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Glossary

CSR & volunteering.
Plainly explained.

The vocabulary of corporate social responsibility, employee volunteering, ESG, and the UN SDGs — in plain English.

Core Concepts

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) refers to a business model in which companies integrate social…

Community Investment

Community investment refers to the total value of resources — time, money, expertise, and in-kind su…

Stakeholder Engagement

Stakeholder engagement refers to the process by which an organisation involves people, groups, and o…

Programmes

Employee Volunteering Programme (EVP)

An Employee Volunteering Programme (EVP) is a structured initiative through which a company supports…

Corporate Volunteering

Corporate volunteering is the practice of a company actively supporting and enabling its employees t…

Volunteer Time Off (VTO)

Volunteer Time Off (VTO) is paid time that a company gives employees specifically to volunteer for c…

Metrics

Volunteer Hour

A volunteer hour is a single hour of time donated by an employee to a charitable or community cause …

Volunteering Types

Skills-Based Volunteering

Skills-based volunteering (also called pro bono volunteering) involves employees donating their prof…

Pro Bono

Pro bono (from the Latin "pro bono publico", meaning "for the public good") refers to professional s…

Frameworks

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are 17 global goals established by the United Nations in 20…

ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance)

ESG stands for Environmental, Social, and Governance — three categories of criteria used by investor…

Measurement

Impact Metrics

Impact metrics are quantitative measures used to assess the outcomes of volunteering and social inve…

Social Value

Social value is the quantification of the broader social, economic, and environmental impact of an o…

Giving Programmes

Matched Giving

Matched giving is a programme in which an employer matches financial donations made by employees to …

Payroll Giving

Payroll giving (also known as Give As You Earn in the UK) is a scheme that allows employees to donat…

Reporting

CSR Report

A CSR report (also called a sustainability report or impact report) is a formal document in which an…