Alexandria, VA, September 4, 2019-- Good360, the global leader in product philanthropy and purposeful giving, is pleased to announce the appointment of Jeff McCorstin, President of Global Customs Brokerage at UPS, to the organization’s Board of Directors. McCorstin joins Good360’s six current board members who are responsible for providing guidance,...
With only two named storms so far, the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season is shaping up to be one of the slowest-starting in recent years.But every season has the potential to wind down with devastating results. You only need to look back at the 2017 season when Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and...
Nearly two years after Hurricane Harvey tore through Houston and southeast Texas, leaving an astounding $125 billion dollars in damage, many residents are still struggling to rebuild their homes, their businesses and their livelihoods.According to the Harvey Data Project, an effort spearheaded by the City of Houston to account for...
Good360, the global leader in product philanthropy and purposeful giving, announced today that CarMax has donated $50,000 to support disaster recovery efforts. CarMax, the largest used car retailer in the United States, believes in the importance of proactively approaching a disaster plan, before the disaster strikes and on a long-term...
In September, 2018, Good360 launched the Resilient Response campaign in collaboration with All Hands and Hearts. We created the campaign for a simple reason: Disaster giving around the globe is broken.Some 60 percent of unsolicited goods donated after a disaster ends up in landfills (or otherwise goes unused), according to...
The UPS Foundation today announced a $1.5 million commitment to support relief and recovery efforts for the earthquake/tsunami in Indonesia and Hurricane Michael in Florida. Through a combination of cash grants, in-kind transportation movements and technical expertise, The UPS Foundation, in collaboration with its disaster relief partners, will provide urgent...
In a move toward that ambitious goal, Good360, Global Citizen, and All Hands and Hearts - Smart Response have launched an initiative called Resilient Response, aiming to spotlight the critical need to adjust disaster giving behaviors among corporations to better support response and long-term recovery....
ATLANTA /CSRwire/ - The UPS Foundation, which leads the global citizenship efforts of UPS (NYSE: UPS), today announced it is awarding 2018 grants and in-kind support totaling more than $16 million to non-profit, non-governmental organizations and United Nations agencies for humanitarian relief, community resilience and safety programs worldwide. Grants provide...
A total of 17 named storms pummeled the Atlantic region during the 2017 hurricane season, making it the 5th most active on record. ...
Research has shown that up to 60% of goods donated after a disaster end up in landfills or otherwise go to waste because they are not the right goods at the right time....