Two years ago today, we launched Pledge 1%, a global movement to create a new normal where giving back is integrated into the DNA of companies of all sizes. Today, we are excited to announce that over 1,300 companies in 38 countries have joined Pledge 1%, committing to give 1% of equity, profit, product, and/or [...]
By Allison Riggs, Global Marketing Manager at e-Core. Originally published on the Atlassian blog as part of their #TeamUp4Good series. “Be the change you want to see in the world.” – Ghandi When the call to action came to join the Pledge 1% Initiative, the e-Core leadership team realized that this was more than just a [...]
Pledge 1% Boston, spearheaded by the Boston Foundation and a network of community leaders, is pleased to announce a new partnership with Life Science Cares. Since launching two months ago, Pledge 1% Boston has recruited almost 20 companies to pledge 1% for their communities. We are excited to parlay this initial success into an alliance [...]
Salesforce.org, the philanthropic arm of Salesforce, is one of Pledge 1%'s founding partners. Over the years, their 1% commitment to charity has grown and they have been--and continue to be--a key partner for Room to Read. Since its earliest days, Room to Read has been able to leverage Salesforce’s technology, people, and resources to help them [...]
Watch this video to hear why Michael Carter, co-founder at Kahuso, decided to Pledge 1%. https://vimeo.com/192806219
The holiday season brings with it the season of giving, and at Comalatech that means fondly remembering the opportunities we've had to give back to our communities. We are ardent believers that our success as a team comes with an obligation to return some of that good fortune to the places we call home. We [...]
ThinkTilt is a new venture founded by three colleagues committed to making a difference in their communities. Their product ProForma is an add-on for Atlassian's JIRA project management tool, which allows any team in an organisation to use JIRA to handle common business processes. Read our interview below with CEO of ThinkTilt, Simon Herd, about [...]
By Jessie VanderVeen, CMO, Tempo Tempo has been a partner of Room to Read for more than six years now as part of our corporate culture of community service and philanthropic leadership to empower others within the global community. To date, we have donated more than $75,000 to Room to Read through Tempo’s Starter License Program–$100 [...]
Joining Pledge1 has helped us to engage our employees and be more transparent in the way we give to charity - Co-founder Jimmy Lundström We want to create a workplace people are proud to work at - CEO and Co-founder Emil Sjödin At RefinedWiki we aim to instil 'effective altruism' into our company culture, and [...]
By an Atlassian volunteer. I have a son and a daughter attending public school in Sydney. As an Aussie transplant having grown up in Czechoslovakia, when I moved to Australia, I wanted to learn as much about the Australian education system as I could to try and understand how it is preparing my kids for life in [...]