Business is...
Beating a public health crisis. Navigating a recovering economy. Addressing the climate challenge. Ensuring equal opportunity for all Americans.
The business community is facing big challenges, yet companies of every size and industry are stepping up in extraordinary ways.
Business is Rallying the Recovery
Businesses of all sizes and sectors in every community have stepped up. Business is creating solutions, protecting our essential workers, delivering necessities, helping communities, keeping us connected, building hope and rallying the recovery. Business is moving us forward.
Business Is ... Supporting Communities
Big or small, across all industries, and in every corner of the country, businesses are going above and beyond to support their employees, customers, and local communities.
- How One Pharmacy Owner is Tackling Vaccine Hesitancy and a Changing NeighborhoodHOPE Pharmacy in Richmond is part of a partnership focused on improving the health of local residents.Learn More
- Customer Care Center Brings Opportunity to South Side ChicagoDiscover is creating a 100,000+ square foot customer care center that will provide nearly 1,000 full-time jobs for the community.Learn More
- Rocket Companies Tackles Housing Insecurity in Detroit with $500 Million InvestmentProperty tax foreclosure has been the biggest contributor to housing instability and blight in the city over the last 15 years.Learn More
- How Backstage Capital is Helping Under-Represented Founders Access Venture CapitalA lack of funding for minority, women, and LGBTQ founders is a missed opportunity job seekers, communities, and the overall economy.Learn More
- South LA Café Owners Committed to Vaccine Equity and Healthy Food AccessSouth LA Café had just opened in 2019, and revenue was growing every month, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March 2020 and sales dropped by 50%.Learn More
- TOOTRiS Is Reimagining the Childcare Industry by Making Care Available On-DemandThe San Diego small business is connecting parents across the nation with childcare providers in real-time and partnering with businesses to give their workforce childcare options.Learn More
Business is ... Pivoting and Innovating
Businesses are able to recognize a need, a changing environment, or a new normal and quickly adapt to make what is needed, reallocate resources, and step up in ways only business can.
Business is ... Giving Back
Philanthropic donations, grants, and investments from the business community are fueling efforts to help Americans and the causes that need it most. See how more companies are giving back.
- FedEx Opens Doors to Opportunity with E-Commerce Learning LabThe lab is focused on helping women-owned businesses and entrepreneurs of color master e-commerce.Learn More
- Anheuser-Busch Commits to Leading Economic Recovery with New InvestmentsA recent $1 billion investment is aimed at stimulating the economy, sustainable innovations, and supporting job creation.Learn More
- Synchrony Lends Support to Small Businesses and Communities with Grants, Financing, and Digital ResourcesSynchrony this year expanded its digital tools for safe, socially distant payment processes, while funding grants for communities in need.Learn More
- Bottom Line Construction & Development Builds New York Communities through Investment in Untapped TalentAlexis McSween, founder and CEO of Bottom Line Construction and Development in New York, shares how her company is providing opportunities in underserved communities and building the next generation of construction leaders.Learn More
- How One Small Business Is Finding Workers in a Tight Job MarketWyoming Machine is offering flexible work schedules, a benefit rarely seen in manufacturing, to attract and retain talent during the worker shortage.Learn More
- How One Pharmacy Owner is Tackling Vaccine Hesitancy and a Changing NeighborhoodHOPE Pharmacy in Richmond is part of a partnership focused on improving the health of local residents.Learn More
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Paul Shmotolokha, CEO and chairman of the board of New Use Energy Solutions, shares how his company is working to ship solar power packs to Ukraine in a time of need.
Alexis McSween, founder and CEO of Bottom Line Construction and Development in New York, shares how her company is providing opportunities in underserved communities and building the next generation of construction leaders.
Wyoming Machine is offering flexible work schedules, a benefit rarely seen in manufacturing, to attract and retain talent during the worker shortage.
HOPE Pharmacy in Richmond is part of a partnership focused on improving the health of local residents.
As we prepare for 2022, it is important that leaders ask themselves a tough question: “What has our organization done to truly support Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion within our walls and in our communities?”
Discover is creating a 100,000+ square foot customer care center that will provide nearly 1,000 full-time jobs for the community.
At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Novo Nordisk recognized that patients, employees, and the community would be impacted in new and unique ways. The company focused on three key priorities:
The lab is focused on helping women-owned businesses and entrepreneurs of color master e-commerce.
