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Paris, France – 18, February 2022 – Webhelp, a leading global provider of customer experience (CX) and business solutions, has been recognized for its pioneering leadership in Impact Sourcing at this year’s Global Impact Sourcing Awards presented by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) in partnership with The Rockefeller Foundation.
The awards celebrate initiatives designed to bring more employees into the workplace from disadvantaged backgrounds. Webhelp received the Impact Sourcing Provider Award for its strategy and approach to scaling its model globally. Since its founding, Webhelp has been strategically deliberate about how impact sourcing models are scaled and embedded into the fabric of its business and culture.
This includes setting a clear impact hiring strategy and measurable objectives across its group. For example, in 2021, 4,400+ new recruits came from impact hiring initiatives. In 2022, Webhelp aims to set impact hiring as a full operating model in every new opening country. In addition, the business is committed to extending this operating model to every existing country by 2023 while making sure that 10 to 15% of new hires are impact sourced by 2025.
Some examples of impact sourcing projects where Webhelp has seen real results include programs to bridge English language barriers, hiring disadvantaged youth, reintegration initiatives to help female prisoners get into work, and building an ecosystem to support migrant and refugee employability. As a purpose-driven business, Webhelp’s investment in each initiative ensures it can deliver on its ESG commitments while also providing access to an untapped talent pool that can support future business success.
Webhelp’s strategy encompasses a holistic model for impact objectives across its employees, clients, and suppliers, and into the ecosystems where they work, recognizing that procurement supply chains can create broader forms of impact in areas where Webhelp chooses to invest in local communities. To enable these efforts, the company also implemented a leading procurement platform, EcoVadis, to help objectively assess areas of impact sourcing with 6,000 suppliers across the group.
Sandrine Asseraf, Group Managing Director, Americas & ESG at Webhelp, said:
“Webhelp believes in impact sourcing as a holistic and systemic approach to business, meaning we collaborate and partner with all our people, our clients, specialist impact partners and suppliers to achieve meaningful results. As a people-first business, we put this approach and commitment at the heart of our business strategy, recognizing its importance in driving real and sustainable change across the regions in which we operate. It is a long and ambitious journey, and we cannot wait to do more.”
