Social & Community Impact
At SLR, we have over 25 years’ experience working with our clients to maximise positive, or minimise negative, impacts on society.
Working across private, public, international development funding and not for profit sectors, we support our clients across the globe to define, assess and manage their social impacts and performance for multiple audiences, from C-suite to local community.
Social & Community Impact Overview
Whether through global or local social impact strategies (addressing key areas such as Human Rights, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, or supply chain risks), focused community programs and partnerships, or by innovating for social impact in direct business practices, operations, products, and services, we help our clients understand, measure, and improve their broader socio-economic and value chain impacts—from job creation and procurement to consumer health and well-being.
We support our clients in managing social performance to comply with international standards (Equator Principles, World Bank & IFC performance standards) and work to achieve the balance between project development and safeguarding of resilient and inclusive communities through our subject matter expertise in labour, gender, cultural heritage, indigenous peoples, community health & safety, sustainable livelihoods, resettlement and land acquisition. This includes robust stakeholder engagement throughout the project life cycle.
SLR can also provide clients with frameworks and practical management tools to enhance and authenticate their social and community impact efforts through B4SI: the global standard in measuring and managing corporate social impact, used by 200+ of the world’s leading companies to articulate and measure the positive impact they have in the world. The B4SI Frameworks form a robust measurement standard that any company can apply to understand the difference their contributions make to business and society through community investment, business innovation and social procurement.
Social & Community Impact Related Capabilities
Business & Human Rights
Understanding impacts and responsibilities of business on human rights at both corporate and project implementation level.
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DE&I
Supporting businesses to develop their strategies to foster diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace and local communities.
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Impact Management (via Business for Societal Impact, B4SI)
Applying the B4SI Frameworks – the global standard for managing impact across 3 routes, community investment, social innovation, social procurement.
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Just Transition
Identifying and managing the people and community impact of decarbonisation and transition to a climate-neutral economy to ensure it is ‘Just’ and fair for all.
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Measurement
Helping clients measure and improve their broader socio-economic and value chain impacts through bespoke frameworks and assessment.
Responsible Sourcing
Identifying and managing ESG risks in a company’s supply chain to actively source products and services in an ethical, sustainable and socially conscious way, whilst leveraging opportunities to realise positive change.
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Strategy & Implementation
Carrying out research, engagement activities and benchmarking studies to assess the social risks, issues, and opportunities across a company’s operations.
Social & Community Impact Projects
Our Team Includes
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Clodagh Connolly
Global Director at Business for Societal Impact (B4SI)
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Brandon Stobart
Social and Community Lead – Europe
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Tomasz Wlodarczyk
Principal Consultant - Canada
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Esther Diffey
Technical Director, Social Performance – Asia Pacific
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Miles Lockwood
Head of Sustainability Solutions and Finance Sector Leader – Asia Pacific
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Social Safeguards
Assessing and ensuring compliance with Social aspects of the Equator Principles (EP) and International Finance Corporation (IFC)/World Bank (WB) Performance Standards for the assessment and management of social impacts and risks.
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