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Giving in Numbers® 2026 Edition Data Reveals a Stark Divide in Corporate Giving

New CECP Giving in Numbers® data reveals a widening divide in corporate giving. While median community investments rose 7.5%, 52% of companies reduced giving in 2025 and overall giving remained flat—showing topline growth masked a broader trend of pullbacks.

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Giving in Numbers® 2026 Edition Data Reveals a Stark Divide in Corporate Giving

Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose (CECP)

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Building An Enduring Company: Covia Releases 2025 Corporate Responsibility Report

Covia

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Living Our Purpose: MetLife Publishes Latest Sustainability Report

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Corporate Responsibility

Video: GRI – Driving Global Change Since 1997

GRI is celebrating its first 20 years of helping companies and other organizations take action to create a more sustainable and inclusive global economy. Watch this video to learn more about the impact GRI has had over the past two decades.

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American Express Aligns Its CSR Efforts Toward Its North Star, Service

Today, American Express published its latest corporate social responsibility (CSR) report, titled “The Service Effect.” The report describes how service has shaped the company’s efforts to honor and strengthen its commitments to all stakeholders – specifically its people, customers, partners, communities and the environment – in 2016 and 2017.

AI & Technology

Microsoft Philanthropies Donates $1B in Cloud Tech to Nonprofits, Aims to Triple Impact

The demands on nonprofits are perhaps greater today than ever. That’s why, in early 2016, Microsoft Philanthropies committed to donating $1 billion in cloud computing resources, over three years, to help 70,000 nonprofit organizations digitally scale their impact and serve the public good. Today, we’re proud to share that nonprofit demand for cloud solutions has dramatically exceeded our expectations. We have reached our original goal a year early and donated cloud services to more than 90,000 nonprofits.

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Local Experts Demonstrate Authority in Mainland China CSR Consulting

SynTao Co., Ltd. is a leading China-based consultancy promoting sustainability and responsibility in the Asia region. The organization focuses on consulting, education, and investment in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Founded in 2005, SynTao has established offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Shenzhen, Chongqing, and Washington D.C.

Corporate Responsibility

Sappi North America's Key Performance Indicators: Energy

Our pulp and paper products are derived from renewable resources, made with high levels of renewable energy, and are designed to be reused or recycled. While it is difficult to identify a more sustainable industry than forest products, not all companies perform equally when it comes to operating safely and sustainably.

Awards & Rankings

Weatherford 2016 Digital Annual Report Wins Silver at International Business Awards

Weatherford International plc (NYSE: WFT) today announced it has been named the Silver Winner of the Best Annual Report – Online/Electronic category at the 14th Annual International Business Awards (IBA). This is the third consecutive year Weatherford has received recognition in this category.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Erb Institute | Business for Sustainability Featured Case Study: Ending the Woes of Short-Termism

Eric Ries, one of the most prominent entrepreneurs from Silicon Valley, is launching the Long-Term Stock Exchange (LTSE), a new stock exchange for companies and investors that want to focus on long-term values and sustainable development rather than short-term profit gains

Corporate Responsibility

GRI: 20 Years of Driving Global Change

Today, the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) marks its 20th anniversary and charts a refreshed course to help even more businesses use sustainability reporting to create the conditions for sustainable development. To do this, GRI will focus on improving the quality of sustainability reporting, providing preliminary reporting guidance on sustainability topics that are new to the corporate reporting field, increasing reporting among small and medium-sized enterprises and promoting harmonization in the corporate reporting landscape.

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The Reporting Exchange Launches Today: The Global Resource for Corporate Sustainability Reporting

Today, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) launched the Reporting Exchange - the single most up to date and comprehensive source of information on sustainability reporting requirements and resources currently available.

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