Coast Environmental Systems Announces Chinese Joint Venture
Gulf Coast Environmental Systems eyes opportunities in China and announces the creation of a local Chinese Company, GCE China, headquartered in Zibo. GCE China designs and manufactures full lines of air, soil, and water pollution control equipment. - June 21, 2016 - Gulf Coast Environmental Systems
Remembering Those Who Served Us: Local Security Company Gives Back to Colorado's Veteran Community
Absolute Security & Personal Protection is partnering with local nursing homes and other assisted living communities that provide housing and assistance to Military Veterans. Absolute Security & Personal Protection is launching a program in which donations, volunteer services, and other... - June 17, 2016 - Absolute Security & Personal Protection
College Students Work Off Debt as GladlyDo Becomes a Staple in Boston Freelance Economy
Families and organizations enjoy having odd jobs and errands done by college students who choose jobs based on skills and schedule - June 15, 2016 - GladlyDo
Another Buddy Bench Installed in Massachusetts, Inspired by Local Author, Arlene Lagos
Millis CFB Elementary is holding a buddy bench dedication ceremony on Wednesday, June 22nd at 1:30pm. The dedication is a gift from the fourth grade class of 2024 and is inspired by the book, "Outside The Circle" by Arlene Lagos. - June 14, 2016 - CFB Home and School Association
Hotels of Lehigh Valley Are Raising the Bar in Supporting the Local Charities and Nonprofits
There are numerous organizations in the Lehigh Valley doing good for the community. Allentown Rescue Mission works to provide emergency shelter, food, youth and family services, education and job training programs. Habitat for Humanity has been devoted to building "simple, decent, and... - June 14, 2016 - Comfort Suites Allentown
Trust Stamp Announces the World's 1st Ethereum Domiciled, Charitable DAO
Trust Stamp, a VC funded, Identity & Trust as a Service enterprise that recently came out of stealth mode at Atlanta Technology Village has founded DAOTRUST, an Ethereum domiciled DAO (Distributed Autonomous Organization) that will administer a charitable endowment representing an initial 10% ownership stake in Trust Stamp. A DAO is simply described as a digital corporation, domiciled in the Blockchain, independent of any territorial jurisdiction and entirely governed by its community. - June 13, 2016 - Trust Stamp
Fantasy Football Winner’s Donation Matched by Parasol
Parasol, the market-leading contractor support specialist is proud to match pound for pound the £100 grand prize donation made by Adam Hopcroft, Business Manager at Real Public Sector, a trading division of SThree Partnership LLP, after his win at the inaugural season of the Parasol Recruiter Fantasy Football League. - June 12, 2016 - Parasol Group
Sigma Studies Partnership
Sigma Studies Limited has proudly partnered up with the Stanford & Corringham Community First Responder Group by donating four of the latest resuscitation manikins, which light up to indicate the virtual blood flow. The Community First Responders volunteer on behalf of the East of England... - June 10, 2016 - Sigma Studies
J.C. Restoration Volunteers Surpassed Goal to Pack 100,000 Life-Saving Meals
J.C. Restoration, Inc. (JCR) and hundreds of community members worked to feed thousands of starving children in the developing world. Through a partnership between J.C. Restoration and Feed My Starving Children (FMSC), volunteers set a goal to prepare 100,000 life-saving meals at this FMSC... - June 07, 2016 - J.C. Restoration, Inc.
Join the Race to Make the World a Better Place with Brighton College at Park Rotana AD
Park Rotana Abu Dhabi in association with Brighton College Abu Dhabi organized a Children’s Art Fair for the second year running, as part of the World Environment Day celebrations. The exhibition was held at the hotel whereby Pre-Prep students showcased twelve pieces of art all made from recyclable items. Under the umbrella theme Join the race to make the world a better place, each class group cut, coloured, moulded and painted art that symbolized what the World Environment Day means to them. - June 06, 2016 - Park Rotana Hotel
Axia Technology Partners Raises More Than $8,000 for Gleaners Food Bank
Axia Technology Partners announced today that it raised more than $8,000 for Gleaners Food Bank during its first annual “Drive to Revive” fundraising event on May 27. The money raised will provide more than 25,000 meals to those served by Gleaners. - June 03, 2016 - Kerauno
Dialing Innovations Continues Giving Back to the Community
Dialing Innovations, a global software as a service company, continues their community initiative by partnering with several local businesses to collect donations for The Julian Center. - June 02, 2016 - Dialing Innovations
Versaic Awarded Second Patent on Its Flexible Platform Design
Versaic announced it has been awarded a second patent that covers key elements of the company’s technology. Versaic’s unique Platform as a Service (PaaS) approach gives the company a distinct advantage over competitive offerings and makes it possible for Versaic to deliver a broad range... - May 29, 2016 - Versaic
Giving the Gift of Sight to Hundreds Around the World
For each pair of eyeglasses purchased by patients during the months of May and June 2016, Linden Optometry, P.C. in Pasadena will make a donation to provide eye exams and eyeglasses to children in underserved communities around the world. - May 28, 2016 - Linden Optometry, P.C.
RED Day: Volunteering and Giving Back in Our Community
This year’s RED Day project stood on shaky grounds because there were not enough volunteers signed up to get all the projects done. - May 26, 2016 - Sarasota Suncoast Team, Inc.
The Shops at Wisconsin Place in Chevy Chase Ribbon Cutting & EV Ride and Drive Event to Launch Newly Installed Mini Bar Electric Vehicle Charging Stations by Juice Bar EV
Juice Bar EV partners with CBRE, LAZ Parking and Chevy Chase Nissan in a Ribbon Cutting & Ride and Drive Event at The Shops at Wisconsin Place in Chevy Chase. The business community and local Electric Vehicle Drivers Club come together to introduce the community to the new Mini Bar Electric Vehicle Charging Stations. - May 25, 2016 - Juice Bar EV
Callida Energy Partners with Berkeley Lab to Crowdsource New Building Technology Innovations
Callida Energy, a commercial building energy optimization solution provider, announced that it will partner with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in a Department of Energy (DOE) program designed to generate innovative smart building technology ideas to meet our building energy challenges. This program uses crowdsourcing campaigns that award cash prizes and incubation support to inventors who propose the winning solutions to smart building technology problems put forward in the campaigns. - May 23, 2016 - Callida Energy
16th CSR & Sustainability Meetup Dubai to Address the Role of Women in CSR/Sustainability: Gender Balance & Business Performance
In the 16th CSR & Sustainability meetup subject experts will engage the audience in active discussions around gender balance & business performance. - May 21, 2016 - Sustainability Knowledge Group