CSR/Corporate Philanthropy

FSG helps corporations create and implement strategies that simultaneously benefit society and enhance their competitive advantage.

A corporate social engagement strategy that enhances competitive context, while benefiting society, creates more resources for future social investment.

Corporations bring a unique set of capabilities to the table. Their knowledge, global reach, brand equity, management skills, supplier networks, and staff can dramatically leverage the impact of their social investments to a degree that other types of funders, such as private foundations, simply cannot match. Yet all too often, these capabilities go untapped.

FSG is uniquely qualified to help. Our deep knowledge of corporate strategy, guided by our Co-Founder and Senior Advisor, Harvard Business School Professor Michael E. Porter, together with our foundation and nonprofit expertise enable us to pinpoint the synergy between social needs and corporate interests—and to bridge the divide between the CEO and the charitable giving team.

Our strategy and implementation services for corporations include:

• Corporate social responsibility strategy development. How do we link corporate responsibility and philanthropy with corporate strategy and our brand in ways that achieve both social and economic benefits for our company and our communities?
• Signature initiative development. How can we design social initiatives that achieve measurable results?
• Foundation- and program-level strategies for corporate foundations. How can we achieve our social objectives?
• Adaptive leadership. How can we maximize our social impact through innovative approaches to leadership?
• Strategic communication. How do we use communications to further our strategy?