- June 19, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) – A year ago, the anger over the killing of George Floyd sparked something we hadn’t really seen before. At least, not to this degree. Corporations and businesses donated big money to social justice causes.
Benevity, a company that provides platforms for donations, says, $166 million dollars went to social justice and racial equity causes in June 2020. It was the most it had ever seen in any category in its entire history.
It turns out doing good is often important for getting business. That’s where Josh Jacobson comes in.
He’s the CEO of Next Stage in Charlotte. It’s a consulting firm focused on helping companies navigate that connection between business and social engagement.
“The world’s changed quite a bit. Even just the word social good,” Jacobson say, “It’s something that we are driven to want to do to bring community inside of our companies. And increasingly, company executives are…
