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Charity Commission Hallmarks of an Effective Charity

This document sets out the standards that will help charity trustees to improve the effectiveness of their charity, and the principles that the regulatory framework of the Charity Commission exists to support.

Business Case for Employee Volunteering: Race for Mentors -A Tripartite Relationship

Business Case for Employee Volunteering, a project report of Credit Suisse First Boston's engagement with students from a secondary school, shows how powerful and rewarding the experience was for all involved - to business, its employees and the community. It presents a clear business case for...

Mining minerals and sustainable development in Southern Africa

Report of the regional mining minerals and sustainable development process: Volume 1 focuses on the unique problems and opportunities of the South African mining context. It identifies the current trends in mining and makes future projections for growing sustainability efforts in this sector.

Business for Development: Business solutions in support of the Millennium Development Goals

Business for Development: Business solutions in support of the Millennium Development Goals, a report by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, stresses the key role that business plays in creating opportunities for empowerment and development. It provides a host of examples of...

Social Entrepreneurs: vital partners for business

"Social Entrepreneurs: vital partners for business", a news article, reports on a meeting of over 80 leaders from international business, non-governmental organisations and government to discuss how partnerships between social entrepreneurs and business can enable companies to address development...

Business guide to development actors

Business guide to development actors, a report, provides guidance to development actors who aim to introduce the business community to potential partners in the development community. The main part of this guide consists of profiles of 30 organisations already engaging in collaboration with the...

The Case for Business to Undertake Disaster Risk Reduction Activities

Recognizing the challenge of private sector involvement on DRR activities, UNISDR, the World Economic Forum, and the World Bank, with funding support from GFDRR, have launched an effort to document working models and build strategies for promoting the private sector as an integral element of risk...

International initiatives to promote responsible business: A navigation guide for business

Recognition of the fact that companies have a responsibility for their impact is now firmly established but there is still a gap in understanding what the international community expects of business in this area. The number of initiatives and standards relevant to corporate responsibility has...

Safe Kids Walk This Way and FedEx promote child pedestrian safety.

Together with Safe Kids Worldwide, FedEx established the Safe Kids Walk This Way program to teach safe behaviors to motorists and child pedestrians and create safer, more walkable communities. The goal of the joint initiative is to prevent pedestrian-related injury to children.

TOMS Shoes: One for One Movement

TOMS Shoes is a for-profit business with a philanthropic component. TOMS Shoes was founded on a simple premise: With every pair purchased, TOMS will give a pair of new shoes to a child in need.

ITT partners with Mercy Corps to provide emergency relief

ITT Corporation announced a strategic partnership with Mercy Corps as part of its corporate philanthropy program, ITT Watermark. The partnership includes a three-year, $1 million commitment to help provide safe water during emergencies created by natural catastrophes such as floods, droughts and...

The Athens Ethical principles

The Athens Ethical Principles were adopted by business companies in Athens on 23 January 2006, to combat human trafficking worldwide by focusing on seven main areas.

A Sounder Sleep for Children in Eastern Europe: a match through Global Hand

After the fall of Romania's communist government, the world’s press got its first look at the horrendous conditions that Romanian orphans had been living in. Lack of basic care and attention left many of the children despondent, uncommunicative and emotionally crippled.

European Organisations - September, 2003

Are you based in Europe? Working in Europe? Needing European contacts?

A Global Hand for Tsunami Victims - April, 2005

Companies reach out to offer goods to those affected.

Global Hand European Conference - January, 2005

Global Hand European conference, Vienna, February 4th and 5th, 2005.

Global Hand Version Two - November, 2005

Global Hand extends its services.

Update from Sichuan, China - July, 2008

More than a month after the quake that struck Sichuan province, there is much that Global Hand members can do to help. Currently, there are a reported five million homeless, almost 70,000 dead, and thousands more missing.

Global Hand News - April, 2006

We are often asked what kind of activity we see on Global Hand. So we have drawn up a very brief overview which you, too, are welcome to use if it is helpful.

Tips for giving wisely

Tax exempt organisations are the fastest growing sector in the US economy, according to the American Institute of Philanthropy (AIP). Over 68,000 new charities were created between 2006 and 2007. There are nearly 1.9 million nonprofit organisations, and the competition for funds has become intense....