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Top 3 Game-Changing tips for elevating your EVP!

Top 3 Game-Changing tips for elevating your EVP!

for business
csi
employee
+5

Building a corporate employee volunteering programme in South Africa feels hard - because we're building a new culture and a new corporate behaviour. We had the opportunity to chat with Patronella ...

Raising the Bar of Soap Programme: An Avenue for Skills Development and Employment

Raising the Bar of Soap Programme: An Avenue for Skills Development and Employment

for business
community development
csi
+5

The soap making programme, facilitated by forgood Social Network and implemented by Triple Shine Foundation, offers women across South Africa a unique opportunity to acquire valuable skills and ...

8 Things To Know About Philanthropy in South Africa 2019

8 Things To Know About Philanthropy in South Africa 2019

for business
news
causes
corporate
+5

In the Annual Review of South African Philanthropy 2019, published by the Independent Philanthropy Association South Africa (IPASA) two things stood out. The first is that there remains confusion and ...

Redefining the potential for impact investment and catalytic capital

Redefining the potential for impact investment and catalytic capital

for business
catalytic capital
csi
+5

Step outside the 1%. There’s a spark hidden within CSI capital that can catalyse a fire... The statistics in the seminal handbook for Corporate Social Investment (CSI) in South Africa 2018 – ...

You should probably ignore this. But it'll cost you.

You should probably ignore this. But it'll cost you.

for business
csi
csi strategy
+9

An engaged and talented employee that fits well into an organisation performs higher than the average and work better. You want this person in your business. They are talented, driven, and get you ...

The Effect of Competing Giving Behaviours on Social Impact activity

The Effect of Competing Giving Behaviours on Social Impact activity

for business
bbbee
community development
+16

The social impact space is buzzing. Social entrepreneurship is the next “rock star” career, there’s more investment flowing into social ventures, more pitching competitions and more attention to this ...

Innovate with Integrity: 9 trends you need to know from the 2018 Innovation Impact Report

Innovate with Integrity: 9 trends you need to know from the 2018 Innovation Impact Report

for business
causes
csi
+19

Read more about forgood’s Employee Volunteering Programmes Visit forgood, SA’s largest volunteering and donation platform Subscribe to our Corporate Social Investment for Business Newsletter The ...

CSI. It's not engagement you need, it's passion.

CSI. It's not engagement you need, it's passion.

for business
build south africa
charity projects
+21

Read more about forgood’s Employee Volunteering Programmes Visit forgood, SA’s largest volunteering and donation platform Subscribe to our Corporate Social Investment for Business Newsletter ...

Skilled Gen Zs and Millennials aren’t loyal - they’re realistic.

Skilled Gen Zs and Millennials aren’t loyal - they’re realistic.

for business
for volunteers
news
build south africa
charity projects
+22

Less than 50% of Gen Zs and Millennials think your business is bad business. They don’t believe your business is interested in helping society or in making a difference. Right now, the top talent ...

Volunteer Your Time With Your Professional Skills

Volunteer Your Time With Your Professional Skills

for volunteers
activism
cause
+16

Law firms have been the best practitioners of the pro bono approach for creating social impact for some time now. Presenting a valuable opportunity for businesses to up-skill their staff, the idea is ...

In Hindsight: Social Development and Investment in Africa 2018

In Hindsight: Social Development and Investment in Africa 2018

for business
cause
corporate social activism
+13

"There are fundamental changes in global and local practice, new funding models, development portfolios and investment practices, as well as the impact of technology. The impact on the sector is ...

Patterns of Giving in South Africa 2018

Patterns of Giving in South Africa 2018

for causes
for business
news
activism
build south africa
+14

As you can see in our Patterns of Giving infographic, South Africans view their time and skills as the ultimate social investment. Or so say 90% of a sample of over 6 000 South Africans who ...

Volunteer Programmes are Good for Business

Volunteer Programmes are Good for Business

for business
business
causes
+16

A happy and engaged employee equals good business for the company they work for. Research indicates that companies with high levels of employee engagement enjoy a significant increase in productivity ...