Corporate Social Responsibility – How to Boost CSR?
When you hear “CSR”, you might be baffled. Is it a Netflix series, or a first aid technique? Well, you’d be wrong with both those choices. Times are changing, employers need to start putting their CSR (corporate social responsibility) first! Those who do are positioning themselves perfectly in the battle for the best talent. But first, what is CSR? Well, we’re here to tell you all about it, and how to boost your CSR!
Corporate social responsibility is about being mindful; mindful of the wider world and your companies impact on it. It takes a lot of angles, from the obvious to the more subtle, such as green business to charitable giving, respectively. There are many ways HR can drive the business to boost their CSR.
Volunteering
At Fleet Evolution we give the team paid time off, providing they spend it volunteering. Spending the day doing something truly selfless, like visiting a soup kitchen in winter or a pet shelter in summer. Give your team the freedom to give time to local causes and they will reward you for no real outlay.
Payroll Giving
Payroll giving is so simple. You can open it up with little impact on you but big benefits for the colleague! Charity as deductions is from gross salary, meaning the taxman is giving too!
Ethical Recruitment and Pay
We’re in a global market and many companies recruit and work globally. However, just because workers in those counties are happy to work in significantly worse conditions for significantly less pay shouldn’t mean a race to the bottom. Differentiate yourself from others by being a case study. Make the headlines for the right reasons when you set up or outsource in developing markets.
Green Travel
As a salary sacrifice provider, you’d expect this to be on the list. For many companies, travel is the most damaging thing they do to the environment. But if you get your team into electric cars, you’re helping everyone and everything! From employees’ financial situations to the environmental emergency. The cars can be funded by you for essential users or funded by them from their GROSS salary. With the fixed monthly costs and management, you’ll reduce your colleagues’ financial stress and improve wellbeing too!
Renewables and Green Energy
If you have a large roof, you can have solar panels. If you use a toilet, you can switch and save water! There are many ways you can reduce your company’s impact on the environment. Use a less intrusive method, such as switching to a greener, more sustainable power supplier, or even just moving to LED bulbs. Maybe you want a more dramatic method? Put that big roof to work and invest in solar infrastructure for long-term savings!
All of these steps won’t just benefit the environment, they will benefit you! As most do, you’ll probably be saving money! More and more companies prioritise not just their own CSR, but the CSR of the companies they do business with!
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