March Monthly Briefing: Better Societal Impact Our views on what matters |
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In these, the most trying of times, community has never felt so real or been so urgent. If there is one overriding benefit that’s emerging from the Covid-19 virus, it is our human need to connect with where we live and to be better neighbours. While this month’s newsletter was always planned to focus on companies increasing ambition with their societal and community impactwe couldn’t have imagined the richness of examples of innovation, scale and speed of so many in response to the pandemic. Or as our blog highlights,the unintended benefits.
Our healthcare professionals are on the frontline, but so too are our supermarkets, which is why our lead story focuses on how the supermarkets are working to ensure the elderly and vulnerable are prioritised. We have also pulled out examples of the levels of investment that those with a commitment to the local community and the SDGs can now access, alongside the technology solutions and innovative measurement frameworks, such as our own LBG Network, that now exist to help provide the evidence of the impact being made.
Societal impact is now our united focus and how together we’ll get through this pandemic challenge. Long may it continue. |
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| | | Putting your money where the social impact is The American global investment firm, KKR, has raised over $1.3 billion to support growing start-ups and enterprises that contribute to the delivery of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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| | Tech giants support start-ups on social impact
How Accenture and Microsoft are using their skills and assets in technology and business to support organisations that are set up to create and reinvest in positive social change.
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| | Audible celebrates 30,000th lunch and winning community investment strategy
Amazon-owned audio entertainment company, Audible, has launched a community investment initiative which has pumped hundreds of thousands of dollars into Newark’s economy.
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| | Supermarkets on the frontline
How supermarkets are stepping in to ensure their shops meet the needs of customers during the pandemic, with a focus on prioritising the elderly and the vulnerable.
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| | LBG Members nominations for the Business Charity Awards 2020 Corporate Citizenship is proud of all its LBG members for having been shortlisted in the pre-eminent Business Charity Awards 2020. The Awards recognise the role played by individuals, teams and entire companies to support charitable activity both at home and abroad, and in helping to educate the wider business community about the best ways to support good causes. Read More |
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