Harnessing volunteering schemes for tender specific social value

Posted on by Danielle Bazuaye

At least 11 million employees have the option to volunteer during work hours, according to estimates. This is a massive investment to social and environmental good by companies. However, there are also internal motivations for these investments such as employee engagement, retention and team building in the workplace. Social value (an umbrella concept for social,

Is your CSR strategy putting strain on a charity?

Posted on by whatimpact

Charitable efforts carried out by companies may have honourable intentions. However, in our U.K pilot study, results showed that companies can actually cause more strain on charities’ limited resources than benefit. While a ‘fun company team day out’ of volunteering may be welcomed by HR teams or top-level executives, 40% of charities admit that they