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 [...]
CSI Consulting Case Study – Development agency: We analysed the existing portfolio of programmes and strategies to determine outcome objectives. We developed measurement indicators in association with internal and external stakeholders. We conducted a national evaluation of all programmes and service providers and delivered the impact assessment report to the client.
CSI Consulting Case Study – Financial Services Company : We started the process by meeting with the CSI team, obtaining existing policies, strategies, grantmaking guidelines, focus areas, evaluation reports. This was followed by internal and external stakeholder engagement to determine outcome, impact, priorities and expectations.
CSI Consulting Case Study – Retail Company: We conducted global literary research to benchmark evaluation practices. We evaluated the clients existing strategy, focus areas, service providers, policies and grantmaking practices. We evaluated the individual programmes and conducted external service provider research to obtain input and feedback.
