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Two Million Hours: How REI Volunteers Stepped It Up in 2010

A big "thank you" goes out to all of you who volunteered on an service project through REI or one of REI's nonprofit partners in 2010. It was quite a year of giving back. Those fun hours we spent—clipping and yanking ivy, building and maintaining trails, cleaning up parks and beaches and getting dirty on similar stewardship projects all over the country—are captured in REI's recently released 2010 stewardship report.  The report, our fifth, includes a section on the co-op's efforts to partner ...

Posted by Kevin H on June 17, 2011 6:55 PM & Tagged community, nonprofit, rei, stewardship, volunteer and volunteerism | permalink | Comments



REI Releases 2010 Stewardship Report

Why does REI report on its sustainable business and CSR practices? REI's CEO and President Sally Jewell notes that 2005 was a turning point for REI's efforts in corporate social responsibility (CSR)—or stewardship as we refer to our actions.  It was the year we transitioned from "random acts of kindness" to a process-driven approach towards sustainable business thinking.  What changed in 2005 was the recognition that if we were truly going to make a difference, we needed to become better ...

Posted by Kevin H on June 1, 2011 2:07 PM & Tagged 2010 report, CSR, Corporate Social Responsibility, FSC, GRI, community, greenhouse gas, reporting, stewardship, sustainability and volunteerism | permalink | Comments