CSR: a winning asset for business growth and development!

CSR is one of our major concerns. More than half of all companies with 50 or more employees are involved in corporate social responsibility. ECRIN Systems is one of those companies!

Our future is unconditionally connected to the health of the environment. Let's stop thinking we're above it or outside it. Definitely.

CSR is even proving to be a vector for economic performance, driving innovation and progress.

According to a Goodwill-management study, there is a real relationship between CSR labeling and the economic performance of companies. For companies with less than 250 employees, growth rate is around 7.6% a year, compared with 1.6% only on average.  This is a significant performance lever.

However, not all companies are labelled, and the implications may be less significant with different practices. Some companies will be more attentive to sustainable development issues in their purchasing policy, or to respecting the biodiversity, and other will focus more on social issues. One of the most common actions is waste prevention and recycling.

Let’s go 70 years back to observe the concept of CSR by Mr. Howard Bowen, who used this moral notion for the first time in his book “The Social Responsibilities of the Businessman”. He is considered as the founding father of CSR. The concept spread throughout the business world.

In 2011, according to the European Commission, corporate social responsibility is based on 3 pillars: economic, social and environmental.

2013 saw the launch of ISO 26000, the 1st truly international standard for corporate social responsibility. It is the result of many years of negotiations, and represents a consensus between numerous worldwide stakeholders.

Over the past year, many actions have been undertaken. There are still many to engage in 2025, with new indicators to be deployed, such as monitoring electricity consumption or the quantity of waste recycled.

Our customers encourage, motivate and support us in our CSR commitments. We are regularly requested to sign their Responsible Purchasing Charter.

The aim of these charters is to express the customer expectations with regard to their suppliers and subcontractors. It is a mark of their determination to place CSR selection criteria at the same level as cost, quality, service, innovation and risk management criteria over the long term.

For our suppliers and subcontractors themselves, codes of ethics are in place. They are also required to complete dedicated compliance questionnaires and matrices.