Gen has launched a new partnership with Social Shifters, a nonprofit empowering young leaders to develop solutions to pressing social and environmental issues. Gen members will serve as judges for the Global Innovation Challenge, which provides up to $10,000 in funding.
Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH), one of the world’s largest hotel companies, is working with longtime charitable partner, Rebuilding Together, a leading national nonprofit in safe and healthy housing, to engage employees in an annual volunteer project. This Friday, September 18, volunteers from Choice Hotels will join Rebuilding Together Montgomery County, to provide critical repairs and renovations at Dring’s Reach, an affordable housing complex owned and operated by the Montgomery Housing Partnership (MHP), located in Silver Spring, MD.
Astellas Pharma recently marked the company’s sixth annual Changing Tomorrow Day—a global volunteer service initiative—with employees lending their time to more than six community-based organizations around Chicagoland and Los Angeles. Volunteers also observed a moment of silence with local firefighters and first responders in memory of 9/11.
An unwavering commitment to improving transparency in sustainability reporting has once again earned TransCanada positions on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) World and North America indices in 2015.
The Detroit Development Fund (DDF), JPMorgan Chase & Co. and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) today announced a new $6.5 million lending program for Detroit businesses owned by entrepreneurs of color and businesses that primarily hire people of color. The Entrepreneurs of Color Fund will boost economic opportunity for minority-owned businesses in Detroit by providing them with greater access to capital and business assistance, allowing them to grow, hire local and further contribute to the city’s recovery.
Are you accountable for your company’s employee engagement, corporate responsibility, or philanthropy program? Then join us on Thursday, September 24 at the Microsoft Silicon Valley Campus in Mountain View and hear from leading experts about the trends and opportunities available to drive greater ROI from your charitable and employee engagement programs. Participate in a business and society hackathon to achieve greater impact.
John Kiker’s pro bono story began on September 11, 2001.
John was serving as the Vice President of Marketing Communications for United Airlines at the time of the attacks. His responsibilities included leading a crisis communications team – and coordinating its work with the airline’s humanitarian, operational, and investigative teams – in the event of an accident or other emergency. The communications effort undertaken by his team in the wake of the 9/11 attacks has been cited as being among the most compassionate and comprehensive in the history of the industry.
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For the second consecutive year, TD Bank Group was named to the Dow Jones Sustainability (DJSI) World Index, which reflects the top 10 percent of leading companies in corporate sustainability worldwide.
From packing boxes at food banks to delivering gifts to children’s hospitals and cleaning up neighborhoods, more than 1,900 General Motors’ employee volunteers will participate in nearly 100 community service projects across the U.S. as part of the company’s fourth annual “teamGM Cares Week” beginning Monday.
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