Framework
The B4SI Framework creates a robust measurement standard that any company can apply to understand the difference their contributions make to their business and society. The Frameworks does this by enabling companies to measure their activities through three pillars: Inputs, Outputs and Impacts.
The B4SI Framework has traditionally centred on the measurement of social impact activities, as companies shifted their focus from simply donating money to strategically investing in their community. Increasingly however, many businesses are looking for ways to diversify their impact, and the B4SI Framework helps them do this.
The comprehensive B4SI Framework allows companies to measure, strategically analyse and enhance the impact and business benefits of activities that fall outside of core business operations.
The B4SI Framework is flexible
It can be applied at a pace that works for your business
Choose what parts to use
Unsure if you need to measure inputs, outputs and impacts? You decide what’s relevant to your business
Apply it at your own pace
Not ready to measure the impact of your programme? Start with your charitable donations
Big or small, your business can use B4SI
The largest company in the Network has over 500,000 employees and the smallest has just under 30 employees.
Learn more about the three routes to impact
1. Community Investment
The business is working externally with community organisations to address a social issue.
The focus of this activity is to benefit the community and secondly, the business
2. Business Innovation for Social Impact
A business division is developing or adapting core commercial activities that create clearly defined social impact and generate a clear return to the business
The focus of this activity is to benefit both society and the business.
3. Procurement for Social Impact
The business is switching procurement spend towards suppliers that are creating clearly defined social impact.
The focus of this activity is to benefit both society and the business.
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We’re active in over 80 countries, with many partners around the world and by becoming members of B4SI we have been better equipped to measure our impact and report it. We expect to benchmark with peer companies to learn from their practices and potentially find areas where we might be able to cooperate.”
Andrea Acerbi, Head of Social Innovation and Corporate Giving, Bayer