Helping our Clients Realize the Best Possible Return on Their Corporate Social Responsibility Investments

Although not a new concept, corporate social responsibility (CSR) is becoming much more strategic. Organizations are beginning to realize significant business and social benefits by leveraging their philanthropic and environmental efforts. When companies can effectively align their CSR strategies with their business objectives and engage their key stakeholders in the process, they inspire their employees, attract new customers, and improve the quality of life within their communities.

ORENDA works with companies to leverage the power of their corporate giving; creating meaningful connections between companies and their key stakeholders: employees, customers, and communities. This is accomplished by designing a focused community investment strategy that is relevant, engaging, and aligned with your business objectives.

The Process 

Phase Outcomes

Strategies to reduce the environmental impact of business are no longer optional. Demands from customers, employees, shareholders and other stakeholders have made environmental sustainability an urgent business imperative.

How?

Environmental sustainability in business is the result of hundreds of small initiatives and innovations generated by top down guidance and grassroots action. A company cannot become sustainable without personal commitments towards sustainability from each of its people. Personal actions drive business results.

Strategic Environmental Solutions

ORENDA works with North America’s leading corporate sustainability solution providers to assess, design and implement strategic environmental solutions for your company, and to create programs which engage and inspire stakeholders in the process.

Identifying your environmental impact

Organizations large and small need to assess their business around these issues and identify actions that can be taken to reduce their environmental footprint. Although unique from company to company, an environmental audit will measure the impact of the following processes:

• Procurement
• Energy Usage
• Water and Sewer Usage
• Building Construction
• Printing and Packaging 
• Waste Minimization and Commodity Management
• Janitorial and Maintenance Services
• Shipping
• Transportation
• Employee Commuting  
• Unique Factors
• Carbon Footprint

Speaking

Corporate philanthropy can unleash the potential of organizations by energizing employees, improving loyalty and retention, enhancing personal satisfaction and establishing trust.  In our speaking sessions we present the business case for connecting corporate social responsibility and employee engagement, outline the guidelines for developing strategic programs that engage employees and demonstrate how business can move forward by giving back; increasing the return on (social) investment.

ORENDA frequently conducts corporate key note speaking engagements, private workshops, and information sessions at academic institutions on the topics of Strategic CSR.