Excellence

The benefits of working to achieve social and environmental excellence are many, and include employee retention and motivation; enhanced business reputation, increase customer loyalty, lower business risks.

Having social and environmental policies is reported to provide a sound indication of good management in a company. 78% of European business leaders "agree that integrating responsible business practices makes a company more competitive" (BITC FastForward research 2002)

However, achieving business excellence is not the sole domain of large blue chip companies. Every business can benefit through seeking to enhance its corporate responsibility and work towards business excellence.

Companies who can meet the environmental, health and safety standards demanded by their customers will increase their ability to access the supply chains of larger corporates and the public sector, thus increasing their opportunities for sales. Requirements for environmental policies and standards such as ISO 14001 are growing, and the companies which respond to these demands today, will become the growth companies of tomorrow.

Companies which embrace the opportunities from resource efficiency will have lower cost bases, and become more competitive. Whilst business who are able to provide high quality, safe work environments and a range of travel to work options will be better placed to attract and retain staff.

To find out how your business can benefit from enhancing its corporate responsibility and achieving social and environmental excellence contact Groundwork.

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