You may have heard the word “corporate social responsibility” being thrown around but not really connected it to employee wellness. Corporate social responsibility, often abbreviated "CSR," is a corporation's initiatives to assess and take responsibility for the company's effects on environmental and social wellbeing.
So you may be thinking “what does corporate social responsibility have to do with wellness”? Hopefully you are looking at wellness or well-being as moving beyond just the physical, and are thinking or have thought about ways to weave volunteering into your wellness strategy.
If you need more evidence than that, I’m a big fan of the Gallup-Healthways Wellbeing model that includes community as one of their 5 dimensions.
That's why I brought on today's guest, Isa Watson, founder and CEO of Envested, the next generation giving platform that makes it easy to inspire and engage employees.
In this episode we talk about:
- how she got from chemistry degree to a company founder
- what is Envested and what are the capabilities for both employers and employees
- how corporate social responsibility and wellness are connected
- common challenges employers face when it comes to corporate social responsibility
Finally, she leave us with not one but two tangible tips on how companies can increase their corporate social responsibility.