Corporate Social Responsibility

Anyone who acts automatically assumes responsibility. It has long been accepted that making social responsibility part of corporate management creates a competitive edge. If, as a business person, you advocate protecting the environment and taking action on social issues, you create a better working climate and increase the productivity of your firm.

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a challenge, but first and foremost an advantage. Inwent supports the business community in taking responsibility at home and abroad for people and the environment.

CSR is a key element of a modern corporate approach in the chain of economic value added, in particular for firms active in developing and transition countries. Hard, cold economic facts speak in favour of CSR. Your employees will honour better workplace protection, increased social commitment and improved environmental protection. Your rewards will be increased productivity and efficiency, a reduction in operative risk, and a good corporate image.

How though can social and environmental standards be integrated into the production process? In many developing and transition countries in particular there is often a fear that CSR will reduce the international competitiveness of a company. But the opposite is in fact true if corporate solutions can be developed. Our programmes focus on just such solutions.

Inwent offers a wide variety of programmes that can help you raise awareness of CSR in production locations abroad. Together we develop solutions, ways of anchoring CSR in the business communities of each respective country. Inwent offers a capacity building programme to small and medium-sized enterprises in Mexico, for example, that combines methods of quality management and environmental management with work safety and CSR.

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