This past week, I had the privilege of joining some of the nation’s most service-minded companies, along with their intermediary and nonprofit partners, at the Points of Light Conference on Volunteering and Service. The three-day convention offered a wealth of insights, many of the most poignant and inspiring centering on the vibrancy and artistry of our host city, Detroit.
CITGO Petroleum Corporation awarded 102 elementary and middle school teachers this week as the winners of its fourth annual Fueling Education Program. The teachers received prizes related to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) to benefit their students in grades K-8 and help enhance programming in their schools, located in the Northeast, Central and Southern regions of the United States.
TUI Group, the world’s leading tourism business, today launched its latest Sustainability Report. Following on from the launch of last year’s ‘Better Holidays, Better World’ sustainability strategy, this report tracks TUI Group’s progress in the first year of its ambitious 2015 – 2020 plan. TUI Group is committed to managing its impacts on the economy, society and environment, as well as leading the way in understanding, improving and innovating for sustainable tourism.
After reading Kathy Gu’s review of Benevity's 2016 Goodness Matters User Conference on the Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF) website, we thought it would be a good time to pick her brain for insights that are sure to be interesting to anyone running corporate giving programs. We got a chance to catch up with Kathy recently about workplace giving, employee engagement and the corporate responsibility field in general. Her replies paint a picture of the evolving world of the CR professional, and how both Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and SVCF are engaging people, connecting with communities and creating meaningful charitable impact.