Stakeholder Engagement

Engaging effectively with stakeholders is fundamental to successful business in the 21st century as the issues challenging organizations become increasingly complex and stakeholder pressure increasing broad.

At Stakeholder Research Associates, engaging with stakeholders is core to our service approach. We are focused on helping clients transform their engagement activities from a risk-management approach to a deeply rooted aspect of strategic planning. We bring extensive experience working with clients and their stakeholders to develop the appropriate conditions for value-creating engagement.

Our toolkit includes:

  • Creating high-leverage solutions through outcome-oriented partnerships
  • Gathering broad-based opinion through customized, large-scale stakeholder surveys
  • Initiating issue-specific dialogue with opinion formers
  • Informing organizational strategy using iterative advisory panel input

 

Identifying the Issues that Matter

In today’s resource-constrained business climate, organizations are engaging with their stakeholders, inside and outside the company, to help focus their practices and communications on the issues that matter most. Stakeholder Research Associates helps organizations gather and analyze industry trends and stakeholder opinion to prioritize, validate and act on the issues most critical to success. For more information see our Sustainability Reporting services.

 

  1. Hydraulic Fracturing – Integrating public participation with an in- dependent review of the risks and benefits. David Wheeler, Margo MacGregor, Frank Atherton, Kevin Christmas, Shawn Dalton, Maurice Dusseault, Graham Gagnon, Brad Hayes, Constance MacIntosh, Ian Mauro, Ray Ritcey. Energy Policy, Volume 85, October 2015, Pages 299–308.

  2. A Participatory Approach to Sustainable Energy Strategy Development in a Carbon-intensive Jurisdiction: The Case of Nova Scotia. Michelle Adams, David Wheeler, Genna Woolston. Energy Policy, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages 2550-2559.

SRA partners have provided Stakeholder Engagement support for: