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It is critical to listen and engage both inside and outside of your company to inform CSR efforts. We use the power of corporate social responsibility to strengthen relationships with consumers, employees, government officials, nonprofit leaders, activists, investors and business … Continue reading →

Fidelity at School is Fidelity Investment’s national community relations strategy. The program addresses the U.S. high school dropout crisis by focusing on helping at-risk middle school students achieve the foundational skills required to transition successfully to high school.  Leveraging its … Continue reading →

Cause Consulting is passionate about teaching and sharing our day-to-day CSR learnings and best practices with professionals in the field.  For the Boston College Center of Corporate Citizenship, we created and taught a popular, intensive workshop on effective communications practices … Continue reading →

“Enriching Lives Every Day” is ARAMARK’s global CSR-related mission, strategy, and theme.  It is a simple message that conveys complex corporate and individual responsibilities to the company’s 250,000 employees. As one of the world’s largest food, health care, uniform and … Continue reading →

ARAMARK Building Community is a signature philanthropic and employee volunteer program committed to strengthening our nation’s neighborhood community centers.  By providing vital workforce readiness, health and wellness, and basic support services, ARAMARK is enriching the lives of millions of families … Continue reading →

Adobe Youth Voices is a global philanthropic program of the Adobe Foundation. The program engages 13-18 year-olds in an educational experience to capture their passion and concerns about issues that matter to them most by creating media. The program empowers … Continue reading →

Brewing the American Dream is a signature cause initiative whose mission is to provide low and moderate-income small business owners with the essential ingredients to become financially independent in the food and beverage industry. With partners such as ACCION, the country’s … Continue reading →

Mark Feldman facilitated the session Issue and Risk Management at the International Corporate Citizenship Conference 2012 hosted by the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship. The session focused on how companies asses risk in addressing the concerns of society, investors … Continue reading →

Cause Consulting has joined the Billion + Change campaign by pledging to provide hundreds of hours of pro-bono services to non-profits. The campaign aims to encourage companies across America to start or expand their skills-based volunteer programs in order to … Continue reading →

Mark Feldman led this session on best practices in developing effective partnerships between companies and non‐profit organizations at the Annual United Neighborhod Centers of America (UNCA) member summit.  Participants included executives from the nation’s largest place-based community centers and settelement … Continue reading →

Mark Feldman taught a three day CSR communications strategy class as part of the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship professional development curriculum in Phoenix, AZ October 20-22.  This course covers: defining business objectives; profiling target audiences; understanding traditional and … Continue reading →

Nikki Korn provided counsel to companies on creating meaningful, sustainable corporate volunteer programs in this Inc. Magazine article. Nikki provided advice on selecting the right project, engaging internal team in decision making, and creating a two-way dialogue between companies and … Continue reading →

The Cause Consulting team led a workshop on maximizing corporate volunteers and utilizing the skills of employees for attendees of the Annual Points of Light National Conference on Community Service and Volunteerism.

As I travel back from the Points of Light Institute’s Presidential Summit on Community Service, hosted by Former President Bush (41) and President Obama, I am inspired by the direction and fresh momentum of the national and community volunteerism movement. Discussions have moved well beyond volunteerism as a “nice to do” or “a civic responsibility,” toward a focus on using service as a tool to achieve targeted social outcomes. Continue reading →

As I travel back from the Points of Light Institute’s Presidential Summit on Community Service, hosted by Former President Bush (41) and President Obama, I am inspired by the direction and fresh momentum of the national and community volunteerism movement. Discussions have moved well beyond volunteerism as a “nice to do” or “a civic responsibility,” toward a focus on using service as a tool to achieve targeted social outcomes. Continue reading →

Each year, Adobe celebrates the cutting-edge use of its technology for creating engaging virtual experiences. This year Social Responsibility was added as a new category, and the diverse finalists in this category are worth checking out.  The general public has been invited to vote on the winner. Finalists include a dynamic online forum for Colorado teenagers to discuss peer pressure and making smarter choices in their lives; an interactive game to promote healthy relationships among youth; an online exploration of threatened salmon populations in the North Pacific; and an easy-to-use desktop application that helps Fiat owners drive more efficiently. Continue reading →

