Sustainability initiatives often cross departmental lines and a well-designed system makes it easier to coordinate across all business units inside a company. VOX works with clients to integrate social and environmental issues into their overall business strategies. We help organizations:

With limited time and resources, no organization can fully address every sustainability challenge that confronts it. VOX works with clients to identify and prioritize the specific environmental and social issues that may impact their business success. Performing a materiality assessment enables a company to identify its greatest risks or opportunities. Working with the company, we help determine whether each issue is:

As businesses explore what it means to operate more sustainably, they must first assess their current practices as a starting point against which to measure progress. VOX helps clients establish benchmarks that allow them to differentiate themselves from competitors and to chart their own success. Our approach includes:

Customers, investors and analysts frequently inquire about a company's environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance. In 2010, over 1,000 different surveys were sent to American companies, the results of which were included in more than 100 ranking systems. Participation in these surveys is critical, but many companies are experiencing "survey fatigue" due to the sheer volume of these requests. VOX helps clients determine which surveys are most important and how best to communicate sustainability information required by each. Specifically, we understand:

Thought leadership allows companies to strengthen their corporate reputations and to better position themselves to achieve business objectives. VOX works to identify topics that are both relevant to clients' businesses and important to the industry or society. We help clients refine their messaging and work with them to develop materials and submissions to convey their message. We identify influential venues and ways to showcase their thinking, including:

Partnerships and open dialogue with nongovernmental organizations ( NGOs) and third party interest groups can often prevent or mitigate some of the conflicts that arise between business and the advocacy community. Productive engagement with these influential groups can boost a business's reputation and credibility among important audiences, including investors, customers and policy makers. We maintain strong relationships with think tanks, NGOs, environmental groups and consumer advocates that allow our clients to build mutually beneficial partnerships with them. Our approach includes:

Today's media are more open, diverse and responsive to a public demanding greater transparency from corporations. At VOX, we understand the 24/7 news cycle and work with clients to use a variety of communication platforms to craft and tell a company's sustainability story in a credible and compelling way. We know the right media outlets for each story and we have longstanding relationships with leading CSR reporters and business writers focused on sustainability. We can work with traditional, trade and online media to reach key external stakeholders including:

Philanthropic giving is an important way for organizations to demonstrate their commitment to "people and planet" to their employees, customers and key stakeholders. VOX works with clients to structure strategic approaches to giving that make a real impact on individuals and society while also helping to acheive business objectives. We help organizations:

A corporation's citizenship and sustainability platform can play an important role in shaping relationships with policy makers and regulators. VOX helps clients identify issues of importance to these leaders and frame programs and communications in a manner to earn credibility. Our team has years of experience working for state legislators, regulatory agencies, members of Congress, and the president of the United States. Our approach includes:

Companies today face increased pressure to be transparent about how their policies and operations impact the communities in which they operate. This pressure is coming from a diverse set of stakeholders and interest groups – consumers, investors, policy makers, customers, NGOs, and employees. VOX helps organizations: