The Social Entrepreneurship Performance Ladder certification
The Social Entrepreneurship Performance Ladder certification, abbreviated to PSO, is a tool for highlighting social engagement within an organisation. The aim of the PSO is to provide greater insight into the extent to which a company contributes to creating employment opportunities for people in a vulnerable position within the labour market.
The aim is to clearly and unambiguously recognise and acknowledge the achievements of these socially responsible enterprises. This ensures that these efforts are visible to the outside world, which has a positive effect on the creation of more sustainable jobs for this target group (people in a vulnerable position in the labour market).
Levels of the PSO
The Social Entrepreneurship Performance Ladder Certification comprises a number of levels:
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aspirant status;
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level 1;
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level 2;
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level 3.
When an organisation intends to become more socially responsible in its business practices, it can achieve aspirant status; from that point onwards, the organisation can demonstrably begin to practise social entrepreneurship in practice.
The levels of the Social Entrepreneurship Performance Ladder Certification were deliberately chosen, as this relates to an organisation’s ability to progress up the ladder. The aim is to enable us to offer more employment opportunities in a sustainable manner to, for example, vulnerable groups within our society.
