The phrase "collateral benefits" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It refers to additional, indirect, or secondary benefits gained from a particular action, decision, or situation. Example: The new recycling program not only benefits the environment, but also has several collateral benefits, such as creating new job opportunities and reducing waste management costs.
Employers, too, may find collateral benefits to furloughs.
The Sachs commission argues that there would be large collateral benefits from improved health care in the world's poorest nations.
He sees colonialism as a complicated thing with good and bad effects rather than a terrible thing with collateral benefits.
"Junior events don't make much money for the charities, but they do have collateral benefits," said Jacqueline Weld, social columnist for Avenue magazine.
The EP&L can already serve as an important tool to help this shift in commerce, from generating profits with collateral damages to profits with collateral benefits.
But there were collateral benefits; namely, making the campaign more of a person-to-person enterprise, by keeping it tied to the Internet grass roots.
AVERTING DANGER -- Though the focus at times of crisis tends to be on the havoc and fear, there can also be "collateral benefits," to rephrase a military term.
We focus on the direct and collateral 'benefits' (all cash, health services and other items) offered to study participants and to community members over the course of the conduct of studies, as opposed to post study benefits, or aspirational benefits.
Below we draw on the literature to categorise the benefits provided into direct benefits, indirect/collateral benefits and aspirational benefits.
In addition, in terms of added value, other 'collateral' benefits of this model are also becoming evident.
The Fair Benefits framework, developed by researchers working in research institutions in developing countries in 2001, recommends a broad view of what should count as benefits, to include (direct and indirect/collateral) benefits to participants and populations during and after research [ 5].
