The Most Community-Minded Companies of America: The Civic 50
The Civic 50, an initiative of Points of Light, in partnership with Bloomberg LP, honors the 50 most community-minded companies in the nation each year as determined by an annual survey.
Benchmarking and sharing the best practices of community engagement offers companies that participate in The Civic 50 a roadmap for using their time, skills, and other resources to improve the quality of life in the communities where they do business. The Civic 50 will help translate good intentions into sound business practices for years to come.
The Civic 50 winners are selected based on four dimensions of their U.S. community engagement program:
- Investment: How extensively and strategically the company applies its resources to community engagement, including employee time and skills, cash, in-kind giving and leadership.
- Integration: How a company’s community engagement program supports business interests and integrates into business functions, or how it “does well by doing good.”
- Institutionalization: How the company supports community engagement through its institutional policies, systems and incentives.
- Impact: How a company measures the social and business impact of its community engagement program.
This series, penned by
Points of Light Corporate Institute, exclusively for CSRwire
Talkback, will examine best practices and highlight shining stories of some of the top ranking companies each year. Share your thoughts by leaving a comment or connecting with us on
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For more information, visit
Civic50.org or email
Civic50@pointsoflight.org.
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Posted: Jun 13, 2014 – 09:00 AM EST
As Points of Light launches its latest search for America's top community-minded companies, Jackie Norris and Leah Stoltz highlight the 2013 winners and reveal the revised methodology. On Talkback.
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Posted: Jun 03, 2014 – 09:00 AM EST
The Civic 50 explores how Hewlett-Packard is helping improve global health through technology and skills-based volunteering and benefits the company, employees and communities alike. On Talkback.
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Posted: May 21, 2014 – 09:00 AM EST
Integrating community engagement into core operations is no small task: Points of Light's Jackie Norris and Yvonne Turner examine FedEx's commitment on Talkback.
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Posted: May 07, 2014 – 09:00 AM EST
Aetna is committed to improving the quality of health care by helping to build healthy communities. See how on Talkback.
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Posted: Apr 09, 2014 – 09:45 AM EST
Helping underserved young adults through career exploration and real-world experiences - Apollo Education Group. Jackie Norris continues The Civic 50 series on Talkback.
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Posted: Mar 26, 2014 – 09:00 AM EST
In Part Two of The Civic 50 series, we explore the breadth of Morgan Stanley's commitment to community. On Talkback.
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Posted: Mar 12, 2014 – 09:00 AM EST
The Civic 50 identifies the top 50 community-minded S&P 500 corporations that best improve the communities where they do business. Jackie Norris explains this year's results on Talkback.
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Posted: Jun 06, 2013 – 10:40 AM EST
Points of Light and the National Conference on Citizenship Launch Civic 50 Survey on Talkback.
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Posted: May 08, 2013 – 08:55 AM EST
Serving 170,000 people in South Jersey with peaches: Ilir Zherka examines how Campbell Soup found an innovative way to help food insecure residents.
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Posted: Apr 23, 2013 – 09:28 AM EST
For valuing executives willing to moonlight as polar bears, Hasbro earned honors in leadership last year from The Civic 50, a ranking of America’s most community-minded companies. Ilir Zherka examines.