Social & Community Impact

At SLR, we have over 30 years’ experience working with our clients to maximise positive, or minimise negative, impacts on society.

Working across private, public, international development funding and not for profit sectors, we support our clients across the globe to define, assess and manage their social impacts and performance for multiple audiences, from C-suite to local community.

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Social & Community Impact Overview

Whether through global or local social impact strategies (addressing key areas such as Human Rights, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, or supply chain risks), focused community programs and partnerships, or by innovating for social impact in direct business practices, operations, products, and services, we help our clients understand, measure, and improve their broader socio-economic and value chain impacts—from job creation and procurement to consumer health and well-being.

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We support our clients in managing social performance to comply with international standards (Equator Principles, World Bank & IFC performance standards) and work to achieve the balance between project development and safeguarding of resilient and inclusive communities through our subject matter expertise in labour, gender, cultural heritage, indigenous peoples, community health & safety, sustainable livelihoods, resettlement and land acquisition. This includes robust stakeholder engagement throughout the project life cycle.

SLR can also provide clients with frameworks and practical management tools to enhance and authenticate their social and community impact efforts through B4SI: the global standard in measuring and managing corporate social impact, used by 200+ of the world’s leading companies to articulate and measure the positive impact they have in the world. The B4SI Frameworks form a robust measurement standard that any company can apply to understand the difference their contributions make to business and society through community investment, business innovation and social procurement.

Social & Community Impact Related Capabilities

Social & Community Impact Projects

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    Global

    United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

    Power, Renewables & Energy

    Inclusive Global Environment Facility Assembly Challenge Programme


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    Brattleboro, Vermont, USA

    Brattleboro Housing Partnership

    Infrastructure

    Melrose Terrace floodplain restoration


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    Keene, New Hampshire, USA

    City of Keene, NH

    Built Environment

    Patricia T. Russell Park


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    Bridgewater, Massachusetts, USA

    The Nature Conservancy / Town of Bridgewater, MA

    Infrastructure

    High Street Dam removal and Bridge replacement


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    Lanesville, New York, USA

    Ashokan Watershed Stream Management Program

    Infrastructure

    Stony Clove Creek stream turbidity reduction


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    Hardwick, Vermont, USA

    Caledonia County Natural Resource Conservation District

    Infrastructure

    North Main stormwater improvements


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    West Haven, Connecticut, USA

    City of West Haven, CT

    Infrastructure

    Cove River tidal marsh restoration, pedestrian bridge and Sea Bluff Beach park improvements


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    Ilion, New York, USA

    Village of Ilion, New York

    Infrastructure

    Steele Creek Restoration and Flood Mitigation


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    Connecticut, USA

    City of New Britain

    Infrastructure

    New Britain transit oriented development


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    Connecticut, USA

    Town of Weston

    Infrastructure

    Weston Center masterplan and village zoning


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    Connecticut, USA

    City of New Britain

    Government & Communities

    Plan of Conservation & Development (PoCD) for New Britain


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    Maine, USA

    Kittery Area Comprehensive Transportation System (KACTS)

    Infrastructure

    Berwick Downtown vehicle, bicycle, and pedestrian study


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    Connecticut, USA

    City of New Haven

    Infrastructure

    New Haven on-street parking performance-based pricing monitoring & evaluation


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    Massachusetts, USA

    Massachusetts Department of Transportation

    Infrastructure

    I-91 Viaduct study


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    Michigan, USA

    Marquette Board of Light & Power

    Power, Renewables & Energy

    RICE Plant low frequency noise control


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    Vermont, USA

    Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans)

    Infrastructure

    Vermont Transportation resiliency planning


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    Maine, USA

    City of Portland

    Infrastructure

    Spring Street redesign


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    Connecticut, USA

    Town of Windsor

    Infrastructure

    CMAQ Day Hill road adaptive traffic control signal system


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    Connecticut, USA

    Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT)

    Infrastructure

    I-84 NEPA environmental assessment & CEPA EIE


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    Connecticut, USA

    City of Wallingford, CT

    Infrastructure

    Wallingford plan of conservation and development


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