About GCVC

Vision: A world in which community needs are better met because of international companies releasing the energy,
passion and talent of their employees in the communities where they do business.
 
Mission: IAVE’s Global Corporate Volunteer Council is a network for leaders of international employee volunteer
programs. It aims to showcase good and promising practices in corporate volunteering, and raise awareness of the impact
of employee engagement in communities around the world. The G-CVC provides resources to inspire, support and
encourage opportunities for collaboration between companies as well as partnerships between business, governments
and NGOs. 
 
Launched:  November, 2006 at the IAVE World Volunteer Conference, held in New Delhi, India. The founding members
are Citi, The Walt Disney Company, Levi Strauss & Co., Samsung, UPS and Vale.
 
Current members (in addition to the founding members):  American Airlines; BD; Eli Lilly and Company; Hyundai-Kia;
Instituto C & A; Intel; Kraft Foods; Marriott Hotels International, Ltd.; Monsanto; Motorola, Inc.; SK Telecom; Starbucks;
State Street; Telefonica and XL Capital.
 
Conference Calls: The G-CVC has monthly conference calls on a variety of topics of interest to leaders of global
employee engagement programs.
 
Meetings: Since its launch, the G-CVC has held five meetings for members – 1) New Delhi, following the Launch;            
2) Bonn, Germany at United Nations Volunteers Headquarters in October, 2007; 3) Panama, in conjunction with the IAVE
World Volunteer Conference in April, 2008; 4) Rio de Janeiro in September 2008, and 5) San Francisco, California, USA
in June 2009. Upcoming meetings include Paris, France in fall 2009 in conjunction with the IAVE Board Meeting;
Kaohsiung, Taiwan in conjunction with the IAVE Asia-Pacific Regional Conference in November, 2009; New York, NY,
USA in conjunction with the NCSC Conference in June 2010, Madrid, Spain in the fall of 2010 and in Singapore, January
2011, in conjunction with the next IAVE World Volunteer Conference.
 
Projects: There are a variety of inter-company projects occurring since the launch of the G-CVC. Overarching G-CVC
projects include a two-year research project on 1) systems and practices of global company volunteer programs, and 2)
the state of health of corporate volunteering internationally. The results of this intensive study will be introduced at the
IAVE World Volunteer Conference in Singapore, January 2011, which is the kick-off to the U.N.’s 10th Anniversary of the
International Year of Volunteers (IYV). We are also working on an overall global resource directory for G-CVC companies
and developing a Global Corporate Volunteer Awards Program.