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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 instill ‘effective altruism’ into our company culture, and joining Pledge […]

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 […]

Pledge 1% is proud to partner with SRS Acquiom, an M&A service provider, to launch EscrowUP, a new program that creates an effortless way for the broader M&A community to give back.  It’s mission: to provide a pathway for those involved in M&A to come together and significantly boost a diverse and talented pool of next generation […]

Last Thursday, the newly launched Salesforce Incubator invited member companies to come together in person to talk about how they are building Pledge 1% into the DNA of their business.   During the event, 3 new companies and 3 Ambassadors joined Pledge 1%.  But what was even more exciting was to hear leaders like Chuck Liddell of Kapuhonu speak about how […]

Global music artist and entrepreneur will.i.am and his company i.am+  have joined the Pledge 1% movement and are #PledgingItForward in a big way with the launch of their newest product BUTTONS, premium BluetoothTM earphones. As a new Pledge 1% member, i.am+ is donating 1% of net proceeds, 1% of staff time, and 1% of product to the i.am.angel Foundation, which operates after school tutoring […]

This week, PandaPay, an API for charitable giving and a Pledge 1% member, is announcing the launch of Mindful Commerce, a new movement that helps companies get involved in Pledge 1% and start giving back. PandaPay takes care of the tax, legal, and engineering implications for companies who want to launch and grow cause marketing campaigns.  The […]

With Dreamforce just around around the corner, we are proud to see Pledge 1% member Simplus leading by example and making giving back a core part of their booth activation. This will be Simplus’ first year having a booth at Dreamforce, and they are making a big splash with their #SimplusGives campaign.  Rather than giving out the traditional event […]

Last night, September 28, Pledge 1% partnered with The Boston Foundation to launch Pledge 1% Boston, a pilot regional model for the movement. The event started with resounding enthusiasm as Accomplice founder Jeff Fagnan took the stage and announced that Accomplice will pledge 1% of their carry in perpetuity to two local nonprofits InnerCity Weightlifting and Resilient Coders.  Jeff spoke about the tech sector’s potential […]

Sep 26, 2016 By Naomi Morenzoni, Salesforce.org At Dreamforce this year, you won’t be able to go far without seeing or hearing about Pledge 1%.  Inspired by Salesforce’s 1-1-1 Model, Pledge 1%encourages and challenges individuals and companies to pledge 1% of equity, product and employee time for their communities. Earlier this month, Pledge 1% announced an exciting milestone—1,000 […]