Pro bono work, volunteering and employee fundraising

Part of UBM`s sustainability agenda is how we support the communities in which we work. UBM offers paid time off for volunteering, complimentary or discounted services for not-for-profit entities and matched-giving and payroll-giving schemes for fundraising and donations.

UBM runs two Community engagement events - NGO Brazil and NGO India - to promote collaboration between businesses, charities and governments.

UBM`s US Foundation has been linking business and society for 25 years, enabling employees to partner with business and community stakeholders in order to improve social conditions and provide value.

In 2014, the Foundation supported 275 nonprofits through volunteering and giving activities and $150,000 was donated by employees and UBM LLC Foundation matching. Examples of initiatives include:

Examples of community and charity partnerships:

PR Newswire partnered with Cage4all and Centre Point Homeless charity in London and provided free-of-charge press releases to charities totalling £34,000 in kind.
UBM Asia partnered with Food Angel charity, saving food and caring for the community in Hong Kong
UBM India`s Giving Back programme visited Vision in Social Arena (VISA), - a humanitarian organisation working for the rehabilitation of street children in Mumbai.
UBM America`s Black Hat event in Las Vegas took their academic discount a step further this year and developed a Speaker Student Partnership and Scolarship programme - 122 scholarships were awarded, valued at $223,000
UBM EMEA`s Ecobuild partnered with `CRASH` the construction and property industry for homeless people and, in total, donated £71,000 in time and professional expertise.

Ecobuild 2015