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Rebuilding Together Alexandria Releases Energy Efficiency Home Audit Ideas as Part of Energy Awareness Month
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Winter’s cold can be a budget buster for many low-income homeowners—many of whom are elderly, disabled and veterans. As part of Energy…
The One Thing Your Company Has to Do to Recruit Millennials
By Pamela Hawley “88% of Millennials gravitated toward companies with pronounced Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programs…86% would consider leaving if their employer’s CSR no longer…
Why CSR Strategies Fail: The Top 3 Myths
By Angela Parker “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail”… right? I used to believe that the right plan would always yield the right…
Apple’s Employee Matching Gift Program Yields More Than $50 Million for Charity
By Julia Love CUPERTINO — Three years after Apple began matching employee donations, the program has yielded more than $50 million for charity. And on…
Doing the Right Thing
By Will Bunch A perfect storm of factors has encouraged the new age of employee-focused social responsibility. One has been the increasing number of millennials…
Internship Program Seeks to Inspire Innovation, Service
By Derek Hardin WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio — An honors student/student body president, a PhD student at the University of California – Berkeley, and a…
Why Good Companies Finish First
By Sam Becker What responsibility do businesses have to their local communities? How important is that responsibility to consumers? Turns out that most people consider social responsibility…
Why Prioritizing Social Responsibility Will Strengthen Your Startup
By Bradley Heinz At first glance, “doing good” might seem impossible for today’s tech startup. When you’re staying up into the wee hours of the…
What You Need to Know About Workplace Giving and Why It Matters
Regardless of how small or inexperienced your company might be when it comes to social responsibility, your company and its employees have the power to…
There’s a New Sheriff in Town: Your Employees
By Ryan Scott If you’re involved in any activity related to managing employee volunteer programs, you need to know Chris Jarvis. As the co-founder of Realized Worth,…
CH2M HILL Engages Employees in Giving Through Skills and Action
By Sarah Ford For 85% of employers surveyed in America’s Charities 2013 Snapshot Report, keeping workplace giving campaigns fresh and vibrant is a challenge. More…
CSR is a Way to Signal Your Ethos
By Jeff Welch You are defined by who you do business with as much as who you don’t do business with. And it’s both unrealistic…