Social & Community Impact
At SLR, we have over 30 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.
Get in touchWe 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.
Related pages:
> Human rights and the supply chain: Buying our way into trouble
> Business beyond compliance: The need for human rights action
> Understanding the human rights issues associated with artificial intelligence
> A healthy environment: A human right, or wrong?
> Forest for the trees: The human rights issue in deforestation
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DE&I
At SLR, we help our clients unlock the benefits of a diverse, equitable and inclusive workforce, supply chain, and approach to community engagement.
We provide a range of services, from developing corporate DE&I strategies through to conducting project-specific impact assessments and action plans focusing on specific marginalised groups.
We deliver expert advice and training to enhance awareness and understanding of the DE&I landscape, while developing strategies, assessments, management plans and practical tools to respond to an ever-changing DE&I landscape.
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Gender advisory services
As industry leaders in social governance and safeguarding, at SLR we are deeply committed to integrating gender considerations into every facet of our clients’ operations.
Thanks to our specialist experience spanning over 12 sectors and 5 continents, we have developed a comprehensive portfolio of services to assess, plan, implement and monitor gender-responsive approaches across our clients’ operations. With an experienced team of gender specialists, a global pool of social experts and a worldwide network of consultants and translators we routinely partner with, we have been involved in over 70 gender-specific projects around the globe, providing tailored assessments, plans and tools to enhance gender inclusion and mitigate negative impacts on women.
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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
Implementing a Just Transition means ensuring the costs and benefits (negative and positive impacts) of a transition to a low carbon economy are fairly distributed by placing people at the centre of transition planning and implementation.
Related pages:
> Climate change is not gender neutral: The need for a Just Transition
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Measurement
Helping clients measure and improve their broader socio-economic and value chain impacts through bespoke frameworks and assessment.
Related pages:
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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
Supporting clients to align social impact with core business objectives and develop strategies that maximise value to society and the business, linking community investment to strategic priorities. We can support you with the following services:
- Horizon scan, landscape assessments and benchmarking
- Strategic framework development and roll out
- Target setting and implementation roadmap
- Measurement framework and data collection
- Programme development
- Partnership selection and review
- Impact Measurement
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Social & Community Impact Projects
Our Team Includes
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Clodagh Connolly
Global Business for Societal Impact (B4SI) Director
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Esther Diffey
Technical Director, Social Performance – Asia Pacific
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Tomasz Wlodarczyk
Principal Consultant - Canada
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Chloe Good
Associate Director - ESG Strategic Advisory
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Belinda Ridley
Head of Social Performance
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Further Reading
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- Nature, Natural Capital & Biodiversity in Sustainability Challenges
- Energy Transition in Sustainability Challenges
- Waste & Circularity in Sustainability Challenges
- Responsible Sourcing in Sustainability Challenges
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.
Related pages:
> Tackling social and resettlement challenges
> Developing criteria to measure social mine closure outcomes
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