Center for Corporate Social Responsibility

working together to GROW our community

The Concept

Today's corporate social responsibility encompasses more than just sustainability and philanthropy for businesses, it is about creating value for all and impacting communities in meaningful ways. Exceptional social performance is no longer considered a bonus for companies to value, it has become vital to their success.

The Center for Corporate Social Responsibility at Waynesburg University seeks to build a network of practitioners in the region dedicated to sharing best practices in corporate social responsibility work. As a membership organization, valuable resources will be shared with members to build stronger and more valuable corporate social responsibility programs.

The Center is located at the Waynesburg University Southpointe Center.

Members

Corporations
Corporate Foundations
Professional Associations
Businesses (of all sizes)
Professionals in the following roles: corporate affairs, community relations, environmental, health, safety and regulatory, human resources, communications and public relations, government relations, attorneys, volunteer coordinators*

*Certain eligibility restrictions may apply.

Benefits

Programming

Employee volunteer programs and opportunities*
Peer-to-peer networking*
Strategic social investment and philanthropy*
Assessing return on investment
Stakeholder mapping and external engagement strategies
Sharing impacts/storytelling
Best management practices
Due diligence

Recipient accountability
Reporting value to executives and internal leadership
Thought leadership lectures by inspiring partner university faculty
Speaker series and roundtable discussions
Annual conference
Research projects in the region
Needs assessment

*Through preliminary research from local organizations, more than two-thirds of those surveyed shared that focusing on these subjects would be the most beneficial.

Since the onset of the pandemic, the Center and its members have collectively and individually found ways to support our local communities with the challenges that they have faced. Learn more below about the Center's 2020 nonprofit survey or how each member company has responded to assist groups in their own operating areas.

PREP Program - Nonprofit Leadership Training

Nonprofit Impact Assessment

Company Relief Efforts

Pittsburgh Business Times | Training program aims to boost Washington, Greene nonprofits

Observer-Reporter | Executive leadership program aims to assist nonprofits in Greene, Washington counties

Herald-Standard | Event explores impact of pandemic on nonprofits

Pittsburgh Business Times | Study: Covid forces 60% of nonprofits in Washington and Greene counties to cut services

Pittsburgh Tribune Review | Stacey Brodak and Jim Denova: Partnerships bring solutions, address workforce gaps

Member Companies

Advisory Members

Community Bank
CNX Resources
EQT Corporation
Range Resources

General Members

84 Lumber
Bowles Rice LLP
Cabot Oil & Gas
Columbia Gas
Computer Enterprises, Inc.
CONSOL Energy
DTE Midstream
First Federal of Greene County
Jones Day
Mackin Engineering
Stanley Black & Decker
Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
TechnipFMC
Tenaris
WesBanco

Join our network

Membership levels begin at just $500. If you're interested in becoming a member, click on the link below.

About

The Center hosted a large-scale, multiple-site volunteer project event April 11, 2019, in celebration of National Volunteer Week. Projects were held throughout Greene and Washington counties in southwestern Pennsylvania. The event was strategically crafted to meet some of the initial needs of the partner agencies and their communities as identified by data collected through a micro-course on food insecurity, recently sponsored by Carnegie Mellon University and Waynesburg University.