The usage of ―multi-stakeholder clusters can help to increase the performance of CSR projects. An important precondition for the contribution of other stakeholders however is to enable those stakeholders to reach their complementary goals in the CSR measures. Our survey confirmed, that the impact of CSR value contributors on financial performance depends on their proximity to the companies’ value chain. All company representatives expected a significant increase in the qualification level of future graduates and hereby a reduction of onboarding and training costs.