posted by Shelly Esque on July 23, 2009
Intel turned 41 this month. The company isn’t visibly celebrating, but I know the spirit of our 40th anniversary programs live on and are being deepened. As I visit Intel sites around the globe, I’m struck by the depth of commitment of our employees who are applying their professional skills to community needs and really taking the spirit of volunteerism to a more impactful and sustainable level. I love the idea that Intel groups do a volunteer event for their quarterlies, or that individuals commit to work with a non profit or school a few times a year, but let me share a few examples I’ve witnessed where employee’s Intel professional skills are making a huge impact - we call this skills-based volunteering.
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posted by Gary Niekerk on July 14, 2009
Intel is an innovative technology company - and as such - Intel is constantly going through change. One change that happened recently, which has not received much attention - but none the less is still significant - is Intel’s new chairman of the board. Our new chairman, Jane E. Shaw is a woman - and an independent director. This represents a significant milestone for board diversity. I don’t know too many Fortune 100 Companies, if any, that have an independent, female, Chairman of the Board. In fact, over 60% of Fortune 500 companies don’t have ANY females on their board.
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posted by Gary Niekerk on July 09, 2009
I came across a couple of interesting technology devices that continue to demonstrate how technology has the potential to shake up life in the sustainability and CSR space. The first device came to my attention while I was reading an interesting blog post by Matthew Rochte. Matthew was commenting how a device in development at MIT Labs could radically change how consumers interact with products, and how this interaction would challenge our current notions of CSR. The device he was referring to was demonstrated by Pattie Maes of MIT .
posted by Suzanne Fallender on July 07, 2009
Many people continue to criticize CSR reports for being too long, detailed and boring for most stakeholders to read. When you combine that sentiment with the challenges of explaining your corporate responsibility performance in multiple languages and cultures and your impact at the local level, it is clear that one size does not fit all.
One way to address this is by creating localized versions of your CSR report. We’ve been doing this for a number of years now at Intel, working with our major sites and regional CSR managers around the world to take the Executive Summary of our annual Corporate Responsibility Report, and translate and/or incorporate information about local programs and performance.
I wanted to share this year’s first batch of local reports which my colleagues just finished, including country reports for Israel, Ireland, and Russia and regional reports for Europe and Middle East, Turkey and Africa. You can access copies of these local versions on Intel’s company page on Justmeans.com. Additional reports from Europe, as well as from across Asia, Latin America and our U.S. sites are still underway.
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