I recently had the privilege of volunteering along with the employees of our client, Samuel Adams, at their “Speed Coaching” event. Speed Coaching is an integral part of Samuel Adams Brewing the American Dream, the company’s signature philanthropy program that helps lower-income food and beverage microentrepreneurs build and strengthen their small businesses, realize their dreams, and achieve economic independence. The program offers microloans, and other hard-to-come-by resources, through the Samuel Adams Microloan Fund with nonprofit partner ACCION USA. Continue reading →

The National Restaurant Association (NRA) recognized ARAMARK’s commitment to communities through ARAMARK Building Community with the 2012 Restaurant Neighbor Award. The awards celebrate outstanding charitable service efforts restaurateurs perform in their communities. Launched in 2008, the ARAMARK Building Community program … Continue reading →

Adobe Systems has published its first corporate responsibility data summary, which provides a snapshot of Adobe’s CSR-related reporting metrics for fiscal years 2008 – 2010. It is designed for stakeholders seeking to quickly view numbers and practices in the areas of employee … Continue reading →

The Samuel Adams Brewing the American Dream program hosted its first Speed Coaching event since the program’s expansion to Ohio to provide expert counsel to food & beverage and hospitality entrepreneurs. The event was held at the Economic and Community … Continue reading →

Entrepreneurs in Lehigh Valley, PA participated in a speed coaching event hosted at the local Samuel Adams Brewery as part of the company’s signature philanthropy program, Brewing the American Dream, which provides micro-loans to small businesses in the food, beverage … Continue reading →

ARAMARK recognizes Houston Neighborhood Centers Inc. CEO and three leading community centers for innovative and successful health and wellness, workforce readiness and communications campaigns through its inaugural awards program. Visit ARAMARK Building Community to learn about all of the award … Continue reading →

Samuel Adams founder Jim Koch sat down with NESN’s Randy Scott to discuss the Brewing the American Dream program, which aids low-income small business owners, and the relationship between Samuel Adams and the Sox. Watch Jim’s video interview.

The New England Sports Network (NESN) announced a JumboTron series at Red Sox games highlighting entrepreneurs receiving loan and small business support from the Samuel Adams Brewing the American Dream program. While this Samuel Adam’s signature philanthropy program is operating … Continue reading →

U.S. Senator Rob Portman attended a press conference with Samuel Adams’ founder Jim Koch in Cincinnati to announce the expansion of the company’s microloan program to Ohio, helping small business owners in the food, beverage and hospitality industry in Cincinnati, Cleveland, … Continue reading →

Adobe Executive Director of CSR, Michelle Mann, presented the breadth of Adobe’s CSR strategy at the GreenBiz Group’s State of Green Business Forum in San Francisco. View Michelle’s presentation.

More than 200 ARAMARK volunteers joined community centers in Philadelphia and Camden to enhance their facilities and programs, increasing their capacity to provide much-needed solutions to the residents they serve. The project in Philadelphia also kicks off a four-month program … Continue reading →

The ARAMARK Building Community 2011 Innovation Awards will distribute $100,000 in grants to community centers to spur breakthrough solutions for helping at-risk families. Through these awards, ARAMARK and its partners, United Neighborhood Centers of America (UNCA) and the Alliance for … Continue reading →

U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Springfield and Jim Koch, founder of Samuel Adams beer, joined small business owners and community leaders in Northampton, MA, to discuss the Samuel Adams Brewing the American Dream program. The micro loan program offers loans … Continue reading →

Fifteen ARAMARK managers provided a resume and career preparation workshop for 30 high school students at the North Light Community Center in Philadelphia. Students from the city’s “Teens for Good,” program participated in the workshop and worked one-one-one with the … Continue reading →

Bev Dribin, VP of Community Relations at ARAMARK, spoke on the panel, “Effective Strategies for Developing Mutually Beneficial Corporate Partnerships” at the 2010 UNCA National Summit. Dribin highlighted best practices developed from the public private partnership between ARAMARK and Families … Continue reading →

The AMD Foundation sponsored the first annual National STEM Video Game Challenge announced by President Obama as part of the national “Educate to Innovate” campaign. The Challenge aims to motivate interest in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) learning by … Continue reading →

Adobe creates a special advertising section in FORTUNE Magazine to communicate the company’s CSR efforts and promote its sponsorship of the BSR Conference 2010. See the advertisement.

