Thrive, a microfinance business based in Harare, Zimbabwe believes in lending that leads to economic growth for women and girls who would ordinarily fail to access financial services from the mainstream financial sector. Thrive joins Business Call to Action with a commitment that will provide microenterprise loans and borrowing and business management training for 16,500 economically active low-income women and girls.

Arrow Electronics employees across the Americas donated time, money and food to local food banks in honor of International Volunteer Day on Dec. 5, marking the company’s largest community engagement effort to date.

As part of its ongoing commitment to provide more options for commercial and municipal customers to achieve their sustainability goals and provide clean, renewable energy, Salt River Project announced that several large customers have signed agreements to get a portion of their energy from the sun.

We are continuing the season of giving! Our Community Partners in Limerick gave their time over two days to pack 3,592 food hampers for families in the local community.

As winter temperatures set in, hot meals for Atlanta’s neediest seniors are often out of reach. Hunger-fight start-up Goodr continued their innovative pop-up approach to food distribution logistics by partnering with food giant Hormel Foods on November 28, 2018, for a free pop-up grocery store featuring staple Dinty Moore stew. Serving up hot bowls of Dinty Moore stew, Kroger biscuits and fresh produce added Southern hospitality to more basic food distribution.

Smarter, happier, healthier kids have one thing in common. They spend more time outdoors. That’s why at The Scotts Miracle-Gro Foundation we make it our mission to give more kids the chance to experience the benefits of gardens and greenspaces like Nasir. Starting January 2, The Scotts Miracle-Gro Foundation will launch its Grassroots Grants with KidsGardening, inviting schools and nonprofit organizations from across the country to apply for funds to support their youth garden programs.

As the year draws to a close, Cone evaluated a year’s worth of purpose-driven news, activities, campaigns and announcements to bring you the top 10 trends of 2018.

Commercial real estate brokerage CBRE has been helping clients reimagine their workplaces and is now doing the same in San Francisco. A few months ago, the firm moved more than 200 employees into new offices on the 45th and 46th floors of Salesforce Tower at 415 Mission St., the city’s tallest office building.

Where companies could once stay silent during times of political and social upheaval, their stakeholders—from employees and customers to shareholders—now increasingly expect them to speak out.

Built for Zero, a national initiative to end chronic homelessness, launched the Permanent Supportive Housing Campaign in Las Vegas, making Southern Nevada one of 70 communities participating in this comprehensive effort. Led by organizations including U.S. Vets, HELP of Southern Nevada and Lutheran Social Services of Nevada as housing providers, the local group’s goal is to become the first large community in the nation to end chronic homelessness.