About B4SI
B4SI is the global standard in measuring and managing corporate social impact.
The B4SI Frameworks form a robust measurement standard that any company can apply to understand the difference their contributions make to business and society.
Our Vision
A world where every business can measure and manage its social impact, sharing information in an open, transparent, and consistent way.
Our Mission
To provide a common standard for companies to measure and manage their social impact, and a platform to learn together how to maximise their impact.
Benefits of the Network
Companies who have used the B4SI Framework for longer have higher ESG scores, including scoring an average of +35 points above industry mean in the Social dimension of DJSI ESG scores (2021).
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Meet the Team

Clodagh Connolly
Global B4SI Director
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Clodagh has designed and implemented the change programme for LBG globally and manages the LBG Network of companies providing strategic direction and operational overview. LBG is the global standard in measuring and managing social impact and the Framework underpins brand confidence in both internal & external stakeholder messaging for major global companies. A network dedicated to business, members are committed to excellence in societal impact. Clodagh is passionate about the power of business as a driver of meaningful societal and business impact.
Background:
My background is in strategy development and implementation and my experience over the past twenty years spans all three sectors – private, public and non-profit. I’ve collaborated with multinationals to create and evolve bespoke strategies, flagship programs, and measurement frameworks with a view to positively impacting the business and society and a common theme in all the roles I’ve held has been my work on the creation of strategy through to operational implementation. Appointed at senior advisor level to the Irish Government on issues related to business and societal impact and representing Ireland at CSR Europe, I’ve also worked with academia through Trinity College, Dublin Centre for Non Profit Management.
I hold an MBA from Trinity College, Dublin and an undergraduate degree in Business with a specialism in HR. I’m an accredited AgilePM Practitioner and recipient of the ‘Dunant’ award from the International Red Cross for work within the British Red Cross Crisis Response Team throughout the Manchester Bombings, Waterloo Bridge & Borough Market attacks and Grenfell fire.
Person I most admire:
I admire anyone who isn’t afraid to make/inspire change, because real change is slow and can be difficult, but the rewards are amazing. My personal passion is in the issue of Social Mobility.
Background:
My background is in strategy development and implementation and my experience over the past twenty years spans all three sectors – private, public and non-profit. I’ve collaborated with multinationals to create and evolve bespoke strategies, flagship programs, and measurement frameworks with a view to positively impacting the business and society and a common theme in all the roles I’ve held has been my work on the creation of strategy through to operational implementation. Appointed at senior advisor level to the Irish Government on issues related to business and societal impact and representing Ireland at CSR Europe, I’ve also worked with academia through Trinity College, Dublin Centre for Non Profit Management.
I hold an MBA from Trinity College, Dublin and an undergraduate degree in Business with a specialism in HR. I’m an accredited AgilePM Practitioner and recipient of the ‘Dunant’ award from the International Red Cross for work within the British Red Cross Crisis Response Team throughout the Manchester Bombings, Waterloo Bridge & Borough Market attacks and Grenfell fire.
Person I most admire:
I admire anyone who isn’t afraid to make/inspire change, because real change is slow and can be difficult, but the rewards are amazing. My personal passion is in the issue of Social Mobility.
Background:
My background is in strategy development and implementation and my experience over the past twenty years spans all three sectors – private, public and non-profit. I’ve collaborated with multinationals to create and evolve bespoke strategies, flagship programs, and measurement frameworks with a view to positively impacting the business and society and a common theme in all the roles I’ve held has been my work on the creation of strategy through to operational implementation. Appointed at senior advisor level to the Irish Government on issues related to business and societal impact and representing Ireland at CSR Europe, I’ve also worked with academia through Trinity College, Dublin Centre for Non Profit Management.
I hold an MBA from Trinity College, Dublin and an undergraduate degree in Business with a specialism in HR. I’m an accredited AgilePM Practitioner and recipient of the ‘Dunant’ award from the International Red Cross for work within the British Red Cross Crisis Response Team throughout the Manchester Bombings, Waterloo Bridge & Borough Market attacks and Grenfell fire.
Person I most admire:
I admire anyone who isn’t afraid to make/inspire change, because real change is slow and can be difficult, but the rewards are amazing. My personal passion is in the issue of Social Mobility.
Background:
My background is in strategy development and implementation and my experience over the past twenty years spans all three sectors – private, public and non-profit. I’ve collaborated with multinationals to create and evolve bespoke strategies, flagship programs, and measurement frameworks with a view to positively impacting the business and society and a common theme in all the roles I’ve held has been my work on the creation of strategy through to operational implementation. Appointed at senior advisor level to the Irish Government on issues related to business and societal impact and representing Ireland at CSR Europe, I’ve also worked with academia through Trinity College, Dublin Centre for Non Profit Management.
I hold an MBA from Trinity College, Dublin and an undergraduate degree in Business with a specialism in HR. I’m an accredited AgilePM Practitioner and recipient of the ‘Dunant’ award from the International Red Cross for work within the British Red Cross Crisis Response Team throughout the Manchester Bombings, Waterloo Bridge & Borough Market attacks and Grenfell fire.
Person I most admire:
I admire anyone who isn’t afraid to make/inspire change, because real change is slow and can be difficult, but the rewards are amazing. My personal passion is in the issue of Social Mobility.

