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CSR Guide

  • Make CSR transparent and demonstrable within your organization with a practical model
  • Develop, test and certify your CSR policy based on ISO 26000

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What is the CSR Guide?

The CSR Guide is a practical tool that helps you implement, develop and test corporate social responsibility (CSR) within your organization. The model is based on the ISO 26000 social responsibility guideline and helps you make CSR structural and demonstrable.

The CSR Guide gives you insight into where your organization stands in the field of corporate social responsibility. At the same time, it gives you tools to further develop CSR and make it visible to employees, clients and other stakeholders.

The CSR Guide consists of a practical self-assessment that you can expand with an independent certification. This way your organization grows step by step towards demonstrable corporate social responsibility.

The CSR Guide consists of two phases. In the first phase you map out your current situation. In the second phase you can have your CSR policy tested and certified by an independent party.

From Insight to Certification

  1. 1.

    Phase 1: CSR Statement

    In this phase a digital measurement among employees and managers provides a reliable picture of the state of CSR within your organization.

    At the end of the process you will receive a clear report with the results. In case of a positive evaluation, the program is concluded with a CSR-declaration. This declaration is valid for two years and shows where your organization stands in the field of CSR.

    After obtaining the CSR-declaration you can continue working on developing and improving your CSR-policy.

  2. 2.

    Phase 2: CSR Certification

    Do you want to demonstrate that your organization is actually assessed by an independent party? Then you can advance to phase 2: CSR Certification.

    To obtain the certificate, your CSR activities will be assessed by an independent certifying body. If your assessment is positive, you will receive the CSR Certificate. This certificate is valid for three years, subject to annual surveillance audits.

The advantages of the CSR Guide for your organization

With the CSR Guide you work in a structured way on corporate social responsibility and make this demonstrable for the outside world.

The CSR Guide helps you to:

  • Gain insight into the current CSR performance of your organization.
  • Further develop and embed CSR in your organization
  • Communicate transparently about your CSR activities
  • Create trust with customers, partners and stakeholders
  • Demonstrate corporate social responsibility with a statement or certificate

The expertise behind the CSR Guide

The CSR Guide is based on the international guideline ISO 26000 for social responsibility of organizations. This means that you work according to a recognized and reliable framework for corporate social responsibility.

The tiered model makes the CSR Guide suitable for SME organizations as well as larger organizations and multinationals. The tool connects to practice and helps you to implement, improve and demonstrate CSR step by step.

Future-oriented entrepreneurship with CSR

Corporate social responsibility is becoming increasingly important for organizations. Customers, employees and partners expect transparency, responsibility and sustainable choices. With the CSR Guide, you work structurally on these themes and prepare your organization for the future.

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Frequently Asked Questions

The CSR Guide is intended primarily for SMEs that want to get started with corporate social responsibility in a practical way. Using the tool you will gain insight, direction and concrete tools to develop CSR within your organization.

The CSR Guide is based on the international guidelines of ISO 26000. This guideline helps organizations to apply corporate social responsibility structurally and demonstrably.

You start with a digital measurement and receive a report with the results. If your assessment is positive, you will receive a CSR Statement that is valid for two years. After that, you can progress to the CSR Certificate. For this, your activities will be tested by a certifying institution. In the event of a positive assessment, you will receive a CSR Certificate that is valid for three years.

No, CSR certification is not required by law. However, it may be requested by clients or in tenders. A statement or certificate shows that your organization is actively engaged in corporate social responsibility.

The CSR Statement is valid for two years. The CSR Certificate is valid for three years, subject to annual surveillance audits. A recertification takes place in the fourth year.

If there is a move, name change or acquisition, this must be reported. Together we will look at what this means for the agreement, certificate and audit procedure.