Corporate Social Responsibility
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) refers to the way businesses align their values and behaviours with the expectations and needs of stakeholders. More and more companies are realising that their activities directly impact on the broader community. Communities are also expecting companies to operate within an ethical and aware framework. Progressive companies therefore understand the links between their future success and their alignment with sound social values.
CSR policy is now widely accepted as a major contributor to company profitability and that businesses are responding to calls for increased transparency in how their core business impacts on the world around them both locally and globally.
Fieldworx understands the commercial sensitivity to gathering and reporting relevant CSR information and works with the following framework:
- Conducting CSR reporting based on social and environmental indicators most relevant to particular industries
- Assisting businesses to both define their CSR priorities and to identify and communicate these priorities both internally and externally
- Gathering, collating and analysing impact data
- Considering the diverse range of audiences a business may have, including employees, investors, customers and community
- Collecting different sets of data in order to meet the different reporting requirements for different audiences
- Maintaining an active understanding of commercial sensitivity and public disclosure
Fieldworx has experience in developing strategies that include the following elements:
- Identification and clarification of audiences
- Data collection, collation and analysis of business drivers and community need
- Policy development based on good practice
- Development of progressive implementation plans
- Bench marking and evaluation strategies
- Communication and promotion of successes
- Reporting outcomes for business and community stakeholders