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Tim Hortons Local Earn-a-Bike Outreach Program and other CSR Business News

We have previously written about Tim Hortons’ various CSR Business initiatives such as their in-store environmental efforts, their first published CSR report as well as our series on their local outreach programs. Their local outreach programs are geared to give-back...

July 20, 2011 Read More

give2gether Brings Unique Metrics to Non-profit Fundraising Platform

Since 2000 we have worked almost exclusively with non-profits in providing fundraising services in support of various fund development initiatives. Having said that, we still appreciate and have written several posts about the new web-based philanthropy focussed platforms that are...

July 19, 2011 Read More

Toronto Ranks as Most Expensive Canadian City and Other News

Toronto is an incredible city in which to live and do business for many reasons. In a business sense it lends us an intelligent, multi-lingual talent pool, exceptional technology and impressively ranked opportunity that combined allow us to provide a...

July 15, 2011 Read More

Tim Hortons’ CSR Local Outreach Programs – Free Summer Swimming

Most Canadians (and some Americans) associate Tim Hortons (Tims) with their morning cup of coffee on the drive to work, but the company is so much more. In previous blog posts, we have written about Tim’s store-level environmental initiatives and...

July 7, 2011 Read More

Meatless Monday with West Coast Grilled Vegetable Pizza and Grilled Radicchio Salad

Hello and welcome (back) to the blog and thank you for joining us for another Meatless Monday.  Miratel Solutions took the Meatless Monday pledge as part of our CSR business initiatives in support of reducing meat consumption by 15% to...

July 4, 2011 Read More

What Does Pride Mean to You?

In Canada, Employment Equity was created to ensure proactive hiring practices were engaged which would result in adequate representation of four designated groups: women, people with disabilities, aboriginals and visible minorities. The Canadian Human Rights Act protects a wider range...

June 30, 2011 Read More

Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada 2011 released by Corporate Knights

Trying to evaluate and then compare the overall CSR performance of one company versus another is, I would imagine, a rather difficult task and while there are many reports that presents such data the logistics behind the ranking evaluation are...

June 29, 2011 Read More

Excellent database for nonprofit reviews and information

One of the challenges for a potential donor to overcome is how to get a good unbiased impression of the work a particular registered charity accomplishes. One of the most pivotal considerations for a donor is establishing just how well...

October 14, 2010 Read More

Marriott release global CSR report

In our ongoing reviews of corporate-wide CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility Programs) I wanted to take a look at how Marriott International  are performing and on the surface I'd say very well. The hotel giant has grown in leaps and bounds...

October 13, 2010 Read More

Questions for nonprofits are both valid and valuable

In the wake of some 'expose' type stories in the Canadian and UK media recently there has been a certain amount of alarm bell ringing when it comes to the management and fiscal acumen of some nonprofits. Personally I think...

October 12, 2010 Read More

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