Community Investment

Because we want to make a deep and lasting impact, we think beyond our capacity to write checks to nonprofits. We believe our greatest opportunity to bring about social change is to leverage our corporate assets — our brands, our stores, our vendor relationships, and most importantly, our employees. In fact, we believe our employees are our biggest community asset. With 150,000 employees around the world with a host of professional skills, we see enormous potential for them to make a difference through their talents and passion for volunteering.

We believe that to sustain our efforts as social investors, we need to ensure that all stakeholders in our community benefit from our work. This "virtuous cycle" includes the neighborhoods and nonprofits we serve as well as our employees, customers and shareholders. Not only can our work help build stronger communities, it engages our employees and attracts both consumers and investors. We see this collective benefit as the best way to create sustainable social change.