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Corporate social responsibility is the ultimate group project

When you get CSR right, you bring out the best in everyone.

CSR resources to get you started

Getting Started With CSR

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Corporate social responsibility (CSR) requires businesses to go beyond harm reduction to be a force for good. CSR is rooted in the belief that businesses have a duty to address the impacts of their actions on the environment and the broader social fabric.

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) makes social impact one measure of company success. Doing so creates stronger brand loyalty, better employee retention, and a more sustainable business strategy.

Examples of corporate social responsibility (CSR) include sustainability initiatives, volunteering programs, corporate grants, employee giving and matching, DEI work, and ethical supply chain management.

The most common types of corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs are community grants, employee volunteering and giving, and sustainability initiatives.

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is built upon the interdependence between corporations and communities. Businesses’ long-term success hinges on their ability to help create a healthy, sustainable, and more equitable world.

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It’s High Time for a New Employee Giving Experience

For people running employee giving and volunteering programs, one question looms largest: How do you get people to participate?

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Employee Volunteering

Impact over volume: crafting transformative corporate volunteering programs
Employee volunteering and DEI go hand in hand
How to build an inclusive volunteering program
The win-win-win of skills-based volunteering
From transactional to transformative: how intention can remake corporate volunteering
How we ran a transformative volunteer event with Give to Get
14 strategies to launch an effective corporate volunteer program
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Corporate Giving

Donation matching programs need to be fully integrated
An inside look at corporate giving
Open-choice giving: How to empower employees to make a difference
Dollars for Doers: What it is and how it works
Acting quickly: How we set up a $22k corporate giving campaign for the Maui fires
How to set up a corporate foundation
Make space to think big: how grantmakers can empower bold ideas
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CSR Strategy

What is corporate citizenship?
How to define your corporate purpose
Now is the time to double down on corporate social responsibility
7 best practices for creating an impactful CSR strategy
How to start an ERG: What we learned by doing it and what HR folks need to know
Earth Day and Beyond: the future of environmental CSR
25 social impact examples from brands committed to change

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