We understand that each organization has different motivations for undertaking corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives. We are here to ensure that you receive the advice and support that is best suited to your needs. Our CSR services are completely customized to your requirements.
The Samhita team has extensive experience in structuring 360° win-win engagement models for measurable successes. Our client engagements focus on ensuring that corporate and social objectives are creatively interwoven to create a lasting impact. We can help you conceptualize, implement and measure effective social marketing and cause marketing campaigns, employee and customer engagement initiatives as well as purely philanthropic projects.
Our services span the life-cycle of CSR projects and include:
Advisory services
- Conceptualizing CSR strategy and defining CSR philosophy and objectives
- Recommending causes or social initiatives that complement your corporate mandate
- Conducting a stakeholder needs assessment and recommending initiatives that leverage your expertise and meet your stakeholder’s expectations
- Drafting a blueprint for executing your CSR strategy
- Evaluating internal process and making recommendations to align them with your CSR objectives
Planning services
- Conceptualizing your CSR projects
- Preparing an implementation roadmap and budgets
- Selecting NGO or implementation partners
- Defining processes and reporting framework to measure outcomes
Implementation services
- Training the NGO staff to execute your CSR mandate
- Bridging the resourcing and expertise gaps
- Coordinating the entire CSR project by engaging with all stakeholders
- Monitoring and evaluation support
Setting up your corporate foundation
- Define vision, mission and funding strategy of the foundation
- Recommending causes or social initiatives that complement your corporate mandate
- Conducting a stakeholder needs assessment and recommending initiatives that leverage your expertise and meet your stakeholder’s expectations
- Drafting a blueprint for executing your CSR strategy
- Evaluating internal process and making recommendations to align them with your CSR objectives
Managing corporate philanthropy / social initiatives
- Choose social initiatives that will :
- Enhance your reputation and build goodwill
- Appeal to your employees
- Create a powerful social impact
- Select credible and strong NGO partners, and/or, if required service providers
- Coordinate the implementation of programs through NGO partners / service providers
- Facilitate cash and in-kind donations, leverage your technical expertise, facilities and distribution channels to support the selected causes
- Track, measure and report outcomes and impact
Cause related marketing
- Identify a cause that is a natural extension of your business and the chosen product / service
- Select appropriate NGOs as partners
- Conceptualize a campaign that is simple, impactful and successfully engages your customers
- Implement and publicize the campaign in collaboration with NGO partners
- Provide receipts, reports and feedback to all those engaged in the campaign
Corporate social marketing
- Identify a cause that leverages your company’s core business, employee interests and marketing strategy
- Select credible, knowledgeable NGOs as partners
- Develop, implement and publicize the campaign in collaboration with the NGO partners
- Track, measure and report the outcomes of the campaign
Employee volunteering
- Define the employee engagement strategy
- Perform needs assessment that takes into account management priorities, employee competencies and interests, budget, etc.
- Select NGOs and/or projects
- Structure and facilitate volunteering activities
- Conduct NGO and employee satisfaction surveys to measure efficacy of engagement
Payroll giving
- Conduct employee survey to understand giving preferences
- Coordinate pooling of funds with the HR/ Accounts department
- Provide 80 G receipts and annual reports on usage of funds