B4Businesses have a responsibility to their communities, to be supportive and at the very least not actively cause harm. Here you will find content relating to businesses being a Force for Good, supporting charities and their local communities.
How will business be run in a post COVID-19, digital-first world, where people are the most important part of your business because you can scale the disparate talent and the competitive advantage of the talent that you own in the new world order that is coming around.
Business done right is a force for good in our society. Now more than ever, social and environmental responsibility are essential parts of doing business, whether here in the UK or elsewhere in the world.
I’ve attended a number of webinars with large numbers of people who are talking about a new imperative for the 21st century.
OSEP CIC is a Social Enterprise, set up to support purposeful businesses, social enterprises, social entrepreneurs and enterprising charities across Oxfordshire and it is delighted to have partnered with Blenheim under the B4 Nexus programme.
Everything we do during and after this crisis must be with a strong focus on building a more equal, inclusive and sustainable economy and community in Oxford, that is more resilient in the face of pandemics, climate change and the many other challenges we face.
As businesses build their recovery strategies, Jayne will share Earth Trust’s direct experience of social and environmental challenge and change.
A step-by-step guide for Oxfordshire employers to unlock potential through diverse recruitment. This guide is designed to support you to adapt your organisation’s recruitment practices in order to access talented and motivated candidates from disadvantaged groups – to help you reach the widest possible pool of talent. These include ex-offenders; young people who are ‘NEET’ […]
Whilst many businesses support charities on an occasional basis or via a ‘Charity of the Year’ initiative, some choose to build deeper and more permanent relationships with a particular cause. When done well, this partnering can see a business involved in a charity’s strategic direction, sharing skills, knowledge and networks on an ongoing basis.
Unipart, the leading manufacturing, logistics and consultancy group based in Cowley, is helping to support one of Oxford’s major cancer charities before another health crisis.
What is the relationship between business and society? Are profit-maximising models any longer compatible with our post-Covid world? Climate chaos, population growth, growing inequality, habitat loss, political instability continue to threaten us with even greater likely consequences than COVID19.
What I have learnt about Oxfordshire with Jayne Woodley of Oxfordshire Community Foundation
B4 has been a great window through which to view the continued and growing shift businesses are making to embed more positive social and environmental purpose at the heart of what they do, and I have been proud to support B4 in this direction too.
Blenheim Palace has been closed for nearly a month as I write this, except for free entry to the Park for our local community.
Ensuring that a limited management and leadership team is optimised to engage with and support a growing workforce is a key aspect to unlocking future potential.
About Charity of the Year initiatives are popular with businesses wanting to back different causes regularly. The business typically chooses a different charity to support each year, offering staff volunteering time, sponsorship and fundraising support. But how do businesses know they are providing the help that charities really need? This guide looks at how your […]