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  • Why putting CSR at the heart of your business is profitable.

    Why putting CSR at the heart of your business is profitable.

    Social Responsibility allows you to enrich the quality of lives for all by investing in social value as an essential part of an organisations culture. This provides purpose and impact and will ensure a sustainable and profitable business. It will help to build a better world for future generations by improving the environment and ensuring…

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  • Social Responsibility Dates

    Social Responsibility Dates

    With social responsibility moving up the business agenda, there are more events available to find out more and understand how it can benefit your business. Here are some of the dates: 21st April How do I get a return on Human Social Value. IIC / VNXD Event_21 April 2021 – 3pm – 4pm 21st April…

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  • How has Covid-19 changed our view of Social Responsibility?

    How has Covid-19 changed our view of Social Responsibility?

    Much has been said over the past year about the impact on society as a whole of the Covid-19 pandemic and as we reach the one year milestone since the pandemic was declared, there is increasing focus on the business community and what they can do, not just to help us recover from the lockdown,…

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  • “Solving Covid easy compared with climate”

    “Solving Covid easy compared with climate”

    In the current environment, it takes a brave person to say this, but that is exactly what Bill Gates did over the weekend, read more here. Over the past few years, I have found myself becoming more and more passionate about the environment, but like most people am stuck in a conundrum, I want to…

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  • The future shape of socially responsible business

    The future shape of socially responsible business

    The future shape of business We believe that business should be measured by both financial and social value. A Social Responsibility policy will enable you to show return on social investment (ROSI) in terms of staff engagement/productivity, retention, recruitment, tendering, investment and reputation. A Social Responsibility strategy will help an organisation develop long-term relationships with…

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  • CSR Accreditation – Showing what good looks like

    CSR Accreditation – Showing what good looks like

    The future shape of business We believe that business should be measured by both financial and social value. A Social Responsibility policy will enable you to show return on social investment (ROSI) in terms of staff engagement/productivity, retention, recruitment, tendering, investment and reputation. A Social Responsibility strategy will help an organisation develop long-term relationships with…

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  • Virtual Conferences and exhibitions, do they work?

    Virtual Conferences and exhibitions, do they work?

    Firstly, I want to say that I am not sure I have the answer to this question and do not believe there is a definitive one yet. What I can say is that I have seen different responses and statistics from many different event producers and stats as we all know, can paint many different…

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  • Environmentally friendly or socially responsible, the new age of tech businesses.

    Environmentally friendly or socially responsible, the new age of tech businesses.

    Google has recently announced that they have now achieved a zero carbon footprint, meaning that for the entire life of the business, they are carbon neutral. They are not the only multinational tech firm to aim for this target, with Microsoft and Apple soon to follow. But this is only the start and when you…

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  • Silver Linings – What has come out of the Lockdown?

    Silver Linings – What has come out of the Lockdown?

    It seems that we live in a life of a broken record, retailers cutting jobs, complaining that landlords aren’t giving them any flexibility, sales dropping… I am sure I don’t need to repeat it all. Over the past ten years I have spoken to many groups about the challenges the retail sector is facing and…

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  • Changing times, changing businesses in the Covid-19 crisis. Those business who don’t adapt won’t survive.

    Changing times, changing businesses in the Covid-19 crisis. Those business who don’t adapt won’t survive.

    I have been reading this morning about Privacy Campaigners who are saying that the “Test and Trace programme” in England is breaching GDRP data law and there are two main points that have come out of this article in my opinion. Firstly, the government should have known better and when establishing this system should have…

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  • CSR now more important than ever, make sure your organisation is trained.

    CSR now more important than ever, make sure your organisation is trained.

    With more of my work being dedicated to CSRA part of this work is helping companies and organisations understand CSR and how it can benefit them and we are now delighted to announce the launch of our CSR Training Course online, comprising six modules. Discover why CSR is important to all organisations. CSR can take…

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  • Marketing your way out of the crisis

    Marketing your way out of the crisis

    Wow, what a first half, of the year that is. We are already into the second half of the year and I don’t feel as though I have woken up properly. With the first half of the year dominated by Covid-19, we are now into the next phase, how we all come to terms with…

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  • Facial recognition software, improving productivity or spying and destroying trust?

    Facial recognition software, improving productivity or spying and destroying trust?

    Imagine the scenario, you are running one of the biggest business brands in the world, you are one of the top four companies in your field with a history that dates back centuries. Then, due to a series of bad judgements that are highly publicised in the media, your reputation takes a battering, so much…

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  • Can brands help post Covid-19?

    Can brands help post Covid-19?

    As we start to see lockdown relaxing, there is still a need for us to all be careful. The main issue will be how this is communicated to avoid confusion and this is where some of the major global brands can help. Over the past few months much has been made about the need for…

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  • Lardy Challenge – the final toll

    Lardy Challenge – the final toll

    What an amazing weekend, spending time with our friends over Zoom, whilst raising money for MIND. We completed our challenge, in a relay for 26.2 hours, cycling over 400 miles and smashing our target, raising over £2,000. Thank you to everyone that took part, donated and supported us during the challenge. Having only come up…

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