The advantages of SD / CSR management
Implementing a Sustainable Development – Corporate Social Responsibility approach, whether or not this is validated by a certificate, offers numerous benefits.
Within the company:
- systematising measures already taken (environmental / health-safety-social / etc.)
- guaranteeing compliance with the law / legal certainty
- anticipating risk (health & safety at work)
- identifying the potential for savings and improvement
- increasing motivation and cohesiveness among staff members, forestalling absenteeism
- strengthening the capacity for innovation and guaranteeing long-term competitiveness
- raising the overall performance of the business and ensuring its sustainability
- restating its requirements so that the choice of suppliers and contractors is optimised
Beyond the company:
- improving the brand image of the business
- strengthening the business’ competitive position, its competitiveness in the market place.
- facilitating contact with the authorities obtaining tax relief
- anticipating and reducing risks (environment, health / safety / social, ethical, governance,…)
- obtaining the best terms from banks & insurances (company sustainability)
- improving the standing of the business with investment funds
- responding to the pressure exerted by the private sector, investors and customers
- improving relationships with stakeholders in general (relationships with neighbours, NGOs,...)
See the benefits of a SD / CSR approach undertaken with the EcoEntreprise Programme