Causenation
A blog by Cause Consulting
Navigating Pressing Social Issues: Expert Tips for Purposeful Action
Business leaders must constantly grapple with addressing the wide range of pressing social issues, crises, and controversies that continuously come across their desks. From the horrors of natural disasters, mass shootings, and war, to debates around abortion, LGBTQiA+...
Prioritizing Mental Health for Employees and Communities
Mental health has become a topic that companies can no longer shy away from, especially in a post-pandemic future; it's something that affects consumers, employees, and the rest of their stakeholders. In 2009 while working on the front lines as a member of Bellevue...
Recognizing the Role of Volunteerism in Social Sustainability
Every company wants to achieve sustainability in their operations, performance, and the value they deliver to stakeholders. When most people hear the term sustainability in relation to environmental, social, and governance (ESG), they think of environmental...
Newsletter: ESG Initiatives Driving Social + Business Impact
Hello friends, over the past six months we've been busy growing our team, teaching best practices and advancing powerful ESG and social impact programs. We're thrilled to share news about some of the fun we've been having. NetApp and World's Largest Lesson Release...
6 Tips for Writing Your First ESG Report
Companies of all sizes and stages of development are feeling new pressures to write Environmental Social Governance (ESG) and Corporate Responsibility (CR) reports for the first time. Check out these six report writing strategies to set you up for success.
5 Keys to Prioritizing the “Social” in ESG
“How should we address the ‘S’ in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) practice?” With increasing frequency, corporate executives are asking me this question as they try to better understand renewed public reporting and business practice expectations from...
Alnylam Challengers Program Addresses Global Health Inequities – Case
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals’ mission-driven impact program invests in diverse social enterprises and leaders who are tackling health inequities and removing barriers to health care access for underserved populations.
NetApp Data Explorers Engages Youth in Data Science Education – Case
NetApp’s global social impact program, Data Explorers, addresses the critical need for youth to understand and work with data, leverages NetApp’s unique assets, and drives employee engagement.
Alnylam Corporate Responsibility Framework and ESG Reports – Case
Guided by a new Corporate Responsibility (CR) theme, framework and governance structure, Alnylam Pharmaceutical’s CR Reports share ESG strategies, practices, data, commitments, and ongoing progress.
ESG Reporting, Impact Storytelling, and Point of View Narratives — Newsletter #18
Hello friends, We’ve focused this newsletter on ESG reporting, impact storytelling, and point of view narratives as these practices have moved to the forefront of our work. Dive in to find tips and inspiration.
Corporate Social Impact Advice: Setting Strategy
View Cause Consulting’s Mark Feldman feature in Forbes, where he provides advice around the importance of crafting a robust social impact point of view and narrative.
List of Cause Consulting Workshops, Speaking + Conference Engagements
Invite Cause Consulting to design a training workshop, conference session or keynote on Design Thinking, Signature Programs, Partnerships, CSR and other social impact topics
Four New Signature Programs & Social Impact Modeling—Newsletter #17
Hello friends – The last six months have been extremely inspiring as we finalized and launched four new corporate social impact programs and expanded our team. Through this work, every day we find ourselves at the intersection of corporate responsibility, ESG,...
Harness the Power of Social Impact Modeling
Embracing an impact model will set you up for success, and allow you to test and continuously learn as you refine your social impact program.
Empower by GoDaddy Program Drives Inclusive Entrepreneurship – Case
GoDaddy’s signature community impact program reinforces the company’s mission, increases brand love, and drives employee engagement by directly providing entrepreneurs in underserved communities with digital tools and training.
Aramark Feed Your Potential 365 Rallies People to Eat Healthier – Case
Aramark’s global philanthropic, volunteerism, and consumer engagement programs apply its unique professional culinary, nutrition and facilities management skills to create opportunities for people to lead healthier lives and succeed in the workplace.
Aramark Corporate Responsibility Theme & Framework – Case
Aramark’s Corporate Responsibility brand and framework steers the company’s global investment strategies and communications for employee engagement and sustainability, wellness, and community impact practices.
Samuel Adams Brewing the American Dream Advances Small Businesses – Case
Boston Beer Company’s comprehensive social impact and issue leadership program champions the ideas and dreams of small business owners while reinforcing the Samuel Adams brand story and engaging employees, drinkers, and partners.
Insights on Corporate Social Impact in Action – Newsletter #16
We entered 2021 at full-speed powered by amazing clients and a growing team. In this newsletter, we are thrilled to share some recent highlights.
Aramark Building Community Global Employee Volunteer Program—Case
Aramark’s global philanthropic and employee volunteer program, and global service day engage thousands of employees to help neighbors lead healthier lives and succeed in the workplace.