On the 16th May, hundreds of thousands of young people and educators from around the world joined WE Day Connect, a free, interactive online celebration of social good hosted by WE. The 90-minute digital event engaged more than 18,000 classrooms across 49 countries in a service-learning webcast that explored some of today’s most pressing issues – from homelessness and climate change to access to clean water and cyberbullying – empowering students to collaborate on innovative ways to tackle them. With support and technology from Microsoft, and additional support from The Allstate…
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United Nations Foundation and Gap Inc. Join Forces for Fourth Year to Support Global LGBTI Equality
On this years International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, global apparel retailer Gap Inc. and the United Nations Foundation announced that they will once again partner during Pride Month in June to raise awareness and funds for UN Free & Equal, a global campaign of the United Nations Human Rights Office to promote equal rights and fair treatment for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) people globally. This year marks the fourth consecutive year of the partnership, which has so far raised nearly $300,000 for UN Free &…
Read MoreGoFundMe Announces Extension of GoFundMe Heroes Program with First Annual Live Event
GoFundMe, the world’s largest social fundraising platform, has announced an expansion to its GoFundMe Heroes program that celebrates the good in the world and amplifies those who are making differences in their respective communities. The GoFundMe Heroes program will now include an opportunity for the public to nominate Heroes in their local communities for a chance to be honored at the GoFundMe Heroes Celebration later this year. GoFundMe is encouraging those inspired by people using the platform and creating positive change to nominate them for a chance to be selected…
Read More#vote4friendship New Campaign in favour of a United Europe and against nationalism and marginalisation
Just imagine, it’s the European parliamentary elections – and only opponents of Europe turn up at the polls. Instead of waiting around to see what happens, Alliance4Europe – an informal, independent network of 50 civil society organisations and initiatives from 20 EU member states – is taking action now. On 13 May, Alliance4Europe is sending out a strong musical appeal to the whole of Europe with the #vote4friendship campaign: 30 artists from 28 member countries are coming together to sing the Queen hit “Friends Will Be Friends”, which the band…
Read MoreSustainAccounting Launches World’s First Triple Bottom Line Certification Program
SustainAccounting LLC has announced the launch of its Certified Triple Bottom Line (TBL) program for organizations, Certified TBL Orgs, the world’s first certification program for integrated TBL measurement and reporting. SustainAccounting’s Certified TBL program differs from all other CSR- / sustainability-related certifications in the following ways: While comparable to B Corps in terms of its applicability to organizations, the similarity ends there because the Certified TBL program focuses only on performance accounting functions and nothing else. The standards it relies on to certify TBL accounting in organizations include the requirement…
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