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Margaret Coady
Director
Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy
August 12, 2011 -- To paraphrase the remarks of Professor Stuart Hart, author of Capitalism at the Crossroads, in his keynote address at CECP’s 2011 Corporate Philanthropy Summit: you know an idea has caught fire when buzzwords for it proliferate. With that in mind, our ears perked up at the observation by Tim McClimon, President of the American Express Foundation, in his CSR Now! blog that a new crop of buzzwords has emerged to describe the win-win opportunity waiting for companies and communities at the intersection of business interests and societal need.
Tim notes, correctly, that CECP has added to the dense thicket of terminology with the introduction of the term “Sustainable Value Creation” (published first in our 2010 report “Shaping the Future: Solving Social Problems through Business Strategy” based on research by McKinsey & Company, which we followed-up on this summer with “Business at its Best: Driving Sustainable Value Creation” co-authored with Accenture).
So, in the context of a landscape buzzing with confusing terms, what do we think is exciting about “Sustainable Value Creation”? And why did we write two reports about it?Gap Foundation President's Thoughts on Passion, Gen X and Service
Written by Guest BloggersThe Taproot Foundation's mission is to lead, mobilize and engage professionals in pro bono service that drives social change. This interview with Bobbi Silten, President of Gap Foundation and Senior Vice President, Global Responsibility for Gap Inc. originally appeared on the Huffington Post on July 6, 2011. To read more of Aaron Hurst's interviews and reflections, visit the Pro Bono Junkie's Blog.
Aaron Hurst
President and Founder
Taproot Foundation
On July 13, CECP was invited to lead a VolunteerMatch Best Practice Network webinar, titled "Giving in Numbers: Emerging Trends in Corporate Giving." In this post, Jesse Fineman of VolunteerMatch provides a recap of the discussion. This post originally appeared on the VolunteerMatch blog.
Jesse Fineman
Intern, VolunteerMatch
Guest Contributor, CECP Blog
On International Corporate Philanthropy Day, CECP partnered with the United Nations on a program focused on Millennium Development Goal -2, “Promoting Universal Education for All.” Following on this event, we wanted to share with you a guest blog post focusing on a recent report by the Center for Universal Education at Brookings, which specifically examines the role of corporate philanthropy in addressing educational needs in developing countries.
Justin W. van Fleet
Ph.D. Candidate and Fellow, International Education Policy, University of Maryland
Guest Contributor, CECP Blog
Author of Brookings Report: A Global Education Challenge: Harnessing Corporate Philanthropy to Educate the World’s Poor
April 5, 2011 -- Despite the undeniable benefits of education for society, the educational needs around the world remain strikingly great, particularly in the poorest countries. The global community pledged to enroll all children in school by 2015 but thus far, has fallen short. And UNESCO estimates that over $16 billion would be needed in external resources to achieve this goal. With estimates showing American companies giving over $7 billion annually to support global health, no data existed on corporate philanthropic efforts to support education in the developing world, until now.Ringing in International Corporate Philanthropy Day at the NYSE
Written by Alison Rose
Alison P. Rose
Manager, Standards and Measurement
Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy
March 4, 2011 -- For the past 8 years, NYSE Euronext has invited CECP to ring the bell in honor of International Corporate Philanthropy Day (ICPD). As such, on Monday, February 28th, CECP and senior corporate contributions professionals participated in the Opening Bell ceremony, which not only marked the start of the day’s trading, but also officially kicked off CECP’s Board of Boards CEO Conference proceedings uptown at The McGraw-Hill Companies. As CECP’s representative at the NYSE, I wanted to share some reflections on the experience.
Charles H. Moore
Executive Director
Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy
February 28, 2011-- Today, the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy (CECP) is leading the celebration of International Corporate Philanthropy Day, a global advocacy day created to mobilize the business community and others with a stake in the positive role that companies play in helping to address pressing societal problems. It’s a day of sharing best practices, communicating progress on established programs, forging new partnerships, and recognizing the importance of collectively addressing the pressing challenges of today—and tomorrow.
Jean Case
CEO
The Case Foundation
Guest Contributor, CECP Blog
Charles H. Moore
Executive Director
Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy
February 24, 2011-- As a fervent believer in the power of corporations to advance progress on societal issues, I read with great interest the sharp critique of Google DotOrg’s philanthropic track record that Stephanie Strom of The New York Times co-authored with Miguel Helft in late January of this year. That piece enumerated the implementation challenges faced by the DotOrg business unit of Google in its quest to flex the company’s creativity and innovation toward solutions to climate change, global poverty, and global pandemics, among other pressing issues. Those challenges ranged from a reported lack of executive leadership, difficulty integrating philanthropic staff into cross functional teams within the firm, and frustration with the long timeframe required for achieving change on societal issues. As someone who has worked directly with the CEOs of leading companies on their philanthropic endeavors for the past ten years, I felt some sympathy for Google as I made my way through the timeline of disappointments (Google is not a member company): I know from experience that selecting the right societal issues on which to focus is deceptively hard for companies, and implementing the best of intentions related to those issues is much harder still.
Emily Peck
Manager
Business Committee for the Arts
Guest Contributor, CECP Blog
Corporate Data Largely Supports Trends Experienced by Nonprofits
Written by Alison Rose
Alison P. Rose
Manager, Standards and Measurement
Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy
October 28, 2010 -- Each year, CECP looks forward to reviewing The Chronicle of Philanthropy’s Philanthropy 400, a ranking and report on the nation’s largest charities based on levels of non-governmental funds raised. CECP’s release of the annual Giving in Numbers report, a comprehensive analysis of corporate giving, provides a perfect opportunity to highlight how the corporate findings largely support The Chronicle’s primary conclusions, keeping in mind that corporations are only one of the non-governmental donors to charities.