Simon Robinson
Director
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Simon is a specialist in the measurement and benchmarking of corporate community investments and impact assessment using the LBG methodology. Simon has been a CSR professional, connecting business and communities, since the early 1990’s.
Simon was accredited as a partnership broker and now supports companies and not for profits to measure, innovate and lead in their community investment.
Background:
Simon has held a range of senior positions including Deputy Regional Director for Business in the Community (UK). Moving to Australia in 2004, he has held positions as GM for Corporate Responsibility at Sensis and was the inaugural CEO of Melbourne / Australia Cares. Simon has been the LBG Director in Australia and New Zealand since 2009
Client and Project Experience:
Simon regularly works with over 50 large companies across Australia and New Zealand these include ANZ, Woodside and Qantas. He has provided training and guidance in all aspects of corporate community investment and impact assessment. Simon managed the feasibility study and subsequent establishment of Australia Cares, connecting business and communities and prior to that pioneered the establishment of the Çares programme across many UK cities.
Person I most admire:
Anyone who can turn adversity around. People across the world who having experienced some difficult or traumatic events take that and turn into a benefit to society working to prevent the same happening to others. Malala Yousafzai, the young woman from Afghanistan springs to mind as one such person I very much admire.

Sarah Downey
B4SI Lead
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I have 14 years of international business experience across communications, marketing and community investment roles with expertise in corporate communications, digital marketing, events management, community engagement, business development and social impact measurement and management.
Background:
My career started in marketing and business development roles in the financial services sector, and in more recent years I have held roles specialising in community engagement and social impact in the infrastructure and logistics sector. Throughout my career, I have led national professional development roadshows for financial planners, project managed the delivery of a best-in-class website and designed and delivered a community grants program, improving the lives of thousands.
I believe that corporate social responsibility is central to business success and I have has experience leading and aligning community investment programs with corporate goals.
Client and Project Experience:
Working in global and domestic organisations, my experience ranges from communications planning, community engagement design, strategy formulation and execution, and social impact measurement. I have worked with businesses across multiple industries – including banking, funds management, financial planning, logistics & infrastructure.
Person I most admire:
Grace Tame for her courage and tenacity in the pursuit of justice, in an unjust world. And Brené Brown for colloquialising vulnerability and gifting us the language to wrap words around our feelings.

Joyce Achampong
B4SI EMEA Lead
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Areas of Expertise:
I have over 15 years’ experience working internationally in development and higher education as well as senior leadership roles. I have led the design, development and delivery of multi-dimensional cross-functional solutions to clients; bringing together strategy and project delivery as well as stakeholder engagement. I come to this role with a wealth of experience in data analysis, framework design, strategy, communications, early career researchers, monitoring, evaluation, assessments, learning and programme design and delivery.
Background:
My background in external engagement for membership and association bodies has provided me opportunity to work with many organisations to foster international and global cooperation by working in partnership with influential stakeholders. My research and data analysis background has allowed me the opportunity to creating and use a variety of methodologies, quantitative and qualitative research approaches, policy reviews and recommendations as well as programme management and delivery. I have spent the last few years delivering project management in addition to measuring and monitoring impact across a range of global project interventions as well as designing leadership and organisational development programmes. Having worked in large and complex project management roles across multiple geographies has given me the ability to influence and lead a wide range of internal and external stakeholders at all levels. My senior leadership experience in not-for-profit organisations includes my leadership of strategic international campaigns and supportive programming.
Client and Project Experience:
Through my work as an international consultant for the last six years I have partnered with international funders (World Bank, British Council, MasterCard Foundation) and higher education institutions to design and deliver various development projects intended to have grassroots level impact on capacity building, socio-economic impact, educational development, entrepreneurship and leadership. Additionally, I have experience in working with bilateral and multilateral organisations such as FCDO, AusAID, Africa Research Excellence Fund as well as with networks such as the Global Development Network, Australian Africa Universities Network and African Universities Research Alliance.
Person I most admire:
Those who fight the good fight in the face of adversity.

