Corporate social responsibility
Our commitment to a socially responsible business
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a key element of our
development strategy. Our CSR Group includes our Managing
Partner, Matthew Lohn, the Head of
HR, our Director of Operations and a number of partners and support
staff. Our CSR Programme is organised into four main
workstreams:
Linked to our CSR policy is the Diversity Action Group which is
driving forward our commitment to developing and nurturing a
culture of diversity and equality in the workplace.
All these workstreams are governed by our CSR Principles:
- to behave ethically
- to contribute positively to the economic and natural
environment
- to improve the quality of life for our own staff, for the local
community and for society at large
- our CSR Policy
CSR is about the way we run our business: it goes wider than
discrete acts of benevolence towards external people and
organisations. CSR to us means being aware that the way we manage
our business has an impact across many other communities, locally
and globally. It means seeking to maximise the positive and
minimise the negative impact of everything we, and the individuals
who make us up, do.
Because it is about the way we run our business, activities
which harm our business are not part of CSR.
The Group has adopted the following core principles. Our CSR
activities should:
- constitute ethical behaviour
- contribute to the economic or physical environment
- improve the quality of life for our staff
- improve the quality of life for the local community and for
society at large
To support those principles, CSR activities will be assessed
according to:
- connection with the firm, in terms of locality or activity
- internal rewards and risks
- longevity
- cost
- making a difference