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Community investment Confirmed

Marc Benioff donates $30 million to homelessness research

Marc Benioff donates $30 million to research homelessness.

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cnn.com
Billionaire Marc Benioff donates $30 million to research homelessness | CNN Business

Community investment Confirmed

Salesforce donates $1M to border families

Salesforce donated $1M to organizations helping families separated at the U.S. border.

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theguardian.com
Salesforce has now donated $1M to organizations helping families separated at the U.S. border.

Climate & energy Confirmed

Salesforce achieves 100% renewable energy

Salesforce announced it has achieved 100% renewable energy for its global operations.

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partners.wsj.com
At Salesforce, sustainability is a core operational focus, and the environment is a key stakeholder. In 2021, the company announced that it had reached net zero emissions and achieved 100% renewable energy for its global operations.

Workplace equity Confirmed

Salesforce sets diversity goals

Salesforce sets diversity goals with Black employees comprising 2.9% of U.S. workers in 2019.

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businessinsider.com
In 2022, Salesforce reported that 5.2% of its workforce identified as Black or African-American, up from 3.5% in 2020.
businessinsider.com
In it, Salesforce shared its latest stats around diversity, saying that over 50% of employees now identify as being from an underrepresented group, which Salesforce defines as women, Black, Latinx, Indigenous, Multiracial, LGBTQ+ employees, people with disabilities, and veterans.
sfexaminer.com
Some of those proportions have risen significantly since 2019, when Salesforce first started setting diversity goals — Black people comprised 2.9% of its U.S. workers at the time, for example.

Community investment Confirmed

Salesforce funds Salesforce.org with $50 billion business success

Salesforce funds Salesforce.org through shared success of its $50 billion business.

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sfgate.com
The foundation, Salesforce.org, is self-funded, sharing in the success of the $50 billion business.