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READ MOREReady to lead with impact? Committed to creating sustainable change for workers, suppliers, consumers and communities?
A future-proof planet needs do-good businesses.
Responsible companies not only operate with respect for climate and nature, but also with respect for people. Too often, the Social dimension of the sustainability transition, or the ‘S’ in ESG, plays a secondary role. But that is now changing.
New legislation, conscious consumer preferences, shifting investor focus and enhanced community empowerment all add up to make positive social impact a priority.
FairChange offers the solutions you need to stay ahead of the curve.
Providing services to local and global businesses, FairChange helps your organisation take the lead in improving the lives and conditions of workers, supply chain partners, consumers, and communities.
Are you a green enterprise wanting to add positive social impact to your portfolio? Or a people-first company looking to scale up its social performance? You’re in the right place. FairChange offers strategy consulting, personal and team coaching, management tools and training to help you succeed.
Key areas of expertise include:
- Human rights due diligence
- Responsible supply chain management
- Social impact management
- Meaningful stakeholder engagement
- Just transition for a green and inclusive economy
- Purpose-driven leadership
Together, we co-create solutions for sustainable social impact.
Find out here what FairChange can do for you!
Delighted you’re here! I’m Katja Marianne Noordam
… the proud founder of FairChange. Dutch-Belgian by origin, I like to call myself a global citizen by choice. Crossing frontiers and building bridges has always inspired me.
A human rights work experience in an impoverished village deep inside the Colombian jungle sparked the idea for my enterprise. The harm done to people and nature by a neighboring palm oil company, fuelled by consumer appetite for ‘green’ commodities in Western countries like mine, was shocking. I was moved by the villagers’ stories of loss and resilience. At that moment, I knew what my mission should be.
To achieve a just and sustainable global economy, we have to change business. And we can! When companies leave behind irresponsible, profit-only practices, they can change people’s lives. Making that happen became my professional purpose going forward. (Curious to read the whole FairChange origin story? Find it here)
My mission at FairChange is to make business work for people, creating sustainable social impact in the workplace and the operating environment.
A fascinating journey followed, spanning over 15 years. I’ve worked with a wide variety of companies around the world, often in complex operating environments, and with multistakeholder alliances to promote do-good business across sectors. Visit the Resources section for some results of that work, which may be helpful for your company, too.
Here you can find some nice things organizations I’ve teamed up with have said about me.
I’m a strong believer in collaborative action. By putting SDG 17 – partnerships for sustainable development – into practice, we can drive prosperity and justice for all.
Sounds good? Have a look at FairChange services below, or contact me right away and find out how we can work together!
FairChange working languages are English, Spanish and Dutch.
Office hours can be adapted to different time zones, and services are delivered in-person or online, as you prefer!
Make the positive impact that resonates with your company’s higher purpose! FairChange offers consulting, coaching, training and courses to springboard your social sustainability success.
Training
Learn the skills to combine profits with purpose
Are you looking to gain the skills and competencies to do business with a higher purpose and grow your company’s positive social impact? Or seeking in-depth knowledge in specific areas tailored to your operating context?
At FairChange, I offer in-person training and online learning for individuals and teams. Learn with ease about key social sustainability topics and quickly implement training results in your daily operations.
Consulting
Enhance your company’s social sustainability performance
FairChange consulting services help your business succeed in key social impact areas. Ranging from solid human rights due diligence to effective stakeholder dialogue and from evidence-based impact management to maximizing the people benefits of your green transition plans – I’ve got you covered.
Expect expertise beyond theory and legal compliance. FairChange consulting builds on my 20+ years of on-the-ground experience in complex environments, which I gladly put to work for you.
Coaching
Personalized guidance to grow as an impact leader
Designed for purpose-driven change agents like you! Whether you’re in a formally assigned leadership position or you’re a leading force without holding the job title, my personalized coaching helps you enhance your influence and impact.
Develop your authentic leadership style and enhance the positive value you create for your organization and your people, within and outside the workplace.
Stay up-to-date on doing business with positive social impact
Love to get inspired to put your social purpose into practice? Eager for tips to accelerate change? Read my latest blog posts below!
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Company-community relations: The importance of solving the right problem
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We need to start to talk about money in ways that dethrone it and make it subject to human ethics and standards of love and decency.
― Joel Solomon, founding partner at mission venture capital firm Renewal Funds. Author of The Clean Money Revolution