American Express Company 2015 Corporate Social Responsibility Report

GRI INDEX
Serve2Gether Consulting
Serve2Gether Grants
Green2Gether
Serve2Gether Consulting matches
nonprofits with American Express
employees on short- and mediumterm
consulting projects. Each
spring, teams of our employees
assist nonprofits with marketing,
finance, strategy, technology, legal,
organizational structure and capacity.
The objective is to provide an action
plan that addresses the partner’s
area of need. Teams can also submit
their business plans for a chance
to secure a $25,000 American
Express Foundation grant to put their
improvements into action.
Through Serve2Gether Grants, we
provide micro-grants of $500-$2,500
to organizations where employees
volunteer 50 or more hours within a
12-month period. In 2015, the program
awarded $290,000 in grants in
recognition of more than 9,000 hours
of volunteer service recorded by over
1,350 employees.
Gift Matching
For more than 50 years, we’ve been
matching employee contributions and
non-employee directors of American
Express Company up to a maximum of
$8,000 a year. In 2015, we matched
$6.1 million of contributions.
The platform’s newest initiative seeks
to engage employees in the company’s
environmental responsibility program.
For more information on Green2Gether,
see the Serving Our Environment section.
2015 GIVE2GETHER IMPACT
COUNTRIES
3
Canada + USA + India.
In 2015, the U.S. Give2Gether
campaign continued to drive industryleading
participation with 80 percent
of our U.S. employees making a
donation. The campaign engages
hundreds of employee volunteers who
organize charity events and develop
creative promotions to rally support
for the campaign.
4,800
charities supported
in 2015.
$6.0M
donated by employees.
2015 Serve2Gether Consulting Impact
In 2015, 220 employees donated over 11,000
hours which equates to nearly $1.7 million of
support to charitable organizations in eight
countries: Canada, India, Mexico, Singapore,
Hong Kong, Australia, the U.K. and the U.S.
We also awarded organizations $375,000 in
seed funding.
$6.1M
matched by our company.
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