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Prize dragon
The Economic Regeneration Award was given to three companies at the 2006 Lord Mayor's Dragon Awards.
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Contributions news
round-up - issue 90
KPMG helps the homeless, Oxfam allies with corporate donors for disaster response and Coca-Cola donates $500,000 to Middle East humanitarian causes.
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Democratising culture
Colin Tweedy, chief executive of Arts & Business, highlights the crucial role business plays in UK arts sponsorship.
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Corporate foundations
Amy Lunt, of The SMART Company, explores the often complex relationships between corporate foundations and their founding companies. The challenge is understanding this relationship separately from the legal framework within which foundations operate as independent, registered charities.
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Uncovering America's
philanthropy
The Corporate Citizenship Company's US researcher, Jen Peckman, asks if UK companies are truly better at giving than their US counterparts, or are they just better at measuring it?
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Engaging through giving
Briefing (Issue 90) has community engagement as its underlying theme, specifically the role of corporate community contributions within the wider mix of socially responsible business behaviour.
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Managing independence
It's crucial that corporate foundations manage the links with their founding companies in order to ensure sufficient independence.
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Investing in skills will
boost deprived communities
Government policy on reviving deprived communities is patchy, ineffective and in need of an overhaul. Without a clear steer from above, CSR practitioners can look to Boots for an example of how investing in skills and regeneration can mitigate the impact of large scale job cuts.
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The business of giving
Philanthropy isn’t dead but companies are getting more picky about who’ll they give their money to. Not only are community investment programmes more likely to be linked to business objectives, donors are starting to demand results.
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Financial Inclusion news
briefs - June/July
HSBC, Barclays and HBOS are tackling financial exclusion by investing in financial literacy programmes, for young people, adults and the elderly.
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Buffett gives billions to
Gates Foundation
In Letter from America, The Corporate Citizenship Company's Michelle Dow asks whether Warren Buffett's $31bn donation to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will inspire a new era in US corporate philanthropy.
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