… engage in philanthropy. Inside AXA in 1990, the company created AXA Atout Coeur ("Hearts in Action") to encourage and support community engagement by employees, and in 2001 it established the Group’s first "sustainable development" function. But it wasn’t until 2008 that the company … responsibility was a key strategic area for the company to pursue, AXA’s first global CR action plan was launched. Under the direction of Alice Steenland, AXA’s CR team created a …
… from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Project Sammaan brought together a stellar group of designers, architects, and social science researchers to tackle one of the … had gone wrong? Project Sammaan had started promisingly enough. In 2011 and early 2012, the group had come together, to combine their disparate skills to create innovative approaches … faced setback after setback. There were unexpected delays and misunderstandings within the group. In late 2013, the project faced major concerns about how to move forward and whether …