Consultancy boss offers CSR skills advice to buyers
28 August 2012
Purchasers need high-quality communication skills when they develop a corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategy, according to Jason Middleton, founder of new consultancy Aequalitas.
"There must be a balance between CSR and other corporate performance targets, such as overall costs, and service delivery," he said.
And the best CSR strategy "is no magic wand", said Middleton, whose background is in supply chain consultancy, most recently running his own consultancy Iris.
"Purchasers may lose some valued suppliers in the process: those...