The Social Return on Investment gives you the knowledge and tools necessary to measure and maximise the social value of your activities. So whether you’re a public body getting to grips with the Social Value Act, a charity measuring your impact and improving your services, or a private business looking at your triple bottom line, SROI training will help you.
How is it going to help you?
- Quantify the impact created of your CSR programs; for instance, you will be able to calculate the social value created to your beneficiaries from every OMR 1 you have invested.
- Better assess the effectiveness of current CSR programs and decide on future investments based on monetary indicators.
- Present clearer impact reports to your top management and partners and strengthen your accountability for the budgets your have been granted to use.
- Develop strategic social indicators of change; understand the way you’re are driving change in the local community.
Delivery Methodology
- The training will be 95% practical where the trainer will take us, step-by-step, through the methodology to apply the SROI calculation.
- The training will be a life-application on CSR programs; every attendee will work on measuring the impact of one of the programs that is deployed in his/her company.
- At the end of the training, every participant should be able to calculate the social return on investment and impact created of his/her own CSR program.
Agenda
Social Return on Investment (SROI) |
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Day 1 |
Day 2 |
General Introduction to Social Impact Measurement, SROI, Social Value International |
Wrap-up day 1 |
Development of Financial Proxies – Impact Valuation |
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SROI Methodology and Impact Map |
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Scope and Stakeholder Identification |
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Coffee Break |
Coffee Break |
Stakeholder Materiality, Intended Change and |
Deadweight, Displacement, Attribution and Drop-off |
Inputs – Investments and Costs |
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Lunch Break |
Lunch Break |
Development of Indicators of change, impact quantity and durations |
Impact Calculation |
New Impact Measurement Practices |
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Closing and Wrap-up |
This training will introduce participants to global trends thinking on sustainability reporting, and how companies can create reporting strategies as part of a broader accountability mechanism to drive value creation.
In group discussions and exercises, presenters will walk participants through the development of a comprehensive sustainability reporting strategy, using OCGS Sustainability code and other global types of reporting approach and insights. Along the way, we will look at best-practice case studies from leading companies, introduce our thinking on how the various reporting standards overlap, and discuss how companies can use reporting as a tool to deliver positive sustainability outcomes and impacts.
Participants will leave the training with a stronger understanding of current trends in reporting and how to develop a coherent reporting strategy.
How is it going to help you?
- Understand the business case of sustainability reporting and how to gain buy in from your management.
- Learn about the different reporting frameworks and deep dive into GRI reporting.
- Learn about the significance of benchmarking with your industry peers.
- Understand the GRI Manual and the meaning and significance of different disclosures.
- Understand all the key steps in GRI reporting including: resource management, stakeholders engagement, materiality, data gathering and analysis, GRI check application and report launch.
Delivery Methodology
- The training will be a mix of presentation and practice, with the facilitator engaging attendees through practical examples.
- Questions and discussions will be incorporated throughout the training, to give a chance to attendees to ask all their questions.
- At the end of the training, attendees will be able to decide whether their organization is ready to report in-house or outsource, and understand all the key elements in GRI reporting.
Agenda
DAY 1 | DAY 2 |
Registration and Welcome | Registration and Welcome |
Business Case of Sustainability Reporting | Quick Recap and Questions |
Overview of Sustainability Reporting Frameworks | Editing, Translation & Design |
Introduction to GRI (Understanding the GRI Manual & Disclosures) |
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GRI Approval & Database Registration | |
Coffee Break | Coffee Break |
Management Buy In & Identifying Resources | Report Launch |
Materiality & Stakeholder Engagement | CSR and Sustainability Reporting in Oman / Omani Corp. Governance Code |
Coffee Break | Closing |
Benchmarking Analysis | |
Data Gathering & