Why CSR is for every company, big or small.

Working together for a non-business community cause can have a strong, positive impact on strengthening interpersonal relationships in the workplace, as well as develop new relationships outside the business realm. Businesses that show a commitment to the community and the environment can attract customers who share these values. The good the company does is part of the perceived value of its products and services and can result in higher customer satisfaction. 

CSR-Corporate social responsibility initiatives are standards and measures that businesses put in place to benefit society. CSR is upcoming in Thailand’s rapidly changing political and economic landscape. More and more companies are dedicated to giving back to a society that is in growing need of sustainable development. In the west CSR is most commonly based on sustainability in the four sustainability categories: Ethical Business Practices, Economic Responsibility, Environmental Responsibility and Philanthropic Initiatives. Many aspects of corporate responsibility also involve giving back to the local community, which can be undertaken by volunteer employee teams and in cooperation with foundations such as TCDF.

The main disadvantage of CSR is that its costs fall disproportionately on small businesses. Major corporations can afford to allocate a budget to CSR reporting, but this is not always open to smaller businesses with between 10 and 200 employees. A small business can use social media to communicate its CSR policy to customers and the local community. But it takes time to monitor exchanges and could involve hiring extra personnel that the business may not be able to afford.

 Why CSR in partnership with TCDF?

TCDF acts local but thinks global. As a Thai/ Dutch foundation with more then 15 years experience TCDF is well embedded in the local communities all over rural Thailand but also has a big international support network of sustainable partners and changemakers! We support children in villages all over rural Thailand and have a visitors center with a big organic Food Forest Farm, circular economy learning workshops and a Eco lodge & Yoga retreat at our center in the south 15 minutes from Ranong airport. At TCDF-Eco-Logic you can create your own CSR packages online or onsite. Combine Environmental responsibility & Philanthropic activities in customized CSR packages and within your own budget. At TCDF all help makes a difference! We invite companies and teams that want to add CSR to their profile but who are not ready to hire extra personnel nor have a big budget for this to contact us for a sustainable partnership with TCDF.

At TCDF you can create your own customized CSR package. One that suits your mission, budget and teams interest best:

• In office action! Allow your team to volunteer online and support charity a few hours a month doing what they do best!
• Just give! Tax deductible – Sponsor a project of your teams choice or donate a fixed amount per employee to make it even more personal
• Win Win Join Ventures– upsell our fair trade products ( organic coffee, tea, soap and more) or rebrand our yoga & nature retreats as your own!
• Go visit! Join a teambuilding event in nature- all profits go back to charity at our one million star nature lodge and Food Forest academy!
• CSR PARTNER PROGRAM: Choose TCDF as your partner for the UNSD goals and combine above support options in a customized 3 year partner program that we promote together to inspire others! 

To explore these options please do contact us  and our founder Rosalie Tieges will reach out to you for an online chat or visit you and your team in your Thailand office. Let’s start talking to see where our missions align and together create a partnership that will change lives and inspire all who are involved!