CSRBOX has been hosting the annual India CSR Summit for the past 7 years. The Summit has been the largest CSR and social impact event in the South Asia region with participation of 1800 organisations and 2400+ delegates every year.
At the 8th India CSR Summit 2021 (7th-9th Dec 2021), we hosted panel discussion on 'Measuring Impacts to Benchmarking of CSR Projects: Going Beyond Compliance', with following speakers:
Moderator: Dr K.K. Upadhyay, Professor & Chairperson, Centre for Sustainability & CSR (BIMTECH)
Ms. Urvashi Prasad, Director, Development Monitoring & Evaluation Office (DMEO), NITI Aayog
Mr. Ashwini Saxena, CEO, JSW Foundation
Mr. Rochak Bhardwaj, Head-Corporate Communications & CSR, Shyam Metalics Ltd.
Ms. Monica Jain, Head CSR, BALCO
During this insightful discussion, the speakers shared their learnings, thoughts and experiences around the following points:
How to identify the adequate social and sustainability issues to tackle in CSR project design?
How to track and measure impacts of CSR projects? What are the key metrics and tools available for standardising the impact measurement approach and developing a common framework for future interventions?
How do we build capacities of implementation partners to think, design and implement projects with impact measurement at the centre of project design?
With the mandatory CSR impact assessment of projects, how do companies look at the 'theory of change' with a more granular approach?
Should companies and implementation partners look at benchmarking of projects with sectoral peers?
