Activate Good also works throughout the year with companies to support and enhance their corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives. Triangle Businesses for Good (TBG) is Activate Good’s membership group where civically-minded professionals join our movement to create positive change. Through discussion, networking, educational resources, and volunteer events, creating both short and long-term impacts.

At our annual Triangle Businesses for Good Summit, professionals will network and learn about current Corporate Social Responsibility topics and employee volunteerism from local experts and their peers!

Theme: Wellness in the Workplace
Perspectives on integrating wellness into business with a focus on community-building through volunteerism.

We’ve been hearing from so many HR, community engagement, and other CSR professionals about how concerned they are about their employees mental health, community (internally and externally) engagement, and company culture in the context of new work environments.

• The surgeon general’s report on isolation and loneliness named volunteering as an antidote
• A recent Forbes article reported on recent research on employee wellness programs: “of all the programs offered, only one led to the conclusion that it increased the wellbeing of the employee who engaged in it: the opportunity to do charity or volunteer work
• One study found that volunteering at least once a week gives you the same boost to well–being as a salary increase from $20,000 to $75,000 (Thrive Global).

Join us as we highlight ways to engage, support, and retain employees with tactics fo integrating wellness initiatives into your company culture.