Social Impact at Mastercard

At Mastercard, we’re powering economies and empowering people, building a sustainable economy where everyone prospers.


 

Videos from this campaign

Pedro Moura
Geir Saether
Rosa Rodrigues
"Financial resilience for gig workers and entrepreneurs in Latin America with behavioral sciences."
Seated people in a room of others, looking in the same direction.
LaToya Larkin
woman being interviewed
Mastercard logo with "Inclusive Growth Score"
picking vegetables

Content from this campaign

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Mastercard: How This Entrepreneur Is Bringing Indigenous Fashion to Main Street
As Chelsee Pettit kneeled on the floor, a bottle of Windex in one hand, a fistful of paper towels in the other, she knew one thing for certain: She had made it.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Mastercard: The Game Is Afoot! How Gamification Is Helping Improve Financial Health in Latin America
Creating and sticking with good habits isn’t easy. It takes time and repetition and requires the kind of discipline that, for many of us, is hard to access.

Research, Reports & Publications

Small Businesses Grow Faster by Growing Their Network of Partners
For many innovators in the EU, partnerships with established organizations are essential for distributing their solutions to small businesses.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Mastercard: Doing Well by Doing Good: A Mission in Action in 2024
At Mastercard, we’re proud of the small role we play, alongside a laudable cast of public and private partners, in building a society where everyone has the tools and support needed to thrive.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Mastercard: Step Into a Storybook: How These Small Town Businesses Are Taking Shoppers on a Holiday Adventure
At the tender age of 19, Alice de Crom dreamed of being a florist and owning her own shop. So her mom took a huge leap of faith and sold her house to finance Floralista Flower Studio in Fort Langley, British Columbia — and quit her job to work there alongside her daughter.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Mastercard: Talking Trash: How One Danish City Is Cleaning Up, Cup by Cup
Every weekend, as people stumble home from packed bars and clubs in Aarhus, Denmark’s second biggest city, they leave behind a messy trail of cups, burger wrappers and pizza boxes, which clog gutters and drift into waterways.

Environment

Mastercard: Meet the Climatologist Mitigating Extreme-Weather Risk All Over the Map
A landlocked city nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Asheville simply wasn’t prepared for the unusual dangers Helene would have on its infrastructure. But Eck’s job is to make sure Mastercard is.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Mastercard: In Colombia, Building Businesses by Bridging the Digital Divide
To help entrepreneurs like Rosa Rodrigues make their mark, the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth last month launched Mastercard Strive Colombia, part of its global initiative to help digitally transform small businesses.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Mastercard: Connecting Everyday Sustainable Choices Into the Core of Our Business
Over the past quarter, Mastercard has welcomed new ideas that can support more conscious, sustainable choices. From consumers to businesses, we’re leveraging our legacy programs and products to contribute to tackling the climate crisis.

Innovation & Technology

Mastercard: Democratizing Data Analytics and AI To Level the Playing Field for Small Businesses
To truly democratize AI, we need to find ways to make these tools more accessible to smaller businesses so they can compete in an evolving tech landscape.
Mastercard logo (4/3/24)

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  2. Mastercard at the UN General Assembly and New York City Climate Week 2024
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