—CANADA’S COMMUNITY INVESTMENT STANDARD
Your Community Investment is significant. Make sure it stands up to scrutiny.
LBG Canada provides a nationally recognized standard, and independent verification, so your numbers are credible, board-ready, and prepared for external reporting.
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$8.5 Billion +
COMMUNITY INVESTMENT AUDITED AND VERIFIED AS ELIGIBLE FOR REPORTING AS COMMUNITY INVESTMENT
$2.1 Billion+
EMPLOYEE AND STAKEHOLDER GIVING REPORTED
15% Average
AMOUNT IDENTIFIED AS INELIGIBLE FOR COMMUNITY INVESTMENT REPORTING DURING THE FIRST
$ 10.9 Billion+
TOTAL CORPORATE COMMUNITY FOOTPRINT SINCE 2007
100% of Companies
RECEIVING 3rd PARTY VERIFICATION FOR USE IN EXTERNAL REPORTING
—THE CHALLENGE
The value of community investment is often misunderstood.
Internal stakeholders, investors, regulators, and the public are placing greater scrutiny on social impact claims. Adopting and participating in the LBG Canada Standard helps you meet rising expectations with confidence, while supporting your organization’s commitment to reporting transparency and community impact.
Know what actually counts.
The LBG Canada Standard gives your organization a clear, consistent definition for community investment. With that clarity, you can focus resources on what drives meaningful impact and do more of what truly counts.
Stand behind your numbers.
LBG Canada provides recognized third-party verification of your community investment activity. Your results aren’t just self-reported, they’re validated with rigour that holds up to internal and external scrutiny.
Keep pace with rising expectations.
You join an active participant network of public and private organizations that each contribute to the evolution of the Standard, allowing you to keep pace with the changing landscape in corporate community and social investment.
—FROM STORY TO SCRUTINY
Without a standard, you are exposed.
The scrutiny has never been greater from boards, investors, consumers, and regulators alike.
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CONSUMER EXPECTATIONS
Consumers care deeply about corporate commitments in community paying attention. and they're
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EXTERNAL REPORTING SHAPES OPINION
Opinions are shaped through what is reported externally. Be proud, confident and clear.
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SELF-REPORTING INVITES SCRUTINY
Self-assessments risk errors that can undermine trust in the information presented.
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LEADERSHIP NEEDS CONFIDENCE
Don’t be unbalanced by ‘Says Who?’ Present your data with confidence, knowing they reflect fair and accurate value.
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BOARDS WANT CERTAINTY
Boards want certainty, not narrative. Provide clear line of sight between investments made and results.
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CLOSE THESE GAPS
Access a nationally recognized standard backed by 0+ years of practice.
—A STANDARD THAT WORKS FOR YOU
What you actually get
Everything you need to assess, verify and community the value of community investment with clarity and confidence
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Ongoing Advice & Validation
On-demand assessment of business and community value throughout the year.
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Enabling In - House Leadership
Tools to support decision-making, budget discussions, departmental & company-wide audits
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Investment Clarity
More compelling reporting of business and community value
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Insights Report for Executives
Annual performance report highlighting progress, gaps and opportunities
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Peer Performance Insights
Your results compared to peers by industry, employee base, and budget amount
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Verification Letter & Trust Mark
3rd party statement for board, leadership, and public reporting
—BE IN GOOD COMPANY
Trusted across Canada
BEFORE LBG
Inconsistent definitions
Internal debate
Partial visibility
Reporting with hesitancy
AFTER LBG
Standardized methodology
Clear decisions
Full investment picture
Defensible reporting
Millions in previously unreported value identified each year.
See how the LBG Canada Standard creates value for your role.
Without a clear standard, even well-intentioned organizations leave value on the table — and open themselves to the wrong kind of scrutiny.
Executives
Gain confidence in your community investment reporting, reduce organizational risk, and strengthen public trust.
Managers
Support your community investment budgets, drive internal alignment, and make faster decisions with data you can trust.
Practitioners
Highlight the value of your work, evaluate return on investment, and communicate clear community investment impact stories.
—READY TO START
Maximize your community investment reporting efforts
We'll walk through your current approach and show you exactly what would change.
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We work with private and public organizations from all sectors. Many organizations currently in our participant network are in the financial services, telecommunications, energy sectors and retail.
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Organizations with community investment budgets of $1M+ will find the most value in the LBG Canada Standard. Budgets of this size usually mean a more complex program, involving different kinds of contributions with activity from across the business.
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As for prying the Standard to your organzaten, we are happy to assist with taus guidance and best practices on you need it to align your organization around the Sendand's voluntion principles
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Our team reviews your community investment data against the LBG Canada standard assessing eligibility, classification, and total value. You receive a verification letter and trust mark on completion.
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The first step is to book a conversation with us. We’ll walk you through the standard and ask you questions about your community investment program to evaluate with you whether the LBG Canada Standard is a good fit for your organization.