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Description

CSR for Small and Medium Enterprises: Prioritising Actions, Engaging the Team and Demonstrating Progress

Launching a genuinely useful CSR approach in an organisation with no dedicated function and no ring-fenced budget

  • 2 days — 14 h
  • In-person or virtual
  • Foundation
  • Up to 6 participants

In a small or medium-sized company, CSR has neither a dedicated team nor a budget line. It rests on the owner or managing director and on a few volunteers who add the subject to their existing workload. Yet the requests keep coming, from clients and from funding partners alike. Copying the approach of a large group leads straight to abandonment.

This two-day programme sets out an approach scaled to smaller organisations: rapid self-assessment, selection of a limited number of workstreams, actions achievable with existing resources, allocation of roles and the assembly of the evidence clients expect. Available time remains the guiding constraint throughout.

Learning objectives

  • Carry out a CSR self-assessment proportionate to the size of the organisation
  • Select a limited number of workstreams with high impact and low cost
  • Implement actions that are achievable with existing resources
  • Respond to CSR questionnaires from clients and funding partners
  • Gather evidence and communicate without overstating results

What makes this programme different

Self-assessment completed during the session on your own organisation
Responses built from client questionnaires actually received by participants
Action plan calibrated to the time available rather than to a large-group template

Programme

1Establishing Your Starting Point

A proportionate diagnosis

  • Self-assessment covering social, environmental and governance practices
  • Review of what is already done without being labelled CSR
  • Identification of client and funding partner expectations
  • Realistic estimate of the time available for the initiative

2Choosing Your Workstreams

A few subjects handled well

  • Selection criteria based on expected impact, cost and workload
  • Accessible workstreams covering energy, waste and procurement
  • Social workstreams covering working conditions and skills
  • Governance workstreams covering ethics and supplier relations
  • Deliberately setting aside subjects beyond reach

3Implementing with Existing Resources

Working with what you have

  • Allocation of roles between the managing director and volunteer employees
  • Actions achievable without heavy investment
  • Engaging teams and addressing resistance
  • Drawing on external support and available assistance schemes
  • Simple tracking of the actions launched

4Evidencing and Showcasing

Responding without overstating

  • Evidence to retain for each action undertaken
  • Responding to CSR questionnaires from clients and principal contractors
  • Preparing for an external assessment
  • Measured communication towards clients and candidates
  • Risks associated with unsubstantiated claims

Who is it for

Owners and managing directors of small and medium-sized enterprises, administration managers, human resources managers and employees appointed as CSR focal points.

Prerequisites

No prerequisites

Dates & locations

36 scheduled dates between November 2026 and December 2027. Seats are confirmed in the order enquiries are received.

November 2026

December 2026

January 2027

February 2027

March 2027

April 2027

May 2027

June 2027

September 2027

October 2027

November 2027

December 2027

None of these dates suit you? We open additional sessions on request, and any programme can be run privately for your team.

Practical details

Before the programme
Online positioning questionnaire. Your development objectives are shared with the trainer, who tailors the practical case studies to your context.
Teaching methods
Theoretical input, workshops and practical case studies. Digital course materials and method sheets provided.
Assessment
Multiple-choice tests and role-play exercises. Assessment of learning at the start and end of the programme, with immediate and 60-day follow-up evaluations.
After the programme
One year of access to the e-learning platform. Self-assessment of the skills acquired and a 30-day follow-up session with your trainer.
How to register
Registration online or on the basis of a quotation.
Lead time
11 working days after confirmation of registration.
Accessibility
Accessible to people of determination. Contact our accessibility coordinator to design a suitable solution: contact@mpf-academy.ae
Start dates
Rolling intake: in addition to the scheduled sessions, this programme can start on request.