Corporate Careers With Social Impact
Looking to mesh your passion and your paycheck?
You might be surprised by the opportunties in the business world. In the corporate sector, "careers with social impact" is an umbrella term often used to describe innovative work that aims to make positive social or environmental change on a large scale. It is also used to describe careers that measure their impact based on a triple bottom line or blended value approach.
Triple Bottom Line (TBL): is type of accounting that takes into consideratin social, economic, and environmental impacts and benefits. it is also referred to as a "People, planet, and profit" approach.
Blended Value: proposes that "all organizations...create value that consists of economic, social, and environmental value components - and that investors...simultaneously generate all three forms of value providing capital to organizations." (Jed Emerson)
Corporate Career Options:
Job seekers should keep in mind that social impact can be integrated into any job, company philosophy, or industry. Often the best opportunities to create social impact are in places wehre the history may be troubled but the potential for change is great.
Positions:
Rarely do companies hire externally for specific positions that are focused on sustainability or CSR. Often these ositions are created for or filled by a current employee who has taken the initiative to incorporate social change into their mainstream job or deparment.
Positions focus on issues such as "the development of environmental policies, decreasing the company's environmental footprint, and stakeholder engagement." (Net Impact Environmental Sustainability Career Guide).
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