Alliance Data associates contributed $1.35 million out of their own wallets, which the company then matched dollar for dollar, for the first time this year, for a total contribution of $2.6 million to United Way chapters across the country. According to statistics from United Way of Metropolitan Dallas, funds like these mean 18,240 abused children will be able to receive yearlong crisis intervention and counseling or 24,320 students will be to participate in interactive STEM programs to strengthen the bench of the next generation workforce.

Pizza Hut corporate created the ‘Green Team’ earlier this year in an effort to create more sustainable office processes. The team has addressed several projects to implement sustainable practices at the Restaurant Support Center (RSC) this year including a waste audit, Earth Day events such as the Go Dark Hour where all lights in the RSC were turned down to conserve energy, education and awareness, and careful resource management in our headquarters.

On November 13, only hours before terrorists launched despicable attacks on the people of Paris, I met with Mayor Anne Hidalgo to discuss the upcoming Climate Summit for Local Leaders that we are convening on December 4, as part of the U.N.’s gathering of world leaders at COP21.

In an interview at the BSR Conference 2015, Henri de Castries, chairman and CEO of insurance company AXA, spoke with us about resilience and the insurability of a 4˚C rise in global temperature.

HP uses it to engage employees. Groupon encourages restaurant visits with it. DICK’s leverages its power to remind consumers that sports matter. New Balance moves shoes with it. What is it? “It” is a strategic, win-win partnership between company and cause that pays both social and financial dividends: it’s cause marketing. All of these brands have won the industry's highest honor: the Cause Marketing Halo Award. And the 2016 submission period is now open!

When civil rights activist Bob Brown learned how many school children in Africa didn’t have access to school books, he set out to change the world – one book at a time.