2020
A year like no other. From racial and social justice uprisings, a raging pandemic, devastating wildfires and assaults on democracy, 2020 was anything but kind – which is why here at Oliver Russell, we put extra effort into being just that.
Here are some highlights of the different ways we leaned into kindness, compassion, community, and resilience to keep our spirits high, and move forward, despite the consistent challenges and undercurrent of uncertainty 2020 made us all too familiar with.
VOTE
With democracy at stake, we worked to encourage all Americans to participate in the election and codified this encouragement by signing on to the Civic Alliance.
We put our money where our mouth is and donated $1,000 to Shape Up the Vote which worked to register Black, male voters at barbershops in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Atlanta, Georgia.
Benefit Director’s Statement
As an Idaho Public Benefit Corporation, the Oliver Group, Inc. (dba Oliver Russell & Associates, LLC) acted in accordance with its general public benefit purpose and any specific public benefit purpose in all material respects during the period covered by the report.
The directors and officers have complied with sections 30-2007 and 30-2009, Idaho Code, respectively. The benefit corporation did not dispense with or restrict the discretion or powers of the board of directors.
Founder and President Russ Stoddard serves as benefit director and officer of the company and exercises the powers, duties, rights, and has the immunities of the board of directors and the benefit director.
There is no connection between our benefit corporation director and the organization that established the third-party standard (B Lab) or its directors, officers or any holder of 5 percent or more of the governance interests in the organization that might materially affect the credibility of the use of the third-party standard.
Here’s hoping you enjoy our silver linings and carve out some of your own upon reflection. 2020 was bad, undoubtedly, but it wasn’t all bad. And it definitely reaffirmed our belief in the importance of harnessing the power of business as a force for good.