Forètica: Outcomes of Give & Gain 2020
In December, Forética led the Week of Solidarity Action and Corporate Volunteering, Give & Gain 2020. Between 10-20 December, Give & Gain has brought together 134 corporate volunteering and solidarity action activities, 9.484 employees from 55 companies, and 97 organizations, for a total outreach of 120,292 people. Give & Gain 2020 focused its efforts on promoting solidarity action and corporate volunteering initiatives developed by companies and entities with the aim of alleviating the negative impact of COVID-19 on the most vulnerable groups.
Germán Granda, General Director of Forética, said:“For another year, and especially in the current health and socioeconomic crisis, we have verified through Give & Gain the great value of solidarity action and corporate volunteering to mobilize companies and the people who work in them in order to improve the environment in which they operate, assuming a leading role of transforming leadership and agent of social change. This Forética initiative celebrates a decade of stories of effort and commitment, of values and experiences of high positive impact for volunteers and beneficiaries”.
The initiative received the support of the Presidency of the Government, via the High Commissioner for the Fight against Child Poverty, Atresmedia, MSD, and the Association of Volunteers “la Caixa”.
Throughout its ten editions, the event has established itself as the reference initiative in the field of corporate volunteering and employee solidarity action, involving more than 227,200 people,23,400 volunteers from 525 companies with 697 organizations.