Fidelity Investments and the HandsOn Network, the volunteer arm of Points of Light Institute, partnered to revitalize 11 middle schools across the country in Fidelity’s largest employee volunteer effort that will total more than 30,000 hours of community service donated … Continue reading →

Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah joined Fidelity employees, students, parents and teachers and a community-wide volunteer effort to renovate Bryant Middle School in Salt Lake City. The volunteers built a greenhouse, restored a soccer field, and fixed the dance room. … Continue reading →

More than 125 ARAMARK employees in Los Angeles dedicated their time, energy and talents to over 20 projects to refurbish the Salvation Army’s Bell Shelter as part of ongoing partnership to strengthen local neighborhoods. The shelter serves over 350 of … Continue reading →

The AMD Foundation has awarded a $100,000 grant for the 7th annual Games for Change Festival in support of a day-long game design workshop to help middle and high school teachers, non-profit leaders, and others develop social issue game design … Continue reading →

The Fidelity FutureStage music education and arts program kicked off another year with a four city satellite celebration hosted by special guests Jamie Foxx, Joan Cusack, Dominic Monaghan, and Keith Lockhart.  This program will bring $500,000 worth of instruments to … Continue reading →

ARAMARK was chosen as a finalist in the category of U.S. Community Service in the 2009 Corporate Citizenship Awards from the U.S. Chamber’s Business Civic Leadership Center (BCLC). The ARAMARK Building Community program was recognized for linking employees and resources … Continue reading →

Adobe sponsors I3 innovation plenary sessions at the 2010 BSR Conference with presentations by the Museum of Modern Art’s Paola Antonelli, Women for Women International’s Zainab Salbi, and The 99 comic creator Naif A. Al-Mutawa. The introduction to each plenary … Continue reading →

Andrew Kerin, Executive Vice President of ARAMARK, delivered the opening keynote at the Corporate Community Involvement Conference on how challenges facing corporations could present opportunities for more strategic investments in philanthropy and communities.  He challenged the audience of corporate executives … Continue reading →

Rick Martella, VP of Corporate Affairs at ARAMARK, facilitated a panel at the BC Center for Corporate Citizenship Annual Conference featuring corporate citizenship professionals from Microsoft, FedEx, and Ahold USA. “Stress Test for Corporate Citizenship” panelists shared trends in the … Continue reading →

AMD released “Let the Games Begin: A Toolkit 4 Making Social Issue Games,” which helps nonprofit organizations to create social issue games on topics such as the environment, energy consumption, poverty and health. Produced by Games for Change with support … Continue reading →

The Houston Business Journal (HBJ) Giving Guide profiled the impactful relationship between ARAMARK and Neighborhood Centers Inc (NCI) as a case study of how to forge successful alliances with companies to drive change in communities. Read the HBJ article.

The Samuel Adams Brewing the American Dream program hosted a “Speed Coaching” event to provide expert counsel to food & beverage and hospitality entrepreneurs. Boston Beer Company employees volunteered their time to offer one-on-one advice on marketing, sales, distribution and … Continue reading →

Pepsi Bottling Group energizes its local employees through a partnership with Rebuilding Together to repair buildings of community institutions in five locations including Detroit, MI; Newark, NJ; San Antonio, TX; and Tampa, FL. Read more.  

To raise awareness of the power of gaming for education purposes, AMD placed advertisements in the New York Times.  

Rick Martella, VP of Corporate Affairs at ARAMARK spoke on a panel with representatives from National Instruments and The Dow Chemical Company at the BC Center for Corporate Citizenship Annual Conference. “Citizenship at B-to-B Companies,” addressed the current CSR-related challenges … Continue reading →

Over 1,000 Starbucks employees and community members walked in the “Walk for Water” in Seattle to raise awareness for the world’s water crisis and highlight Starbucks and Ethos Water commitment to increasing clean drinking water sources in developing countries. Read the … Continue reading →