BVU Business Members Caught on Video Doing Good

The Boston College Center has launched its first annual Corporate Citizenship Film Festival and two BVU business members: PricewaterhouseCoopers and Ernst & Young are competing with 23 companies for a chance win. View these videos here.

“Since so much media focus has been on the negative, it’s easy to overlook the positive contributions business makes to society,” said Bradley K. Googins, executive director of the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship. “We’ve launched this annual film festival to reveal another dimension of business to the public.”

The focus of the film festival is to highlight the different ways companies tell their corporate citizenship story through video. This type of communication has been increasingly linked to improving a company's reputation, positive branding and ultimately the bottom line. Each video is between 1 and 3 minutes in length and captures how a company is having a positive impact - typically in partnership with nonprofits customers and employees - on social and environmental challenges.

Companies entering their work in the Film Festival are: Accenture, Aetna, Allstate, Amway, AT&T, Bank of America, Best Buy, Campbell Soup Company, Coca-Cola, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, ExxonMobil, FedEx, Hitachi, Intel, Mars North America, McDonald’s, Microsoft, Northrop Grumman, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Pitney Bowes, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, UPS, Western Union and Whirlpool.

The winner of the Film Festival will be announced during a general session of the 2009 International Corporate Citizenship Conference on March 30 in San Francisco.

About BVU

BVU inspires volunteerism by connecting motivated people and businesses with the nonprofits and communities that need them most. As the primary resource for recruiting, developing and organizing volunteers in the Greater Baltimore area, BVU has referred more than 50,000 people to meaningful volunteer opportunities. Through its extensive network of more than 350 nonprofit organizations, BVU has organized over 400 service projects in Baltimore City and the surrounding region.

About Ernst & Young

Ernst & Young is a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. Worldwide, our 130,000 people are united by our shared values and an unwavering commitment to quality. We make a difference by helping our people, our clients and our wider communities achieve potential.

PricewaterhouseCoopers

provides industry-focused assurance, tax and advisory services to build public trust and enhance value for its clients and their stakeholders. More than 155,000 people in 153 countries across our network share their thinking, experience and solutions to develop fresh perspectives and practical advice.

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