Avery Dennison Foundation Shares a New Strategy to Address Global Challenges

 

To impact growing global inequities, the Avery Dennison Foundation has launched a new grantmaking strategy and a new vision to create a more diverse, equitable, and sustainable global community where people and the planet thrive.

 

Global Communications Team

April 13, 2023

 

Avery Dennison Foundation Shares a New Strategy to Address Global Challenges

Avery Dennison has a rich legacy of supporting communities to address local and regional challenges through corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts. The spirit of giving stretches back to Avery Dennison’s founder, Stan Avery, who believed a company should lead with their values.

 

Today, the Avery Dennison Foundation (ADF) plays a primary role in CSR efforts through grantmaking to nonprofit organizations and NGOs, scholarship programs, and disaster relief. With a goal to strengthen the ability to be a force for good in our global community, the Avery Dennison Foundation has launched a new global vision and mission, and a new approach to giving.

 

 

We asked Alicia Procello, vice president, corporate social responsibility, and president, Avery Dennison Foundation, a few questions to learn more.

Avery Dennison Foundation Shares a New Strategy to Address Global Challenges

 

Q: Tell us about the new Avery Dennison Foundation vision and mission. 

The Foundation’s new vision is to create a more diverse, equitable, and sustainable global community where people and the planet thrive. We enact this through our new mission by supporting communities globally to address inequities through improved education access, environmental sustainability and secure livelihoods. We also have a new approach to giving that will allow us to act both more broadly and have a deeper impact.

 

Q: What sparked the change?

As our company grows, so does our responsibility to our communities. The world has experienced many shocks over the past several years with the COVID-19 pandemic, natural disasters and wars that led to so many humanitarian crises and highlighted inequity globally. Throughout all of these, both the Foundation and the company supported local nonprofit organizations or NGOs to assist and provide relief. But we wanted to take a step back and reflect on how we could do more in the current global context and address some of the biggest challenges facing our communities in a more proactive way.

 

Q: The Foundation’s new focus is education access, environmental sustainability, and secure livelihoods. How were these areas selected?

When we looked at what’s happening in the world today, it was these areas that really stood out from a few different perspectives. First, they are some of the foundational elements for a community to be able to build and grow for a better tomorrow. Second, these are areas that are disproportionately affecting underserved communities, which is compounding their challenges. And finally, these areas represent an evolution of what we have historically supported and that are meaningful to our company and our employees — and we wanted to maintain that connection.

 

Q: What is the new approach to giving and how does it support the Foundation’s vision and mission?

We want to have a deeper philanthropic impact in the work we do, and it starts with a new holistic approach. To determine who we work with, we are prioritizing greatest need and expanding the geographies we support, while also looking at how organizations incorporate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) principles in both their internal and community practices. Then there’s how we work with organizations. We will build better and longer-term relationships which will depend on cultivating trust and open communication.

 

Q: What's next?

The Avery Dennison Foundation and its Board of Trustees are excited to reopen our grantmaking process to nonprofit organizations and NGOs around the world who are doing work aligned to the three new giving areas. We will be reviewing applications and making funding decisions on a quarterly basis. We’re looking forward to sharing new stories throughout the year about our role as a force for good through new partnerships and grantmaking in our communities.

 

The Avery Dennison Foundation invites grant applications from nonprofit organizations and NGOs doing work aligned to the three giving areas: education access, environmental sustainability and secure livelihoods. Applications are accepted year-round, and funding decisions are made on a quarterly basis. Learn more about application guidelines, criteria, and how to apply.

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