What are the Indicators of CSR Excellence? New Civic 50 Colorado Report has the Answers!

Being a corporate social responsibility (CSR) professional involves answering many questions. Is involving 40% of employees in volunteering good? Is it vital to offer volunteer grants (making monetary contributions to the organizations where employee have volunteered)? Should community engagement be discussed at the company board level?

Good news! We just published a report on how the Civic 50 Colorado and the Civic 50 US, companies honored for their exceptional community involvement at the state and national levels, answer these and many other questions. The Civic 50 Colorado 2022 Report presents dozens of CSR data points over the last four years. These quantitative benchmarks from the best performers in CSR can help CSR professionals find answers to their questions.

For example, the Civic 50 honorees answers to the above questions follow:

• Yes! Involving 40% of employees in external volunteering (as opposed to internal engagement such as employee resource groups) annually is excellent. The Civic 50 Colorado involve, on average, 34% and the Civic 50 US involve 22% of employees in external volunteering. Additionally, Civic 50 Colorado involve 58% and the Civic 50 US involve 45% of employees in volunteer efforts that are part of the company’s internally oriented community engagement (e.g., employee resource groups, company-sponsored issue education, training and awareness building).
• No, it doesn’t appear essential to offer volunteer grants for a CSR program to reach excellence. Forty-six percent of Civic 50 Colorado and 32% of Civic 50 US companies don’t offer volunteer grants.
• Yes, presenting on community engagement to the company’s board is a best practice applied by 62% of Civic 50 Colorado and 90% Civic 50 US companies.

​Have other CSR questions? Download the free The Civic 50 Colorado 2022 Report! As always, feel free to contact us for assistance with your CSR.