Here are some of our favorite sites that combine Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) with social media to spread the news, connect people, develop strategy, and initiate action and good.
JustMeans.com is a twitter domain and discussion central for CSR. Big companies like Hewlett Packard, Seventh Generation, and Timberland post CSR related thoughts. The site has a global perspective with 40% US & Canada, 35% UK, and 25% other. JustMeans boasts over 500,000 unique visitors in 2008 and 1.9 million page views per month, ensuring diversity of perspective and experience. Worth checking out.
TakingItGlobal is in fact, very global, with almost 250,000 members, in 269 countries and 1169 schools. You can even interact with the site based on a regional orientation; Europe, Asia, Africa etc. The site is chock full of features. You can create your own page, access resources, sign petitions, download action guides, join others in making lifestyle resolutions, utilize educator resources, or access how-to guides for policy makers and community organizers – whew! If you’re a student, or are interested in sustainability, activism and global issues affecting the environment, politics and society at large, then this site is for you.
My.SocialActions.com will help you find and share opportunities to change the world by collecting information from other sites, and then letting members promote the ideas they like best.