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Social Impact & Purpose
Behaviour change, advocacy and purpose that communities trust.
Ruder Finn Era runs public affairs, behaviour change and purpose programmes across Southeast Asia for governments, multilaterals, NGOs and corporate partners. Embedded in the communities that matter, our teams design advocacy, public education and CSR campaigns that win support in market rather than importing a global template.
What we do
Southeast Asia's people-problem people. Our Social Impact & Purpose practice runs public affairs, behaviour change and purpose programmes for governments, multilaterals, NGOs and corporate partners: advocacy and stakeholder engagement, public education, and CSR and ESG communications.
The work has ranged from winning essential worker status for a country's seafarers to national public health launches, responsible drinking programmes and evidence-based policy dialogues. What it has in common is a community that needed to be understood before it could be moved.
How we do it
We start from the change the client needs to see, then the research and cultural fluency that reveal who influences that change and what they believe today. The message is built with the community, not for it, and delivered through the media, creators, institutions and grassroots channels that carry weight locally.
Being on the ground means we can act as cultural ambassadors for our clients: reading the room early, keeping programmes out of trouble and measuring real outcomes, from policy positions changed to behaviours adopted.
Social Impact and Purpose inThailandVietnamCambodiaLaosMyanmarIndonesiaMalaysiaPhilippinesBrunei
Purpose services
Public Affairs
Advocacy, government relations and stakeholder engagement that move policy and protect licence to operate.
Explore →Behaviour Change and Education
Public education and behaviour change campaigns grounded in how people in each market actually decide.
Explore →Community Relations
Community engagement, local partnerships and social programmes that earn a company its place.
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Purpose work






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