Orlaith McGuinness
Senior Consultant | B4SI Client Account Manager
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Background:
I have experience in managing social impact program across the private and non-profit sector, with expertise in strategy development, community engagement, program implementation, impact evaluation, reporting and communication.
Within the B4SI team, I have held a variety of roles, more recently on the development side, creating tools and frameworks to support the better measurement and managing of social impact. I also support in the development of knowledge sharing events, creating spaces for social impact practitioners to learn about best practice, discuss emerging issues and share learnings relating to social impact.
Client and Project Experience:
As a B4SI account manager and senior consultant, I work with a range of large global businesses across all sectors (Financial Services, Legal, Professional Services, Media, Engineering, Manufacturing, Construction, Utilities and Services). Projects are wide ranging; from supporting clients with strategy review and development, to impact framework development and reporting. I specialise in impact measurement, supporting businesses to apply the B4SI framework to their programs and better understand the impact they are having in society.
In a previous role, I managed an employee volunteering program aimed at building the capacity of local community organisations in East London.
Person I most admire:
Those who dedicate their lives to building impactful community programs and creating positive change in their local neighbourhoods (I had the pleasure of meeting many such people during my time working at an East London charity).

Andres Schottlaender
B4SI Client Account Manager
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With experience in the private, public and third sectors, before joining CC I worked in the Membership Team of Business in the Community, supporting companies from across the UK embed and advance their responsible business strategies, on top of managing transformation projects within the charity.
I started my career after studying Communication Sciences at the Universidad de Buenos Aires, working on purposeful brands marketing at Unilever for three years, as part of the company’s Future Leaders Programme. I then worked on corruption prevention policies in the government of my home province of Buenos Aires, in Argentina, where I supported state-owned enterprises develop Integrity Plans, as well as drafted legislation and managed policy implementation projects. I moved to the UK in 2018, where I completed an MSc in Global Governance and Ethics at UCL.
Client and Project Experience
I have worked with companies in multiple sectors -legal, food manufacturing and utilities, among others- and on topics as varied as business purpose and strategy, charity partnerships, transition to net zero carbon or employee wellbeing. I currently support companies to apply the B4SI Frameworks in measuring the social impact of their initiatives.
Person I most admire
I admire people who silently make others’ lives better, through everyday actions or advocating arduous organisational and societal change. I admire collective activism movements, from environment to human rights, as they are the only route for true and durable change.

Kevin Fay
B4SI Client Account Manager
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Areas of Expertise
Social Innovation and social entrepreneurship, policy design planning and implementation, urban planning, impact investing. My background is in social innovation and public policy. I have a BA in Political Science.
I started my career as a frontline worker in education and homelessness, moving later to a strategic role at Buenos Aires city Government, where I participated in social policy planning and building a 10 year city vision along with Copenhagen based firm Gehl Architects. In the UK, I’ve been involved in the social innovation sector through the Year Here Fellowship through which I founded the social enterprises Home(less) Made and Spedal, both supporting people experiencing homelessness. I have complemented this with learnings in impact investing markets and venture incubation that led to implementing an innovative peer selected approach to funding for Year Here ventures.
Person I most admire:
I admire frontline workers in charities and local organisations that commit their lives to serving people in the most challenging circumstances

