How to Get CSR Accreditation

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If you're struggling to navigate an increasingly complex sustainability landscape, we have the perfect solution.

Discover a holistic framework based on the CSR four pillars (environment, workplace, community, philanthropy) to boost your social and environmental responsibility.

This standard promotes social responsibility for all organizations, enriching lives, fostering purpose, and ensuring a sustainable, profitable future.

Prove your commitment to environmental and social responsibility with CSR Accreditation, the global standard.

CSR-A provides independent validation of your ecological and socially responsible efforts, effectively communicating these actions to stakeholders.

Fostering a company culture that empowers employees to do environmental and social good is key. It promotes inclusivity, valued social goals, and boosts productivity.

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Here are seven simple steps to earn your CSR Accreditation:

  • Register for free here on our website.
  • Download the Guidance for Accreditation and support materials.
  • Discover your existing programs, events, policies, and projects.
  • Gather data, certifications, and analyze results.
  • Organize findings using our Word template for the Four Pillars.
  • Complete the online application, attach your template, and retain records for reference.
  • Familiarize yourself with the assessment guidance and identify gaps.

Before completing your CSR Accreditation application, ensure you've downloaded the essential CSR Application guide.

This application records your activities related to the 'Four Pillars' of Social Responsibility. Each pillar covers areas like energy performance, recycling, staff engagement, health and well-being, community engagement, and charity support.

Establishing CSR Accreditation is vital for a company's competitiveness, aiming to create a positive societal impact while generating shared value for owners, employees, shareholders, and stakeholders.

This process is about assessing your current actions, guided by the application. Don't worry if you're not doing everything; the goal is to prompt ideas for future actions that our assessors appreciate hearing about.

Documentation

Can your business afford not to be responsible?

Include documentation on policies, procedures, and systems, such as systems for recording energy savings, performance reviews against strategic targets, impact reports, and audit notes. (See application form)

Accreditation Assessment Panel

The CSR-AA Panel comprises individuals from organizations with experience in Social Responsibility, those who benefit from it, or those who advise on and implement Social Responsibility.

Sustainable and Social Purpose with Profit – The Future for Successful Businesses and Organizations

A Social Responsibility Accreditation empowers managing directors, business owners, and senior executives to set better goals, make informed decisions, and enhance relationships. It delivers a CSR policy and procedures that improve various business functions: attracting new talent, enhancing staff engagement and retention, boosting profits and sales, and building a better reputation. It brings meaning to people's lives, reduces uncertainty, and fosters stability, playing a role in the success or failure of an organization.

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Social Responsibility is an investment in the future sustainability and profitability of the organization.

CSR Accreditation can be used to:

  • Achieve ESG Compliance: It provides the necessary information for ESG (Environmental Social Governance) reporting.
  • Identify the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to support.
  • Develop a Social Value policy.
  • Contribute to reducing the negative impact on climate change, supporting the Race to Zero.
  • Produce a Social Impact Report.
  • Enrich, enable, and engage employees, shareholders, and stakeholders.
  • Establish a strong organizational culture.

Benefits of being a more responsible business:

  • Enhanced Brand Reputation.
  • Improved Business/Industry Reputation.
  • Increased Customer and Client Engagement.
  • Higher Employee Engagement and Retention.
  • Better Mental Health and Well-being.
  • Enhanced Recruitment – Attracting Talent and becoming an employer of choice.
  • Operational Cost Savings: Saving energy, reducing travel, and cutting utilities costs.
  • Increased Success in Tenders and Attraction of Investment.
  • Positive Marketing and PR Opportunities.
  • A Sense of Pride and a Positive Culture.
  • Delivery of Enhanced Value and Purpose for All.
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The Future Shape of Business

Business should be measured in terms of both financial and social value. A Social Responsibility policy demonstrates return on social investment (ROSI) in staff engagement/productivity, retention, recruitment, tendering, investment, and reputation.

It also signifies significant emotional investment, showing a social return on investment (SROI). CSR is a profit center. This reflects the positive impact on all stakeholders, including yourself, your employees, their dependents, and the community in which you operate.

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Return on Your Social Investment (ROSI):

  • Consider the cost of absenteeism.
  • Evaluate the cost of losing tenders.
  • Recognize the cost of losing social capital.
  • Assess the cost of poor engagement.
  • Calculate the cost of poor recruitment.

Ready to get started?

Register for accreditation now!