What is Corporate Social Responsibility?
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) refers to companies’ commitment to integrating:
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Social concerns
Working conditions, training, diversity, health, and safety…
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Environmental concerns
Greenhouse gas emissions, biodiversity, pollution…
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Economic concerns
Business ethics, supplier relations…
CSR has become an essential part of the business world. This strategy, which incorporates sustainable development concerns, has a significant impact on small and medium-sized businesses.
Its voluntary application offers advantages in terms of sustainable development and overall performance. The challenges are important, and implementing a CSR approach requires a well-defined action plan.
Why develop a CSR approach in your company?
Environmental, social, and economic responsibilities are now essential factors of commitment and confidence, for your employees, customers, and partners alike.
This new reality, which is profoundly changing business paradigms, plays a key role in access to finance and participation in calls for tender.
From now on, your company will need to implement a CSR policy.
How can you boost your competitiveness in the French marketplace?
Adopting a structured, well thought-out CSR approach is becoming a major asset in boosting your attractiveness and strengthening your competitiveness in a more sustainable market.
What are the 7 principles of CSR?
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Improving your company’s reputation
By adopting responsible practices, you strengthen your company’s reputation among its stakeholders, particularly your customers, employees, and investors. A positive CSR image will attract new customers and retain existing ones.
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Attracting talent
Today’s employees are increasingly sensitive to the values and ethics of their employer. A company committed to CSR will be more attractive to recruit and retain talent motivated by environmental and social considerations.
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Reducing risks
CSR often involves the proactive management of risks, whether environmental, social, or ethical. By identifying them, you will be able to define strategies and put in place action plans to limit them.
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Opening up to new markets
By meeting the requirements of your stakeholders, such as your customers and bankers, adopting a CSR policy will give you easier access to financing, tenders, and even new market segments, particularly those that favour environmentally friendly and socially responsible products and services.
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Lasting innovation
Implementing a CSR policy encourages you to rethink your business model and make it part of a sustainable development approach. CSR leads you to innovate and develop new products and processes that are more respectful of the environment.
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Reducing costs
By adopting sustainable practices, you can reduce your costs in the long term. With CSR, will be able to save energy, manage waste efficiently and optimise your resources to improve your overall profitability.
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Making a positive contribution to society
Adopting a CSR approach allows you to play an active role in resolving social and environmental challenges. By making a positive contribution to society, you contribute to a positive global impact.
Implementing a CSR approach in your company is beneficial from both an ethical and a strategic point of view.
Turn today’s challenges into tomorrow’s opportunities.
The CSRD directive, which came into force in France on 1 January 2024, requires detailed sustainability reporting for companies with more than 250 employees and their subcontractors. It marks a major turning point in the transparency of business practices, highlighting the growing importance of CSR in the operations of small and medium-sized enterprises.
That’s why COGEP CSR is committed to working alongside you to turn today’s challenges into tomorrow’s opportunities.
COGEP CSR: your partner for sustainable performance
COGEP CSR is:
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A trained and dedicated team
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A scientific approach
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Sector expertise
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Technological tools
Our approach:
- Tailor-made monitoring by our CSR experts
- Innovative and sustainable strategic thinking to secure your business model
Attentive to your specific needs, our teams are committed to working alongside you to structure and manage a CSR strategy tailored to your environmental, social, and economic challenges.
