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Top 3 Game-Changing tips for elevating your EVP!
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
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
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
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.
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 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
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.
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.
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
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
"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
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
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 ...