Community relations

A few months ago, I decided to send my resume to Boréalis because I felt that my work could be useful. Just by looking on the website and seeing what the software could do for community relations teams, I sensed that I could have a greater footprint on the planet and its population. So, I was thrilled to conduct my first customer interview; I was able to finally see the impact that we have in […]

Social Licence to Operate : Back in the Day! In 1970, the economist Milton Friedman famously stated that: “The business of business is business.” Explicit within this well-known quotation is the notion that an ethical business needs only to make profits and to obey the laws of the land. No other effort was required of a business in order to fulfil its real and perceived obligations. But then it changed Over the past decades, stakeholders […]

Growing up as a millennial, I remember my entourage and relatives who couldn’t stress enough how much they believed in us, the new generation. That we were able to achieve just what we wanted to and that we could change the world we live in. As ludicrous as this still sounds to me today, they were not wrong. And it’s not only us millennials who have this power. It’s a gift (I’d even say a […]

Corporate social responsibility (CSR), community relations, accountability, corporate citizenship, transparency, stakeholder engagement, (I could go on for a while here) are too often seen as nice-to-haves or nice-to-pursue by executives. Bottom line is, all of these are directly affecting your organization’s finances. How so? They’re all closely linked to your intangible assets. And even if they’re still not quite obvious to everyone yet, intangible assets are as impactful as tangible assets (sometimes even more) to […]

Although they’ve recently been most popular with resources extractive organizations (which have distinct environmental and social impact in their sourcing locations), stakeholder engagement tools and software can make a tremendous difference to firms that operate across numerous other industries. With this article I’ll be presenting various small and medium sized enterprises that fall within these other industries, more specifically in North American context. What’s the difference between entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship? Simply put, entrepreneurship is […]

Have you ever heard of the NGO Accountability’s AA1000 Stakeholder engagement standard? Standards can be intimidating (and dull to read!), but it’s a fact that we all need standardization because it provides safety and reliability. As you may know, stakeholder engagement is crucial to an organization’s performance and essential for a good sustainability management. However, for stakeholder engagement to be useful, it needs to be designed and implemented in a credible way. That’s where a […]