3p Contributor: Kate Drane

Kate Drane is the Stakeholder Outreach Manager for Triple Pundit. In addition, she is the co-founder of The Can Van, a Bay Area mobile beer canning service and PresidioSpace, a business incubator/ co-working/ event space located in San Francisco. She received her BA in Journalism from Butler University and MBA in Sustainable Management from Presidio Graduate School where she honed her skills and passions for recruiting, networking, community building and intrapreneurship.

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Creating Big Impacts Through Community Engagement

| Thursday June 16th, 2011 | 0 Comments

Creating opportunities for local economies to grow creates broader impacts.

There is a growing public expectation that companies should give back to their communities in an authentic, meaningful way. Companies are taking notice and creating programs to address these demands.

The positive return for adopting a robust corporate responsibility program is resounding,as evidenced by the reception for Panera Bread’s Community Café program, (whose founder Ronald Shaich received a standing ovation for his presentation at Sustainable Brands ’11). These programs attract and retain talent, create partnerships with non-profits and provide avenues for aligning the mission and values of the company with the community.

“More corporations are already making CSR strategies part of their overall business and core competencies. They can actually maximize the return on their investments and make the greatest positive societal impact by integrating community engagement and employee volunteer programs within these efforts,” says Kellie McElhaney, Executive Director of the Center for Responsible Business at Haas School of Business (via Volunteer Match).

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