Give your CSR initiatives

a strategic curve
Year of establishment : 1999
Core functions :
• Help businesses turn Values into Action
• Build / Enhance internal Capacity – at implementer level
• Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility-CSR
• Measure, map and communicate Impacts, in compliance with
national and global frameworks and standards
Credentials:
• Organization Stakeholder to GRI since 2007
• Training Partners in India, Certified by GRI 2009-2017
• Team trained and coached by GRI, (HQ)
• Content quality, knowledge &deliverance approved by GRI,
HQ
• Recognized by GRI as “Leaders in provide Training Courses”
• ISO Lead Auditor, Certified by IRCA
 Clientele segments

Govt.

Mgmt.
SMEs Asson.

Academic
Insight NGOs
Institutions Associates

PSUs MNCs

Native
Corporations
 Our Approach

We walk with you…

Orientation
on strategy Training
and M&E
Advising – actual
participation in
implementation
Your
Independent journey
 Advisory and Hand-
holding
Policy to Payoffs:
• Designing/refining SD policy

• Strategy formulation - Implementing and integrating CSR

performance and create a road map for sustainability

• Training and enhancing internal capacity

• Stakeholder engagement

• Impact Measurement

• Documenting and reporting , using national & global

frameworks, standards and guidelines such as… NVG-SEE,
SEBI-BRR, CPSE (for PSUs), GRI G4

• Beyond CSR and beyond Reporting

 Few of the clients –
Trained and served…

Corporate Social Responsibility

An overview
 Corporate Social Responsibility
-CSR

CSR is the continuing

commitment by business
to behave ethically and
contribute to economic
development while
improving the quality of
life of the work force and
their families as well as a
local community and
society at large".
Source:
http://www.ekobai.com/analysis/details/21
 Understanding CSR

• Responsibilities organization

What is owns towards society

• Addressing Stakeholders’
CSR? expectations

• Positive Marketing Strategy

What is • Activities that business profit

directly.
NOT CSR? • An initiative for good publicity
(e.g.HLL hand wash campaign)
 CSR – Then and Now
Then
• Adoption of Gandhi Theory of
Trusteeship of wealth
• Spirit of Giving - progressed
from Charity to Philanthropy
• From Institution Building to
Community Development
• Regulatory Compliance
Now
• Careful intervention for
marginalized communities –
build positive social change
• Strategic investment in CSR -
build corporate reputation
• CSR is now STRATEGIC – moved
from Philanthropy to Regulatory
Compliance to Strategic
Investments
• CSR is serious business – large
sums of money, compliance &
reputation
 Policy Environment
in India
NVG-SEE SEBI-BRR DPE Guidelines GRI Framework
Issued by Issued by Securities and Issued by Developed by Global
Ministry Exchange Board of India Dept. of Public Reporting Initiative
of In conformation with enterprises Based on UNGC 10
Corporate NVG principles Applicable to all principles
Affairs Five sections with Central 1. 58 general standard
9 core specific disclosure items. Government and specific
business A. Organizational owned disclosures and 91
principles profile. companies. indicators
with B. Financial details – Stipulate 2. Focus on materiality
48 core CSR spending, mandatory “what matters and
elements activities regulations on where it matters”
undertaken etc. the quantum and 3. DMA – General and
C. Report Boundary manner in which Aspect specific
and linkages with they should 4. “in Accordance”
BR invest and report criteria
D. Details of BR CSR parameters. 5. Boundary based on
processes - report where materiality
or explain if not 6. Harmonization with
reporting. other guidelines and
E. Principle wise standards.
performance
metrics
Mandatory for listed
Voluntary Mandatory Voluntary
organizations
 Nuts & Bolts of CSR


CSR
Strategy
Strategic
CSR
C1
series of activities
An activity that is
with the long-term
planned, pre-
success of the
conceived and
business and its
deliberate, which is
strategic positioning
carried out to with regard to a
achieve a particular range of business
outcome e.g. legal environmental
compliance, if any, variables, with
tax relief or… cause intended and
that supports the measurable
community outcomes.
How Insight Associates partners
with you?

Our Solutions
 Our methodology

• In-Company
• Policy designing programs
• Strategy • Case examples
• Goal Setting • Interactive
sessions
• Group exercises
Sessions for Employee
Senior level
Executives customize
d sessions

• Adapting and
Hand-
Implementing Open • Orientation
reporting processes holding
Sessions courses
• Upgrading reporting support
• In-depth
process training
• Effective stakeholder • SME & Supply
engagement Chain specific
• Writing reports courses
 Give a strategic curve
to CSR projects

Developing a CSR Operationalizing

strategy and policy institutional mechanism

Due diligence of Project development

implementation partner
Finalizing the
Project Approval arrangements with the
implementing agency

Project Implementation
Progress monitoring and
reporting

Impact Report consolidation

Measurement and communication
 Project implementation
process
• Due dilignece

Prepare • Base line performance

• Stratigize project; policy, structure, timeline

• Engage with Stakeholders

Connect
• Select implementing agency

• Issues - identify, prioritize, validate

Define
• Review

• Measure impacts
Monitor
• Keep records

• Gather data
communicate • Map impacts with standard / guidelines
• Disclose impacts
 Value creation through
CSR

Define Governance Structure

Setting Direction/ goals Identify Material Topics
Establish vision, goals, strategies
and best practices

Gather internal and External

Engaging with Stakeholder insight
Stakeholders Educate team and suppliers
Inspire and motivate employees
Value Creation
Disclose sustainability performance
Telling Story Use creative and multi-channel
communication methods

Discover trends & best practices

Understanding Learn Reporting Frameworks &
Landscape requirements
Position amongst the best
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