Salesforce | Council for Inclusive Capitalism

As the Customer Company, Salesforce helps companies connect with customers in a whole new way – and we’ve been inspiring the future of business with the customer at the center since 1999. Our new business model of software as a service spawned an entire industry customized to every customer. Our new technology model of cloud computing democratized access to technology for customers all around the world. Our new philanthropic model that gives our equity, time and product back to our communities, has inspired over 18,000 companies to join us in serving not just customers and shareholders, but all stakeholders. We are driving impact on every front because we believe that business is the greatest platform for change, and that doing well should always include doing good.

Purpose

As the Customer Company, Salesforce helps companies connect with customers in a whole new way – and we’ve been inspiring the future of business with the customer at the center since 1999.

Marc Benioff

Chair and CEO, Salesforce

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Alignment with Guiding Principles

At the Council for Inclusive Capitalism, we invite companies of all sizes, industries, and geographies to champion our Guiding Principles for Inclusive Action and demonstrate how they contribute to meaningful change. To ensure alignment with our principles, our members are assessed by at least one reporting body, sustainability-related certificate, benchmark, rating agency or similar organization.

We believe it is vital to state clearly to the world the set of our beliefs about Inclusive Capitalism. As such, we start with our Statement of Guiding Principles for Inclusive Capitalism. Knowing that words alone are not enough, each of us is making a series of commitments about how we will operate our institutions so that they help achieve Inclusive Capitalism. These commitments are forward-looking statements based on current goals, expectations and assumptions, which are not guarantees of future performance. For more information, please refer to our Terms of Use

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Summary

Salesforce's goal is to purchase 1 million tons of high-quality blue carbon credits by 2025.

Activities & Initiatives

As part of Salesforce’s commitment to oceans, we launched a blue carbon program to conserve, protect, and restore coastal and marine ecosystems. This initiative will help develop the nascent blue carbon market, and includes a goal to purchase 1 million tons of high-quality blue carbon credits, equivalent to more than $10 million USD by 2025. Salesforce’s blue carbon program delivers on the company values and goals of equality and climate justice, carbon sequestration, and supporting ecopreneurs. To support high integrity in the development of the blue carbon market, we and a global coalition of ocean leaders co-sponsored the development of the High-Quality Blue Carbon Principles and Guidance – a framework to optimize outcomes from blue carbon for people, biodiversity, and the climate.

Measures & Targets

Salesforce's goal is to purchase 1 million tons of high-quality blue carbon credits, equivalent to more than $10 million USD by 2025.

Summary

Salesforce will measure, manage, and develop a plan to reduce our nature impacts and dependencies by 2025.

Activities & Initiatives

We are committed to understanding, managing, and developing a plan to reduce our impacts and dependencies on nature across our business, including data centers, offices, value chain, people, and products. To do this we are conducting assessments within the business and are part of the Task Force on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)’s pilot phase ahead of its launch later this year.

Measures & Targets

Develop a plan by 2025 to manage our nature impacts and dependencies.

Summary

Salesforce will distribute $100 million USD through its Ecosystem Restoration & Climate Justice Fund by 2031.

Activities & Initiatives

Announced in late 2021, Salesforce's Ecosystem Restoration & Climate Justice Fund will invest a total of $100 million over 10 years toward key climate initiatives. We are making innovative investments and forging partnerships to catalyze the protection and restoration of nature at scale. We are focusing our efforts on supporting innovations that restore ecosystems and support biodiversity while also strengthening livelihoods and communities.

Measures & Targets

Salesforce set a goal to distribute $100 million through its Ecosystem Restoration & Climate Justice Fund by 2031.

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Recognizing it will take alignment of all our organizations to scale impact globally, we invite you to join the movement as a Steward of Inclusive Capitalism. Together, the collective action of Council members will contribute to a fairer, more inclusive and sustainable future for all people and our planet.