Globally, the Corporate Social Investment (CSI) industry is at a tipping point. In the dynamic and ever-evolving world that is CSI, determining the impact of CSI programmes is becoming increasingly important. The industry is reaching a new level of maturity – a level where the CSI department needs to take accountability for the successes and [...]
Case Study: Towards greater impact – measuring CSI: A leading retailer in Southern Africa forms part of ground-breaking exercise to develop an Impact Logic Model to measure and evaluate the impact of its Corporate Social Investment (CSI) Programmes. A leading clothing, footwear and textiles (CFT) retailing group in Southern Africa, recently formed part of a [...]
The Task: This case study combines some of the other work that we have done for other clients. The Clients: A national FMCG market leader, a fruit export company, a financial services company, a property finance company, a transport company, and an NGO. The Situations: Towards the end of 2005 we were approached by a [...]
The Task: Developing a business growth and marketing strategy for a national franchise group. The Client: A national franchise, regarded as an industry leader in South Africa, with more than 35 franchise stores and more than 50 franchisees with a combined annual turnover of more than R350 million. The Situation: The franchisors started the franchise [...]
The Task: Developing a CSI strategy for a major multinational retailer. The Client: A multinational organisation with global operations and multiple brands. Over 60 000 staff members, operating in more than 750 stores in 17 countries, regarded as the largest fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) provider on the African continent, providing food and household items to [...]
The Task: Reposition a manufacturer as a retailer through a business growth and marketing strategy. The Client: A manufacturer and supplier to all major retailers in South Africa and Africa. The organisation is regarded as a market leader and holds 60% of the market share. The Situation: During 2005, manufacturers were facing a number of [...]
The Task: Development of a corporate communications, branding and marketing strategy. The Client: Multinational company, JSE-listed, global operations. The Situation: Major restructure, new brand image, new management. The corporate communications division were unsure of their positioning and the value their services added to the organisation. They had to prove their value to management, to each [...]
The Client: An international development agency that is funding development in South Africa through an extensive community network The Situation: The client is embarking on a national development program and is funding the project for a period of 5 years. The program requires specific skills in business management, program and project management, but particularly human [...]
The Client: A national company involved in tourism, gaming and leisure The Situation: The client wanted to develop a CSI (Corporate Social Development) strategy, but also wanted the team to help develop the strategy as supposed to outsource strategy development. The Challenge: Although the CSI management team understood the importance of CSI, the rest of [...]
The Clients: This is a combined case study of a number of clients in the SME (Small, Medium, Enterprises) Sector as well as family owned businesses. This case study is representative of a number of industries, particularly manufacturing, retailing, technology, media, marketing and communications as well as family owned businesses and non profit organizations (NGO’s). [...]
