Viacom Announces Social Responsibility Achievements and Goals in Its 2015 Social Impact Review: Raising Voices
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For the first time, the Social Impact Review outlines specific and distinct social responsibility goals, setting benchmarks for growth and campaign participation in each of our areas of impact, including: Building Inclusive Societies, Pioneering Social Change, Promoting Healthy Living, and Inspiring Future Generations.
Some highlights around Viacom's initiatives include:
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25,000 volunteer hours donated by
Viacom employees in 2014. - 1 million+ young people inspired by MTV's Look Different campaign to take action against bias.
- 320,000 students who saw Paramount's SELMA for free.
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$1.2 million raised forBig Brothers Big Sisters of New York City during Nickelodeon's 2014 Worldwide Day of Play event and Race for the Kids. -
$135,227 raised during Spike's first Veterans Operation Wellness (VOW) campaign. -
3,000+ hours volunteered by CMT employees at The Academies of
Nashville small learning communities. -
$133,000 music grants awarded to mostly high-need schools by theVH1 Save theMusic Foundation in 2014. - 600+ applicants for the 2015 BET Experience Youth Program.
- 315 million people who have seen "Viacom Says NO MORE" PSAs around domestic violence and sexual assault.
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200,000 people tested for HIV through the
MTV Staying Alive Foundation since 2005.
"As a leading global media entertainment company,
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