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Communities are also stakeholders in Google’s business. Communities are interested in direct or indirect benefits that they get from the company. Theoretically, firms can benefit communities through charity programs, philanthropy, and related activities. Communities are important stakeholders because they can affect customers’ perception and response to Google’s products. Google’s CSR efforts include charity programs through Google.org, which has already provided more than $100 million in grants and investments. Google.org aims to address climate change, global public health, and global poverty. In addition, to address the stakeholder group of communities, Google also includes international environmental standards and ethics in its Supplier Code of Conduct. These efforts also relate with the firm’s philosophy: You can make money without doing evil. Thus, the company’s CSR efforts have considerable effectiveness in satisfying the interests of the stakeholder group of communities.