Delivering Results
Commitments to Action, a unique feature of CGI membership, translate practical goals into meaningful and measurable results. Throughout the year and at the Annual Meeting, CGI acts as a marketplace for a diverse community of changemakers to develop commitments that fit their core business and philanthropic goals.
Commitments to Action are new, specific, and measurable initiatives undertaken by CGI members. Varying in size and duration, commitments may focus on diverse concerns, regions, and types of activities. For example, members may develop a new business model that generates social, environmental, or economic value; initiate, scale up, or refocus a service or business project; or provide financial or in-kind support to an organization of their choice. Many commitments are the result of new and diverse partnerships across sectors, with members combining efforts to expand the impact of new ideas. After making a commitment, members report to CGI on progress made over time.
Since 2005, commitments made through CGI have already affected more than 200 million lives in over 170 countries.
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"At Wal-Mart, what we appreciate most about CGI is that each participant makes a real commitment to improve the world and then delivers on that commitment. This approach ensures that all of us who step forward are in fact making a difference and living up to President Clinton's vision. We look forward in the years ahead to continue working with President Clinton and CGI as we broaden and accelerate our commitment to being a more sustainable company."
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Mike Duke, President and CEO, Wal-Mart
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Because of the efforts of CGI's members:
- More than 10 million children have gained access to a better education
- More than 650,000 people have learned new professional skills
- The equivalent of 60 million metric tons of CO2 emissions have been cut
- More than 33 million acres of forest have been protected or restored
- Enough clean energy has been generated to power more than 400,000 homes
- 48 million people now have access to better health care
- More than 12 million people have access to safe, fresh drinking water
- More than $150 million has been invested in new medical research
- 34 million people have access to treatment for neglected tropical diseases
- Nearly nine million people have new jobs or income-generating opportunities
- More than $600 million has been invested in or loaned to small and medium-sized enterprises
- More than three million people have better access to information technology
- Almost three million micro-entrepreneurs have been empowered through microfinance
