2018 Annual Summit Report
Taking place on September 24-25, 2018 at the Grand Hyatt New York, the 2018 Concordia Annual Summit was the largest and most inclusive nonpartisan forum alongside the United Nations General Assembly. Bringing together decision-makers and opinion-formers in the public, private and nonprofit sectors, as well as the next generation of partnership-builders, the Annual Summit advanced […]
A Deep Dive into This Year’s Programming Sponsorship: Q&A with Postmates
This week, we sat down with Vikrum Aiyer, Vice President of Global Public Policy at Postmates, and Matthew Swift, Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO of Concordia, to take a deeper look at this relationship and what the two organizations hope to achieve together. This is the first time that Postmates has had the opportunity to […]
A Deep Dive into This Year’s Programming Sponsorship: Q&A with Walmart
It’s important that Walmart participate and be present at the table for conversations around the issue of forced labor, given their size and market share. Within the context of the Concordia Summit, Walmart has the opportunity to reach other industries, markets, and companies and provide a successful example of an organization that has taken initiative […]
A Deep Dive into This Year’s Programming Partnership: Q&A with Panorama
Concordia’s focus on this topic began last year with our engagement with United Technologies, which has continued its support of Concordia and it’s been amazing. Around the globe, companies are realizing that they must consider the future of work because constant innovation, both in technology and employment models, is playing a critical role in changing […]
This Week in Partnerships: Our Favorite Cross-Sector Stories
A network of hospitals is joining forces to produce cheaper alternatives to generic drugs to combat egregious pharmaceutical price hikes and drug shortages. The not-for-profit venture is called Civica Rx: a collaboration of 22 hospitals in the Salt Lake City area called Intermountain Healthcare, the Mayo Clinic, the for-profit health care facilities company HCA Healthcare, […]
Intern Journals: Q&A with Lina Kang
First of all, I did not expect to go to Colombia for the Americas Summit! The level of involvement that I had with preparations leading up to the Americas Summit and during the event itself was really something that I did not expect, but I’m really thankful to have been able to participate. One really […]
This Week in Partnerships: Our Favorite Cross-Sector Partnership Stories
At the Global Climate Action Summit, Starbucks announced its commitment to a global plan to design, build and operate 10,000 Greener Stores by 2025. Over the next year, WWF will work closely with Starbucks and Green Business Certification, Inc.—an organization that independently certifies environmentally friendly buildings—to develop a detailed plan that sets a new standard […]
This Week in Partnership News: 3 Noteworthy Cross-Sector Partnerships
The SANS Institute, the cooperative research and education organization that trains security professionals around the world, piloted CyberStart in seven states last summer. The overall response was striking: participation was more than triple than expected. The only problem: only around 5 percent of the participants were women. The organization kicked off a new online program […]
Intern Journals: Q&A with Daniel Garcia
This past winter, I applied to the Libra Internship Program for positions within social responsibility, which is one of the sectors in which the Libra Group operates. Throughout the interview process with Libra, I had the opportunity to speak with Regina Sheridan, Head of Education Programs at the Libra Group and former Concordia Executive Director. […]
Children’s Health Fund Starts Conversation to Find Solutions to Help Immigrant Children
For months, we’ve been anguishing over the separation of immigrant children and their families at the border, but not standing idle. We can’t; more than five hundred children remain separated from their families. That’s why on September 25th, Children’s Health Fund convened a roundtable discussion at the 2018 Concordia Summit in New York. The forum […]
This Week in Partnership News: 3 Noteworthy Cross-Sector Partnerships
The 2018 Concordia Annual Summit served as an inclusive, diverse, and distinct platform for forging partnerships and as a foundation for cross-sector collaboration to build towards social impact goals. The conversations that took place are, starting this week, being transformed into action. In this week’s installation of our partnership spotlight, we’re focusing on three noteworthy […]