Corporate Citizenship

Independent external assurance is increasingly expected of all good sustainable development and corporate responsibility reports. It tells readers that your report is meaningful, accurate and, most importantly, focused on the issues that matter to you and your stakeholders.

To get maximum return from your investment, a good assurance programme will also help you to develop your strategy, by identifying gaps, expectations, potential risks and opportunities.

Corporate Citizenship’s assurance team has the depth of expertise that you need to get the most out of your programme. In 2007, we were the single largest provider of assurance services to FTSE100 companies – with clients such as Aviva, Barclays, Centrica and Diageo. We offer a worldwide assurance service, with assignments for ANZ and the International Finance Corporation (part of the World Bank Group) among others.

We do not believe in a ‘one size fits all approach’, but we do believe that standards matter. So we base our approach on the AA1000 Assurance Standard, as the best platform for designing robust and credible approaches to assurance work. We can conduct direct stakeholder consultation and share our assurance findings throughout the reporting process, so improving the final outcome.

We provide varying degrees of assurance of companies’ CSR and sustainability reports, as well as of particular corporate systems and functions, such as community relations and procurement. We also conduct assurance of community contributions based upon the application of the LBG methodology.

Read our position statement on independence and assurance