Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Center
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‘Dating’ Advice for Brands That Want to Be ‘Loved’
'Dating' Advice for Brands That Want to Be 'Loved' By: John Friedman, Managing Director, ESG & Sustainability Services, Grant Thornton 'We want to be a loved brand' is the charge that marketers and communicators hear every day. And yet there are some fundamental lessons from the dating world that they need to consider if they [...]
Stock Exchange Bell Ceremony Rings in New FedEx-HBCU Student Ambassador Program
Stock Exchange Bell Ceremony Rings in New FedEx-HBCU Student Ambassador Program By: Rose Jackson Flenorl, FedEx The FedEx-HBCU Student Ambassador Program was announced on Feb. 1 during the Closing Bell® at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). FedEx leaders, school presidents, and student program participants participated in the ceremonial presentation commemorating the launch of [...]
Major Cause Awareness Dates – 2022 Snapshot
Major Cause Awareness Dates – 2022 Snapshot By: Rocket Social Impact It’s that time of year again. Check out Rocket Social Impact’s 2022 Cause Awareness Calendar; a collective tool developed to provide CSR, nonprofit and social purpose champions an opportunity to consider cutting through the clutter during key moments to highlight relevant issues, heighten [...]
Trends to Watch in 2022: Corporate Environmental, Social & Governance
Trends to Watch in 2022: Corporate Environmental, Social & Governance Our team has conversations every day with companies looking to grow their social and environmental impact and reduce potential risks. We’ve compiled the following five ESG trends to watch – and get ahead of – based on those conversations and the expertise of our Uplift [...]
Social Impact Job Sites
Social Impact Job Sites By: Nick Martin Looking for a job in social impact, philanthropy, nonprofit, international development or humanitarian work? Here’s an updated list of 60 to job sites by category and region: General: 1. Idealist 2. Impact Pool 3. PCDN 4. Net Impact 5. Escape the City 6. NextBillion Jobs 7. Koya [...]
The executive’s guide to CSR, ESG and the whole mess of similar terms
The executive's guide to CSR, ESG and the whole mess of similar terms By: Bea Boccalandro, Author of Do Good at Work: How Simple Acts of Social Purpose Drive Success and Wellbeing and purpose advisor to over a dozen Fortune 500 companies “Don’t make any of the world’s problems any worse AND choose one close to your [...]
Honoring Giving Tuesday: What Is Next Is Now
Honoring Giving Tuesday: What Is Next Is Now By: Michael Bzdak, PhD, Global Director, Employee Engagement at Johnson & Johnson - As the “world’s biggest day of generosity,” Giving Tuesday—Nov. 30, 2021, this year—is always a reminder for me to take stock of the current year and look to the future. As we all know, [...]
Diversifying the Workforce
Diversifying the Workforce Recently, Corporate Leadership Council members and guests discussed practical ways to increase diversity in the workforce, focusing on recruitment, retention and promotion; linking metrics to compensation and business plans; as well as creating pipeline programs and opportunity. Cleveland Cavaliers: Institutionalize diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) work with metrics that are tied to [...]
How ESG Programs Can Combat the Great Resignation
How ESG Programs Can Combat the Great Resignation By: Susan Hunt Stevens, Founder and CEO of WeSpire This article is reprinted with permission. In her book "How to Change," author Katy Milkman cites the importance of reset dates or events that enable a mental fresh start. Hence the popularity of New Year's Day, birthdays [...]
Helping Nonprofits Fight the Pandemic in Global Communities
Helping Nonprofits Fight the Pandemic in Global Communities By: Shane O'Connor, Communications Advisor at FedEx For decades, FedEx has supported a number of local and global nonprofit organizations that specialize in helping underserved communities. Especially in times of disaster, when communities are recovering from hurricanes, floods, fires, earthquakes, volcanos, tsunamis and now, a global pandemic, [...]