Corporate Citizenship & Philanthropy Briefs
2018
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Confronting the Wave: Revitalizing Local Food Districts While Strengthening Racial Equity
June 05 | Dan Carmody, President, Eastern Market Corporation | Comments (0)Michigan nonprofit Eastern Market Corporation (EMC) was created in 2006 to revitalize Detroit’s public market and adjacent food district. EMC has pivoted from priming the pump to confronting this wave to ensure that the market’s core values are not lost and that racial equity is strengthened as a tsunami of new real estate investment hits the Eastern Market District.
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Philanthropic Gifts to Support People with Disabilities also Support a Third of Your Workforce
May 29 | Julia Taylor Kennedy, Executive Vice President and Director of Publications, Center for Talent Innovation | Comments (0)Through corporate philanthropy, employers not only support the communities and societies in which they operate, they signal their company’s values and priorities to their own employees. By choosing to support people with disabilities through philanthropic efforts, companies also signal support for nearly a third of their workforce.
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Participate in the 2018 Business Contributions to the Arts Survey
May 21 | Alex Parkinson, Former Communications Institute Co-Leader, The Conference Board | Comments (0)The 2018 Business Contributions to the Arts survey, conducted by The Conference Board and Americans for the Arts, is open until Friday, June 8. Please share your data regarding your organization's support for the arts to help us provide important benchmarking information to the corporate philanthropy and arts communities. The survey should take no more than 15-20 minutes to complete.
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A Fireside Chat on Impact and Mission Measurement
May 15 | Katharine Bierce, Senior Associate, Digital Content, Salesforce | Comments (0)As part of staying up to date on corporate social responsibility and nonprofit program management best practices, we sat down for a chat with Jason Saul, Founder and CEO of Mission Measurement, and Alex Parkinson, Senior Researcher and Director of the Society for New Communications Research of The Conference Board (SNCR). Here’s what we learned about why it’s important to measure impact, what donors expect, current trends—and common mistakes.
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Better Businesses Mean a Better World: An Approach through the SDG Framework
May 08 | Jeff Hoffman, Institute Leader, Corporate Citizenship & Philanthropy, ESG Center, The Conference Board | Comments (1)At the spring meeting of The Conference Board’s Global CSR & Philanthropy Council, the group closely considered their next steps with regard to the SDGs. Members had provocative discussions stimulated by various guest speakers from organizations such as the United Nations Foundation, US-ASEAN Business Council, The Conference Board, and Palladium.
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IMPACT2030 Partners with Better World Leadership to Advance the Global Goals
May 01 | Alice Korngold, Author, A Better World, Inc.: How Companies Profit by Solving Global Problems...While Governments Cannot | Sue Stephenson, Interim CEO and Vice Chair, IMPACT2030 | Comments (0)Employees who serve on nonprofit boards play a vital role in helping to achieve the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Yet, many companies do not include nonprofit board service in reports of volunteering for the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Companies need to recognize the valuable participation by their employees in advancing nonprofits and the SDGs through board service.
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Atlanta-Based Companies Support Local Initiative to Welcome Immigrants
April 25 | Alex Parkinson, Former Communications Institute Co-Leader, The Conference Board | Comments (0)Immigration has long been a political battleground, but in recent years it has taken on even more significance. Stronger rhetoric from the White House and leanings in favor of a stricter immigration policy have caused concern among immigrant populations around the country. In opposition to the federal stance, many cities have sought out programs to protect immigrants from deportation and to support their transition into American society. And companies have lent their support to these efforts.
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Comcast NBCUniversal and Cities of Service Join Forces to Help Revitalize Detroit
April 18 | Myung Lee, Executive Director, Cities of Service | Dalila Wilson Scott, Senior Vice President of Community Impact, Comcast Corporation | Comments (0)This year, more than 100,000 volunteers will celebrate service during Comcast Cares Day by participating in volunteer projects all over the world. Making a positive impact in the communities where Comcast NBCUniversal employees live and work is a value the company embraces all year long. Businesses can ensure that the impact of service days like these lasts well beyond one day by linking their service projects to city priorities and ongoing initiatives.