Category Archives: Corporations

The start of a fun run to the World Cup

We don’t shill for any company – at least not yet – at Sport Doing Good. We, however, want to showcase a fun commercial from Pepsi that brings together some…

Nike’s sustainability efforts – how is it doing?

A couple weeks ago, we profiled a report published by Nike reflecting on the company’s success in achieving it’s environmental and social responsibility goals, and identifying the work still to…

A billion bicycles

I have always found it a bit annoying when anyone, especially those in the business world, would tout the China or India markets as so monolithic and homogeneous that the…

1Goal is all it takes (with the help of a mobile phone!) – Part II

Last week, Her Majesty, Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan joined the GSMA to announce the 1GOAL: Education for All mobile campaign. The GSMA is an association of the world’s…

2010 World Cup gets a little Greener

Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited, a leading solar energy company and one of the world’s largest vertically integrated photovoltaic manufacturers, has just announced a partnership with FIFA to become…

Pepsi Refresh Project – off and running

Something that we have highlighted earlier – we are ahead of the game! – got into gear this week. The Pepsi Refresh Project aims to find people, businesses, and non-profits…

Nike Report on CR and Sustainability

This week Nike released a major report reviewing the progress the company has made to reach its five-year CR goals set back in 2007.  The report looks back at the…

Places to play and programs to play in

Two major issues impacting kids’ health and “fun quotient” are lack of facilities/equipment and programs that provide at least some supervision or guidance for kids who want to play. And…

NBA and NFL – It's time for all of us to play

For us sports fans, we are entering a weekend that is ripe for sitting around and doing little, other than eating. Tons of college basketball and then the NFL conference…

Puma, UNEP and the Play for Life campaign

Global sportswear and equipment manufacturer PUMA and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) recently announced a strategic partnership to support biodiversity worldwide and specific initiatives in Africa. Puma has created…