Fondation Guilé developed in 2013 the GuiléSipAssessment™ to map companies’ philanthropy strategies and to facilitate implementation of strategic social investments by multinationals.

EMBEDDING SOCIAL IMPACT INTO CORE BUSINESS

Indeed we see entrepreneurship as a basis of future business opportunities for companies demonstrating CSR leadership. As corporate responsibility gets integral and mature, there is a global trend towards more strategic focus and implementation of Social investment & philanthropy (Sip) projects. It is also one of the key dimensions and components of leadership in the Global Compact Blueprint for Corporate Sustainability Leadership  

Fondation Guilé aims to act as an incubator of these projects with these actions:

• facilitate access between compatible businesses and social entrepreneurs
• assure best practices in selecting, coaching, and monitoring social business entrepreneurs.

Companies may be very efficient accelerators of societal change by integrating in their core business social entrepreneurs’ innovative solutions, and by taking action through their operational capacity far beyond their philanthropic goals.

European competition in social investment

In 2014, Fondation Guilé will partner with Ashoka to organize a social entrepreneurship competition in Europe: Social & Business Co-Creation – collaboration for impact

Press release January 29^th, 2014 – competition launch
Eligibility criteria for Social & Business Co-creation competition

ASSESSMENT AND DIALOGUE WITH INVESTEES

This service is not designed to “judge,” but to have a dialogue with companies and to promote corporate responsibility in managing the challenges they face with regard to human rights, labor standards, the environment, corporate governance, and fighting corruption.

The costs for this engagement are covered by Cadmos Funds’ socially responsible investors through their fees. The results of the GuiléReportingAssessment™  are sent to the CEO, the chairman of the Board of directors, the head of CSR and the Investor Relations for each Cadmos Funds’ company.

Each company we assess is entitled to a briefing on the analysis results identifying the strengths and weaknesses of their CSR reporting. This service offers valuable perspectives for a company to further improve its implementation of and reporting on sustainability activities. Our first meeting lasts an hour and a half, and we also send additional information upon request.

We provide the Socially Responsible Investors of the Cadmos Funds with an exhaustive, private report on these dialogues held on their behalf. Only aggregate data on the impact of this engagement is made available to the public.

→  Activity Report of engagement Cadmos European Engagement Fund 2014-2015

→  Activity Report of engagement Cadmos Swiss Engagement Fund 2014-2015

→  Activity Report of engagement Cadmos Emerging Markets Engagement Fund 2014-15