Employee Engagement
Helping organizations to understand, reflect and meet the stakeholder interests of their workforces.
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08-15-13
Points of Light and Target Kick Off 50th Anniversary of Historic March on Washington With America's Sunday Supper at Carter Center in Atlanta
President Jimmy Carter joined America’s Sunday Supper Sunday night in Atlanta to discuss how the education and service sectors, parents and communities-at-large can collaborate to help youth achieve their dreams. Sponsored by Points of Light, Target and the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonvi...
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08-14-13
Alliance Data Employees Help North Texas Food Bank Exceed Corporate Challenge Campaign Goal
Alliance Data partnered with the North Texas Food Bank (NTFB) recently, along with three Plano Legacy businesses, for the organization’s first “Legacy Corporate Challenge” campaign. This campaign brought the Legacy business community together for a friendly competition to raise 150,000 meals thro...
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08-13-13
Equitable Origin Launches Standards Technical Committee
Equitable Origin (EO), the first stakeholder-based, independent social and environmental certification for the oil and gas industry, has launched its Equitable Origin Standards (EOS) Technical Committee www.eq...
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08-13-13
Two Startups Chosen to Receive $50,000 Investments to Help People Make a Difference
The Points of Light Civic Accelerator today announced it will invest $50,000 each in Neighbor.ly and the Jubilee Project, two...
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08-13-13
Kohl's Donates $2 Million to Milwaukee Art Museum
Kohl's Department Stores (NYSE: KSS) today announced a $2 million donation over three years to the Milwaukee Art Museum to continue the Kohl’s Art Generation program, a youth art education initiative. The funding will support two new Kohl’s Art...
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08-12-13
Skills for America's Future Announces New Advisory Board Leadership
The Aspen Institute announced today that Nick Pinchuk, chairman and CEO of Snap-On Inc., and Eva Sage-Gavin, executive vice president of Gap Inc., have been appointed to lead the Skills for America’s Future advisory board. Skills for America’s Future (SAF) is an employer-led policy initiative in ...
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08-09-13
Points of Light and Target Mark 50th Anniversary of Historic March on Washington With America’s Sunday Supper at Carter Center in Atlanta
President Jimmy Carter will join the America’s Sunday Supper event on August 11 in Atlanta to discuss how the education and service sectors can collaborate to help youth achieve their dreams. Sponsored by Points of Light, Target and the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, ...
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08-08-13
Union Bank Publishes Corporate Social Responsibility Report
Union Bank, N.A. today announced the publication of its 2012 Corporate Social Responsibility Report, which details the bank’s community reinvestment ...
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08-08-13
The Coca-Cola Foundation Gives $8.8 Million to Help Develop Sustainable Communities
The Coca-Cola Foundation – the global philanthropic arm of The Coca-Cola Company – awarded US$8.8 million in grants to 66 community organizations worldwide during the second quarter of 2013.
The latest grants support the Foundation’s focus areas of enhancing personal well-being, building s...
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08-08-13
Investors Achieve Strong Results on Climate Change, Supply Chains, Water Risks During 2013 Proxy Season
Investors achieved noteworthy victories during this year’s shareholder proxy season, with a near record 110 shareholder resolutions filed with 94 U.S. companies on corporate sustainability challenges such as climate change, supply chain issues and water-related risks.
Shareholders achieved...
