Responsibility is dynamically emerging as a key factor across all aspects of business, providing purpose and impact and helping ensure sustainability and profitability. Develop an awareness of why Social Responsibility provides clear benefits to business and how best practice can be easily incorporated into day-to-day functionality. Support the business you work for and improve business functions such as:

• Brand and business reputation
• Attracting talent – becoming the employer of choice
• Influence supply chains – ethical procurement
• Building a team and improved staff engagement
• Improved mental health and wellbeing
• Winning tenders and attracting investment (ESG Ready)
• increasing profits through sales and customer engagement
• Show you return on social investment

• Why CSR is important to all stakeholders.
• Learn the benefits of CSR.
• Explore law, guidance and regulation.
• Develop an understanding of a good CSR strategy.
• Develop stakeholder and internal engagement.
• The importance of understanding, measuring and communicating impact

The course provides the building blocks for participants to create CSR policy for the organisations they work for. It enables them to understand the drivers, process and impacts for businesses, the communities in which they exist and to society as a whole.

Online candidates will receive:

• A delegates workbook of the course on sign up of each module and a certificate on completion of the course.
• Module Notes PDF – Accompanying notes for the positive benefits of CSR to your organisation, these are accessed via a dedicated landing page.
• Completion of a post module, online questionnaire will provide you with an acknowledgement of module attendance PDF.
• A digital certificate of training PDF is supplied on course completion. Signed by CSR-A for proof of authenticity.
• Endorsed by Buckinghamshire New University

Richard Collins – Founder of CSR-A

Richards aim is to help improve the world for future generations, by reducing the negative impact we have on the environment and by building a better and cohesive society. Richard has pursued a passion for helping companies in the public, private and third sector to promote their brand reputation and CSR activity. Richard founded and launched CSR-A in 2018, which provides a global Social Responsibility Accreditation Scheme. Since then CSR-A has developed CSR Training and Workshops, Social Impact Reporting and a CSR programme for primary and secondary schools. CSR Accreditation now operates on an international stage. He also co-runs the International CSR Excellence Awards.

He is president for the Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce ‘Bucks’ Council, a member of the Society of Leadership Fellows, a Trustee for the Heart of Bucks – Community Foundation, a Fellow of the Institute of Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability and sits on the APPG for ESG.

Jennifer Clark - Operations Director CSR-A

Jennifer has 30 years’ experience in the construction industry both in the UK and abroad. She was Senior Vice President of Sustainability at Skanska AB globally, embedding sustainability into the business and driving change to policies and strategy across the America, the Nordics, UK and Eastern Europe. Jennifer is a sustainability consultant and a qualified coach to support people on their career journeys.

Jennifer is also the Operations Director at CSRA and supports all organisations, whether a sole trader or a multinational, a charity or private/public body. This support is through training, consultation or hand holding through the CSR accreditation process.

Jennifer is a Tutor at Cambridge University on the Sustainable Leadership Real Estate Programme where she blends her knowledge and coaching skills to support leaders in their own education and ability to change and influence their sector for the benefit of society, planet and business.

Jennifer walks her talk and supports several charities including Water Aid, Action Aid, Woodland Trust and the Chiltern Dog Rescue Society. – She is a Trustee for the Odyssey Charity which supports people going through cancer treatment with adventure holidays.

Muryel Boulay is the founder of B Other Wise

A sustainability consultancy, guiding organisations on their positive impact journey, across all industry sectors. After 20 years holding senior leadership roles in the food industry working for UK Household Food brands, while trying to convince people to eat locally on the side, Muryel reconciled heart and mind and have been studying and practicing sustainability, CSR, ESG... and whichever other acronyms doing good for people and planet falls under! Muryel is a trustee of Marlow Refugee Action, is part of the advisory board of Ability Bank and is an active member of her local community, A Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership Alumna, B Leader, Terra Institute Certified Partner and Future Fit Certified Professional.

Muryel is currently a partner of CSR-A for whom she delivers CSR trainings. She is also a Senior Environmental Sustainability Consultant for SCALA and collaborates with Sustainabl. a sustainability engagement platform provider."