Attended by 150+ Companies and 300+ CSR Leaders from across the world
Bangalore, 14th August 2025: Goodera, the global leader in employee volunteering, successfully hosted Karma Summit Asia 2025 on August 6-7, 2025 at Clarks Exotica, Bengaluru. The event brought together 150+ companies, 300+ CSR leaders, and some of the most impactful changemakers and non-profit voices in the region to shape the future of employee volunteering. As Asia’s largest corporate volunteering summit, Karma Summit served as a catalyst for bold ideas, impactful conversations, and meaningful action in the purpose-led business ecosystem.
Speaking on the occasion, Abhishek Humbad, Founder & CEO of Goodera, said, “The Karma Summit is not just a platform, it’s a global call to action for purpose-driven collaboration. This year’s edition brought together leaders from across industries who are reimagining the future of volunteering in shaping a more compassionate, connected world. The insights, partnerships and commitments forged at the summit reflect a powerful shift towards scalable, sustained impact. We are proud to catalyze this movement and excited to see how it transforms the future of employee engagement and social responsibility.”
The event marked the launch of the VQ India 2025 Report, Goodera’s annual benchmarking study analyzing ESG disclosures from over 70+ leading Indian companies. The report offers data-driven insights into the evolving role of volunteering within corporate ESG strategies. Key findings highlight a 40{706b6fac5750e64cd319c98f9763b3e673751851de4f41f5c2233c2e0525507f} higher workforce participation in Indian companies vis-a-vis the global benchmark for corporate volunteering. India’s median workforce volunteering rate reached 31{706b6fac5750e64cd319c98f9763b3e673751851de4f41f5c2233c2e0525507f}, reflecting a deepening sense of purpose among employees. Technology companies led the way with 35{706b6fac5750e64cd319c98f9763b3e673751851de4f41f5c2233c2e0525507f} participation and a strong engagement depth of 4.7 hours per volunteer.
Goodera also announced Community Missions, a bold new initiative shaped by insights from an in-depth Community Pulse Study conducted by the team. The five missions, Light-A-Life, AI for All, Leap India, Green India, and Educate India, aim to light up 10 million lives, build global AI literacy, upskill 1 million youth and women, plant 1 million trees across Indian cities, and transform education for 1 million government school children.
The 2-day summit included insightful sessions and unfiltered conversations with topics ranging from running volunteering programs across geographies to making space for employees to show up despite packed calendars, building champion networks, and embedding purpose into everyday work. From expert panels and keynote talks to immersive community circles, the summit featured thought leaders discussing AI in volunteering, disaster preparedness, volunteer champion networks, and Gen-Z engagement.
In addition to strategy sessions and curated conversations, attendees experienced Goodera’s signature Volunteering Safari and Experience Zone, a set of immersive, hands-on service activities and long-term missions, co-created with local nonprofits. The delegates also participated in hands-on volunteering experiences powered by Goodera’s proprietary technology and logistics infrastructure that enables it to do events in 1000+ cities around the world.
As companies across Asia rethink employee engagement, community responsibility, and the future of work, Karma Summit Asia 2025 underscored the power of volunteering to bring meaning back to the workplace. With momentum from Bengaluru, Goodera now looks ahead to taking its mission of building a more empathetic workforce on a global stage.
About Goodera
Goodera is the world’s leading platform for corporate volunteering, on a mission to make volunteering accessible to every employee in the world. Headquartered in Bengaluru with teams across the U.S., India, and Europe, Goodera enables enterprises to design, manage, and scale impactful volunteering experiences across in-person, virtual, and skill-based formats.
Founded in 2014, Goodera serves over 500+ global enterprises, including 65+ Fortune 500 companies such as Amazon, IBM, ServiceNow, EY, and Paypal. Its curated network of 50,000+ nonprofits across 1000+ cities and 100+ countries allows companies to connect their employees with causes that matter—from climate action and disaster response to education, gender equity, mental health, and more. To date, Goodera has enabled over 2 million employee volunteers to contribute millions of hours to community service, supporting NPOs and grassroots organizations in both urgent relief and long-term development initiatives.
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