We just wrapped up the Business4Better conference in Anaheim, where our President & CEO Dave Shaffer spoke about social enterprise, and where we gathered some great customer and partnership leads for staffing and packaging services around the country.
The impetus behind the conference was to spur more creative partnerships and collaborations between commercial business and social causes than just simply writing checks. In fact, in many discussions with program attendees and participants, we found that several commercial businesses (small, medium, and large) are very interested in full supply chain social responsibility.
Supply chain social responsibility is ensuring that all of your vendors, suppliers, and logistics providers are socially responsible businesses, in addition to your core business. In other words, you’re going to be working with these companies through the normal course of your business to provide your end good or services to your customers—so why not work with companies that can both meet your bottom line and contribute a social good at the same time?
Increasingly, customers are looking for companies that are more and more transparent about their social responsibility, at all levels. This includes the companies that provide your IT, your office supplies—and yes, your temporary personnel. Instead of thinking about giving back through writing a check or sending employees to volunteer with a local charity, consider integrating your social responsibility throughout the work that you do. Your bottom line can be met while simultaneously giving back to society. For lack of a better term, it’s really a win/win.
For an overview of the 2013 Business4Better conference (and a shot of DePaul Industries hard at work at 0:59!), check out the video below:
Interested in socially responsible personnel solutions? Get in touch with us today. We’d love to chat with you.
