Philanthropy

Risk vs. Reward: In the Markets and on the Water

Don Wilson, Founder and CEO of DRW, explains the similarities he sees between trading in the markets and competitive sailing – and how you can experience it first hand in Chicago this summer.

Philanthropy

[VIDEO] Benevity User Conference 2016: Penny Zuckerwise, Guggenheim on Employee Engagement

Recently in San Diego, business leaders from the U.S. and Canada gathered at Benevity's Goodness Matters User Conference to discuss the future of corporate philanthropy. In this video filmed at the conference, Benevity client Penny Zuckerwise, Founding Head of Corporate Social Responsibility at Guggenheim, explores how companies can lead corporate social responsibility and engage employees in giving and volunteering programs.

Education & Workforce Development

Vigilant Global Helps Students Experience the Thrill of Robotics

For the fifth consecutive year, Vigilant Global employees mentored students at LaSalle Community Comprehensive High School in Montreal as part of the Robotics FIRST Quebec program.

Volunteering & Community

Young Adult Cancer Survivor and LIVESTRONG Leader: Valerie

LIVESTRONG Leaders are individuals that make a yearly significant commitment to those in their community affected by cancer by spreading the message of LIVESTRONG. They do this by fundraising, hosting events, bringing LIVESTRONG resources to their local hospitals and more. One of our amazing leaders from France, Valérie Sanja, talks about why she is involved with LIVESTRONG and what she is doing in her community to help spread the LIVESTRONG message.

Environment

In Special Earth Day Promo, Fox Offers "Independence Day" for Only $0.99 to Benefit Earth Day Network's Conservation Efforts

In honor of Earth Day, and to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of Fox's "Independence Day," Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment has partnered with Earth Day Network and Google Play to offer fans a Digital HD download of the sci-fi classic for only $.99 between Friday, April 22, and Monday, April 25. Fox's proceeds will benefit Earth Day Network's Trees for the Earth initiative, which aims to plant 7.8 billion trees over the next five years. "Independence Day: Resurgence," the sequel to "Independence Day," will arrive in theaters June 24.

Philanthropy

Volunteer Projects Engage Employees and the Community

In corporate volunteerism, a company’s employees and retirees work together with local young students and residents to revitalize a community in need. Schools are cleaned up, fresh flowerbeds are planted in parks and colorful murals are painted in children’s play areas.

Health & Healthcare

More than 750 Million Anti Malaria Treatments for Adults and Children Provided Without Profit

Today is World Malaria Day. Malaria is preventable and curable, yet it is still one of the most deadly diseases in developing countries. Despite extraordinary progress in the fight against malaria over the last 15 years, the disease still claims the life of a child every two minutes. Since 2001, working with a range of organizations, the Novartis Malaria Initiative – one of the pharmaceutical industry’s largest access-to-medicine programs – has provided more than 750 million treatments for adults and children, without profit, to more than 60 countries, contributing to a dramatic reduction of malaria deaths in Africa.

Volunteering & Community

Major Leagues Continue to Provide Funding to Help Lower Infant Mortality Rates in the Dominican Republic

The Major League Baseball Players Trust has made it a priority to support programs in the Dominican Republic—a place so many major leaguers call home. Since 2003, the Players Trust has partnered with Medicines for Humanity (MFH), a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing effective and transformative healthcare to children and pregnant women to prevent and reduce needless child deaths in the DR and around the world.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

It’s Full Speed Ahead for the Biomimicry Global Design Challenge Accelerator Teams

Last October, eight teams from around the world were chosen to be part of the first-ever biomimicry food systems accelerator.

Philanthropy

This Friday: Earthquakes and Flooding Relief Coordination Call and Webinar

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Corporate Citizenship Center (CCC) will host a coordination webinar on Friday, April 22 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss relief efforts after the earthquakes in Japan and Ecuador and the flooding in Houston.

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