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Pledge 1%’s #WomenWhoLead series celebrates female leaders who are paving the way for the next generation. While our featured leaders come from a variety of backgrounds and industries, they are united in their efforts to promote equality for all women in the workplace. We’ve asked them to share a bit about their journey to success, […]

Originally published on Tides. Decades after the term “digital divide” was coined, this systemic inequity persists, preventing too many people from living a quality life—and sometimes even to survive. In the past two years, the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the gulf between those with internet access and those without, as necessary activities like seeking healthcare, […]

Originally published on San Francisco Business Times.  When Cruise’s all-electric autonomous vehicles began logging their first miles on San Francisco streets, they weren’t taxiing ride-seekers to jobs, shops or bars. The cars, known as AVs, were delivering free groceries and meals to the city’s low-income residents.  It was the early days of the pandemic, when […]

Originally published on Cruise. What could we achieve if companies made social impact core to their business strategy?  That question has guided Cruise’s social impact philosophy from the start. The answer is stretching our conceptions of how AVs can and should serve our communities — and how quickly we could make an impact.  When COVID-19 […]

Originally posted on Entrepreneur.  Corporate success is no longer measured just in dollars and cents. Investors, employees and customers alike are all paying closer attention to non-financial factors like environmental, social and governance standards. Last year, I went to our board with the idea of joining the 1% Pledge, a global movement to support our community […]

Originally published on New Verve Consulting.  New Verve Consulting:  Today, we’re highlighting one of our customer success stories, Mary’s Meals, and how they used Jira Service Management along with Insight to deliver greater value today with the help of New Verve Consulting. We also chose Mary’s Meals as our Pledge 1% charity of choice last year, too! Read on to hear from IT Infrastructure […]

Pledge 1% would like to extend a warm welcome to the newest member of our Pledge 1% community, Acoustic Blinds and Curtains. As a part of their time pledge, they are corporate volunteers at Chatswood Library, Sydney. At Chatswood library, the Acoustic Blinds and Curtains team deliver the Be Connected digital literacy program up to 1-2 times per […]

Originally published on Benevity. Creating community Founded in 2002, Sydney, Australia–based Atlassian creates product management and documentation software — including Jira and Trello — that’s used by thousands of teams worldwide. Atlassian’s own team has experienced tremendous growth. Over a three-year period, amid the pandemic, the company doubled its workforce, making it the largest software […]

Pledge 1%’s #WomenWhoLead series celebrates female leaders who are paving the way for the next generation. While our featured leaders come from a variety of backgrounds and industries, they are united in their efforts to promote equality for all women in the workplace. We’ve asked them to share a bit about their journey to success, […]

  Pledge 1% is proud to announce that Whispir, a communications intelligence company, has joined Pledge 1%, a global movement creating a new normal where companies of all sizes integrate giving back into their culture and values.  Whispir believes that tech has a big role to play in helping those that need it most. That’s why Whispir has […]