Rayan Chahin
Senior Researcher
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Background:
Prior to joining Corporate Citizenship, I worked in the interfaith charity sector for two years. During this time, I delivered award-winning social action projects, led workshops on project implementation, co-organised London’s largest Youth Interfaith Summit, and produced a guidebook on how to facilitate open interfaith dialogue.Areas of
Expertise:
By nature of my two degrees, I am a trained researcher that specialises in the field of international development. My Masters degree at the University of Oxford saw me critically analyse development programmes that target poverty, race and gender inequality, and environmental sustainability. I focussed my thesis on analysing Palestinian refugee remittances through the lens of humanitarian aid. Not only did this project focus on giving agency back to refugees, but it attempted to shift the popular narrative around them being ‘helpless victims’ and receivers of aid towards them being proactive providers of aid themselves.
Person I most admire:
I admire the courage and determination of all displaced peoples. Particularly the strength needed to uproot their lives and start afresh whilst actively engaging in the remembrance of their homelands.
Areas of Expertise:
By nature of my two degrees, I am a trained researcher that specialises in the field of international development. My Masters degree at the University of Oxford saw me critically analyse development programmes that target poverty, race and gender inequality, and environmental sustainability. I focussed my thesis on analysing Palestinian refugee remittances through the lens of humanitarian aid. Not only did this project focus on giving agency back to refugees, but it attempted to shift the popular narrative around them being ‘helpless victims’ and receivers of aid towards them being proactive providers of aid themselves.
Person I most admire:
I admire the courage and determination of all displaced peoples. Particularly the strength needed to uproot their lives and start afresh whilst actively engaging in the remembrance of their homelands.

Emma Evans
Senior Researcher B4SI
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Area of Expertise
I work as a Senior Researcher within the B4SI team. I focus on supporting the management of the growth of B4SI in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa region. My key responsibilities include supporting clients with the correct application of the B4SI Frameworks and ensuring client satisfaction and membership retention. I also collect and analyse client data and provide recommendations based on the data. In addition, I support the delivery of B4SI events and the coordination of content via digital media platforms.
Background
I completed my undergraduate degree in Human Geography at Cardiff University in 2016. During my degree, I became particularly interested in sustainability and so went on to study Sustainability & Consultancy at the University of Leeds in 2020. During my Masters, we were required to do a 3-month placement; I chose to do mine with Royal Mail looking into their social impact strategies and the best way to report their activities. I thoroughly enjoyed this research project, and it was during this time that it became apparent that I found the social side of sustainability extremely interesting and knew I wanted a job in that field.

Agnes Tornberg
Senior Researcher
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Background:
After spending over six years at university studying a wide variety of subjects and having worked in both the private and non-profit sector, my knowledge spans across different disciplines. With a master’s degree in Sustainability and Management from Royal Holloway, University of London, I have a deep understanding of both environmental and social issues as well as the way these two are interconnected. My master’s studies gave me an opportunity to explore topics such as women’s access to microfinance in the Global South and the continued oppression of the indigenous Sámi people in Northern Sweden, further developing my interest in the social side of things. This passion has also led me to volunteer for causes like Millions Missing, raising awareness for ME, and ESOL Refugee Tutoring, aimed at helping refugees integrate into society.
Client experience:
With experience of working with clients from multiple continents in both the private and public sector, I am used to managing a diverse and international client portfolio which has helped me develop an understanding of cultural differences and the different types of challenges organisations today face.
Person I most admire:
I admire all minorities that show resilience and are committed to preserving their culture despite a history of oppression. On a personal level, I really look up to my dad for reclaiming (what should have been) his native language of Meänkieli, and I am trying to follow his example!

Natasha Hare
B4SI Social Impact Client Coordinator
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Areas of Expertise:
I work as a Social Impact Client Coordinator for the B4SI Network, and I support the management of the growth of B4SI in the Asia Pacific region. My role includes supporting member practitioners with applying the B4SI Frameworks correctly and maximising the tools, resources, and expertise available, ensuring maximum client satisfaction and membership retention. I am responsible for network coordination in the APAC region, and I collaborate with global colleagues on strategic B4SI project design and delivery.
Background:
Prior to joining Corporate Citizenship, I completed a double degree in Design and Business at Monash University, majoring in Industrial Design and International Business. Throughout my academic experience, I became passionate about corporate social responsibility, responsible business practices, sustainability and making a positive impact. My degree taught me creative thinking and problem-solving skills and gave me the knowledge required to thoughtfully approach ESG topics.
Client and Project Experience:
I have overseen the launch of a strategic B4SI project and I’ve provided support with delivering various social impact projects throughout the APAC region across several sectors, including financial services, consumer goods, and utilities and services.
Person I most admire:
I remember first hearing about Mary Wollstonecraft and falling in love with her passion, brilliance, and strong desire to protect the women around her and deliver them from injustice. I admire her for her courage to challenge the conventions of society that reinforced inequality, no matter what the consequences were.
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We only manage what we measure. For us, using B4SI was the corner stone to evaluate objectively our investment in the community.”
Sandra Aparício. Head of Corporate Social Responsibility, GALP.