Social & Community Impact

Understanding impacts and responsibilities of business on human rights at both corporate and project implementation level.

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> 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

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. ​

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.

Applying the B4SI Frameworks – the global standard for managing impact across 3 routes, community investment, social innovation, social procurement.

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

Helping clients measure and improve their broader socio-economic and value chain impacts through bespoke frameworks and assessment.

Related pages:

> B4SI

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.

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

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