Social Sustainability Roadmap 5th Stop – Supplier Relations
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A series on CSR as a poverty reduction strategy & social innovation tool.
Social Sustainability Roadmap 4th Stop – Customer Relations
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A series on CSR as a poverty reduction strategy & social innovation tool.
Social Sustainability Roadmap 3rd Stop – Community Relations – Giving
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In my last post I discussed two focus areas to build positive community relations – social hiring and accessibility. Now I’ll talk about a more familiar focus area for many companies – community contributions.
Social Sustainability Roadmap 2nd Stop – Community Relations – Accessibility & Social Hiring
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Companies operate with and in many communities. Last post I talked about employee relations, a company’s internal community. This stop on the Social Sustainability Roadmap focuses on the external community.
Social Sustainability Roadmap 1st Stop – Employee Relations
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The first stop on the Social Sustainability Roadmap is employee relations. Why? Because engaged employees contribute to company and community success. A well-structured employee relations program can contribute not only to your company’s well-being but also to the overall health of the community in which you operate.
Social Sustainability Roadmap – 5 Ways to Improve Your Corporate Social Performance
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If a company wants to improve its social performance, what would you recommend? Work on your relationships? Get involved in your community? Buy local?
CSR as a Poverty Reduction Strategy
How powerful is corporate social responsibility? Does it have the power to improve serious social issues? Issues such as poverty that threaten economic success and our ability to live in harmony on this planet? Could CSR be a poverty-reduction strategy?
Time for corporations to tackle social sustainability
I’ll admit it – I’m a social animal. It’s true that I host the occasional dance party. But I also have the educational credentials to back me up – Bachelor and Master’s Degrees in Social Work from the University of British Columbia.