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Flexible working and corporate responsibility with some more text

Flexible working. Sustainability. Corporate responsibility. If you’ve not heard any of these three phrases during 2019, where have you been? Whilst it’s been a common view that it is the millennial generation that are keen to find jobs with companies that have adopted modern working practices such as flexible working and taking corporate responsibility and sustainability seriously, various research has shown that this desire is now shared across all generations in the workforce.

What is corporate responsibility?

Corporate responsibility is a business practice that incorporates sustainable development into a business model to have a positive impact on social, economic, and environmental factors. There are several types of corporate responsibility, including:

  • Environmental – attempting to reduce a company’s carbon footprint
  • Ethical – treating employees fairly & ethically/complying with different country’s laws
  • Philanthropy – donating to social causes and not-for-profit organisations
  • Volunteering – getting involved in various volunteering events

Where does flexible working fit in?

If your business is looking to have a positive impact on environmental factors as part of your corporate responsibility strategy, flexible working is a perfect way to do this. All businesses, big and small, have carbon footprints. Flexible working can help to cut down on commutes and the number of employees in the workplace which in turn can decrease carbon emissions and reduce your carbon footprint as a company.

How can you make flexible working work for your company?

We talk all about this in our blog post here. However, one of the main ways to successfully implement flexible working into your business is ensuring that you have suitable collaboration tools that will help. Our belief is that the majority of organisations and business owners would introduce concepts such as flexible working, yet the fear of the unknown and visibility holds them back.

Here at Sign In App, we’re continuously developing our app for ease-of-use across various aspects of business for visitor and staff management, including flexible working. With our Companion App, staff can sign in wherever they are from their mobile. The app will log their location and the time they sign in and out, recording it in the online portal and making it easy for you to record hours.

To find out more about Sign In App, give us a call on 0333 016 3551, or start your free trial here.