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Discovering our CSR programme 

Richard Wright

Chief Executive | Acre

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Agenda

• About Acre

• Acre’s Corporate Responsibility StrategyOur Way of Working

Acre Foundation

Positive Disruption/Transparency/Business Intelligence

• Results

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About Acre

• Founded in 2003

• No. 1 market leader in sustainability recruitment: corporate responsibility, environment, energy and health & safety

• ± 25 employees

• Based in central London

• Member of UN Global Compact

• 2014 Recruitment Agency of the Year (Recruiter)

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Corporate Responsibility Strategy

Our Business Model

• No. 1 position

• High growth

• Thought leader

• Fill jobs that make a difference

• No. 1 position

• High growth

• Thought leader

• Fill jobs that make a difference

Our Way of Working

• Investing in our People 

• Environment

Acre Foundation

• Ecoscheme

• KIVA

• Volunteering

• Fundraising 

• Ecoscheme

• KIVA

• Volunteering

• Fundraising 

Positive Disruption

• Innovation

• Transparency

• Consultative approach

• Events

• Innovation

• Transparency

• Consultative approach

• Events

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Our Way of Working

Reduction to positive impact

Water, waste and recycling

Cycle to work

Staff development and post graduate study support

Sabbaticals, shared ownership (EMI)

INVESTING IN PEOPLE

ENVIRONMENT

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Volunteering

166 HRS

Fundraising

£ 3.2K

KIVA

£100 p.p.

Acre Foundation (since 2012)

Ecoscheme

£ 16.2K

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Positive Disruption

Acre Bench  Direct access to senior interim sustainability 

professionals

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Transparency

Feefo

Independent feedback 

system

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Business Intelligence

Putting our 20,000 database 

to work

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Results

• 90% increase in revenues (2014 vs. 2013)

• 15% staff turnover 

• We are filling more jobs which make a difference

• Award winning

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Results