Social Impact & Volunteering

Three Ways to Take Your Impact Further | Taproot Foundation's Advisory Services Spring Newsletter

It's a common misconception that the bigger and more complex a pro bono initiative is, the higher the impact will be for nonprofits, your employees, and the company itself. In fact, the biggest determinant of a program's impact is not its scale or complexity but the quality of the match between employees' expertise and nonprofits' needs.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Shire Employees Volunteered Over 25,000 Hours in 2016

On October 7, Shire hosted its second annual Global Day of Service. More than one-third of our newly expanded workforce participated in volunteer projects worldwide. Employee volunteers dedicated over 25,000 hours of their time in more than 150 locations.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Historic Hahne’s Department Store Building Reopens in Downtown Newark, N.J.

Prudential Financial, Inc., L+M Development Partners, and The Goldman Sachs Group, in partnership with Citi Community Capital, joined Newark Mayor Ras Baraka to celebrate the grand opening of the historic Hahne & Company building in downtown Newark. The restored building features an arts and cultural center operated by Rutgers University-Newark and around 75,000 square feet of new retail space on Broad Street, including Newark’s first Whole Foods. The project was accomplished with support from local co-developers Hanini Group and Crawford Street Partners.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Timberland Creates Social Value through an Innovative Partnership with Thread

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Amway Charity Foundation in Russia Presented 2017 ECO Best Award

What started as simply cleaning up the environment three years ago has led to Amway Russia’s Amway Charity Foundation “Responsible for the future” receiving a 2017 ECO Best Award.

Diversity & Inclusion

Nat Geo Explorers Encourage Girls to Pursue STEM Careers at Microsoft Events

On March 18, girls across the United States gathered in Microsoft Stores to hear from National Geographic Explorers about the importance of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education. The events were in partnership with Microsoft’s “Make What’s Next Campaign,” which aims to inspire the next generation of inventors, scientists, mathematicians and engineers. Given that only 6.7 percent of women graduate with STEM degrees, the campaign encourages girls to pursue these subjects from a young age, effectively doubling the potential to solve the worlds’ problems.

Events, Media & Communications

Institute for Equity and Excellence in Public Education (IEEPE) Hosts Twitter Chat on “Child Trauma, Under-Age Alcohol and Substance Use, and Student Outcomes"

The Institute for Equity and Excellence in Public Education (IEEPE), in partnership with the Health Alliance on Alcohol, invites you to join them for a Twitter Chat on the connection between child trauma, under-age drinking and marijuana use, and Washington, D.C. student outcomes.

Health & Healthcare

Clean Water Partnership: Business Connect Brings Kohler Clarity to More Than 40 Countries

Kohler Co., a global leader in the plumbing industry, and social enterprise Business Connect are joining forces to help children and families around the world obtain more affordable and accessible clean water. The partnership will bring the KOHLER Clarity™ water filter to Business Connect’s in-country distributors in 43 countries, providing a beautiful and highly effective option to local families in need of clean water.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Dropps Laundry Detergent Partners with Keep America Beautiful to Help Reduce Plastic and Packaging in Household Products, Improve Recycling in America

Dropps, the eco-friendly unit dose household cleaning brand that delivers dye-free EPA Safer Choice certified laundry detergent direct to your door, is demonstrating its ongoing commitment to the environment by partnering with Keep America Beautiful, one of the nation’s most iconic nonprofit organizations.

Latest Campaigns

AEG's Commitment to Social Impact and Volunteerism

AEG embraces its responsibility to enrich the lives of people in the communities around the world where we do business, and to use business to create...

Opportunity for All

At Trane Technologies, uplifting our communities and workforce is the key to our continued success. We focus on broadening access to education...

Aflac Stories

Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.

KeyBank's Community Investment

In states where Key has a presence, there are approximately 1.7 million low- to moderate-income (LMI) households. Many LMI individuals don’t have bank...

First Responder Programming

At Motorola Solutions, our customers are everyday heroes, and our philanthropic arm, the Motorola Solutions Foundation is dedicated to paying it...

Collective Action

Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...

Community Investment

all community engagement efforts (e.g., Teach for All, volunteerism, etc.)

GoDaddy | Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging

Diverse teams build better products — period. At GoDaddy, we make apps and services that our worldwide community of entrepreneurs can relate to. Our...

Small Business Growth

We strengthen communities and help create local jobs by investing in underserved small business owners. We fund nonprofits that are focused on...

KeyBank: Responsible Banking

Everyone’s financial journey is different. We make intentional efforts to meet the individual needs of clients and communities through a diverse range...