Corporate Social Impact - Can Profit and Purpose Co-exist?
About This Talk
The world of corporate social responsibility is changing rapidly. Millennials, who now make up more than half of the workforce, care deeply about social impact, and increasingly expect employers to have a triple bottom line focus (people, planet, profit). Bold initiatives like Silicon Valley’s Giving Pledge have influenced business leaders, and companies of all sizes, to think differently. This high-impact panel will discuss how the role of CSR is changing, why companies that prioritize social impact consistently outperform the market, and what businesses can do now to avoid being left behind.
Speakers
Nutanix
Caity Curtis is an Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) leader with nearly 15 years of experience helping companies cultivate ESG programs that create social and stakeholder value. She is currently Nutanix’s Director, Corporate Social Responsibility where she leads the philanthropic and sustainability programs. In her time at Nutanix, she has helped launch a formal ESG program, formalized strategic targets for community impact and minimizing environmental footprint, and advanced diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging initiatives. Prior to Nutanix, Caity headed the corporate citizenship program at DISH, an American television provider and mobile wireless service, led corporate fundraising at HelpMeSee, a global nonprofit dedicated to ending cataract blindness, supported Fortune 500 clients in developing their corporate social responsibility programs at United Way of New York City, and helped build community affairs strategy at Capital One, an American financial holding company. Caity is also a board member at B:Civic, an organization that provides businesses of all industries, insight and network to learn more about how to be civic-minded while meeting business goals.
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