For the last four years Center member CA, Inc. has sponsored CA Together in Action (CTA), a month-long program to support non-profit organizations around the world. Launched in 2006 as a two-week event, the program expanded to a month to allow as many employees as possible to participate. Read the rest of this entry »

The trucks may be brown on the outside, but UPS is taking steps to let customers add a tinge of green to the cargo they carry inside.

For pennies a package, UPS customers can now offset the carbon dioxide emissions generated by the transport of their packages within the United States. Read the rest of this entry »

Last year when the economy started to falter, leadership at Monster Worldwide considered its role and responsibility during these times. As a company that brings together people looking for jobs with the people who are hiring, there was a natural fit with the challenge of getting Americans back to work, and the Keep America Working Tour – the “Ultimate Career Fair” – was born. Read the rest of this entry »

Since 2001, the people of the Office Depot Foundation have worked hard to let kids know they’ve got their backs – or more precisely their backpacks. Read the rest of this entry »

Generating support for the lifesaving work of Children’s Hospital Boston is a vital, never-ending mission. To expand that mission and carry it into the future, Children’s is reaching out in a new way to an audience with a lot at stake in the hospital’s work – kids. Read the rest of this entry »

Research continues to show corporate citizenship is most effective and most valuable for business and the community when it is implanted in the core of a company. Now one member of the Boston College Center is digging even deeper to place citizenship at its business roots, indeed even taking it all the way back to the seed.

Campbell Soup Company for the first time in its more than 100 years is making available to the American public the specially cultivated seeds used to grow tomatoes for its iconic tomato soup. The offer is part of two Campbell goals: to grow more than 1 billion tomatoes across the country and to support American agriculture. Read the rest of this entry »

If solving some of the world’s biggest problems were as easy as clicking a mouse button, would you do it?

Intel is counting on a “yes” answer, and is asking you to do exactly that on its Small Things Challenge web site. Read the rest of this entry »

Seven of the top 10 companies named to CRO Magazine’s 100 Best Corporate Citizens list are Center members.

Announced on March 6, CRO’s list ranks Russell 1000® companies on their performance in seven key areas: environment, climate change, human rights, philanthropy, employee relations, financial and governance. Read the rest of this entry »