CSR-A Responsible Business Maturity Audit
Many SMEs are already delivering positive environmental and social impact but may not be recording, measuring or communicating it.
Sustainability can often feel complicated, time-consuming and full of unfamiliar terminology.
The CSR-A Responsible Business Audit provides a simple, supportive way to understand your current position and identify practical next steps, while addressing your social value, CSR, ESG, sustainability and compliance commitments.
UK Compliance and the CSR-A Four Pillars
Compliance is the baseline. Impact is the goal.
The CSR-A Four Pillars — Environment, Workplace, Community and Philanthropy provide a clear framework for demonstrating responsible business practice. Legal compliance is the starting point. CSR-A Accreditation then looks at what an organisation does beyond compliance and the measurable difference it creates.
A holistic framework that provides a standard for environmental & social responsibility reporting.
- Step One: Briefing and online workshop
We begin with a virtual workshop involving the people who will contribute to the review. - Step Two: Gather your baseline information
Following the workshop, your team will use the CSR-A Sustainability Benchmarking Toolkit and Accreditation Guidance to gather existing information. - Step Three: CSR-A review
Once the information has been submitted, CSR-A will review your activity and evidence across the Four Pillars. - Step Four: Roadmap report and recommendations
CSR-A will produce a clear Sustainability Maturity Report based on the information provided.
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The CSR-A Responsible Business Maturity Audit helps you bring that activity together, understand its impact and decide what to do next.
Start with what you already have. You do not need to have all the answers. You do not need a large sustainability team. You do not need to address everything at once. You simply need a clear starting point and a practical plan. Recognise your progress. Understand your impact. Build your roadmap.
Packages start at:
Small Responsible Business Maturity Audit £1,250.00 plus VAT (1 -20 employees)
- Virtual workshop
- CSR-A toolkit
- Baseline template
- Email support
- Review of information
- Four Pillar maturity snapshot
- Carbon readiness summary
- Short roadmap report
- Up to eight priority recommendations
- One-hour findings presentation
Medium Responsible Business Maturity Audit £2,250.00 plus VAT (21 -150 employees)
- Virtual workshop
- CSR-A toolkit and guidance
- Baseline template
- Support during data collection
- Optional employee pulse survey
- Full Four Pillar review
- Carbon and net-zero readiness assessment
- Recruitment and retention review
- Community and philanthropy review
- Full maturity report
- 90-day action plan
- 12 to 24-month roadmap
- Suggested KPIs
- Accreditation readiness summary
- Findings presentation
Large Responsible Business Maturity Audit £3,250.00 plus VAT (151 – 250) employees)
Includes everything in the standard package, together with:
- Additional stakeholder interviews
- Expanded employee survey
- More detailed evidence review
- Supply-chain maturity review
- Leadership workshop
- Enhanced roadmap
- Six-month progress review
Final costs will depend on organisational size, locations and complexity.
