Volunteering & Community

After employees donate through an employee giving program, then what happens?

National Grid, in partnership with SEAT (Social Enterprise and Training) Center celebrated the company’s first ever local Trades Summer Camp for more than a dozen Schenectady youth, ages 13 – 15.

The interactive panel session will focus on the WAPRO (Water Productivity) project – a multi-stakeholder initiative which aims to improve food security, water use efficiency and income for over 60,000 cotton and rice farmers.

The PSEG Institute for Sustainability Studies is an exemplification of what Public Service founder Thomas McCarter wrote early in the 20th century that would become our company’s mission: “To help make New Jersey a better place to live.”

Rice farming uses 40% of the world’s irrigation water & accounts for half of Mars’ unsustainable water use. That’s why we’re promoting water stewardship with rice farmers - with programs in India & Pakistan seeing a 30% reduction in water use so far.

When people help others, it’s satisfying to know that you have made a positive difference for someone else. Volunteering is important to me because it gives me a sense of community and giving back to that community is extremely important.

Major US companies commit to operate in a way that values all their stakeholders - GRI's Tim Mohin sets out why the hard work has only just begun.

It was our first-ever MileagePlus Exclusives Drag Queen Brunch in Chicago. To attend the event, participants donated their miles to The Trevor Project, a nonprofit that provides intervention and suicide prevention services for LGBTQ youth.

FedEx Hispanic Action Network (HAN) leadership recently attended the UnidosUS Annual Conference held in San Diego, CA, August 3 - 6. More than 3,000 visitors were on hand for the Conference and thousands more at the National Latino Family Expo.

Arrow Electronics hosted a Family Day at its Hong Kong headquarters to raise awareness about local nonprofits and cultivate community involvement.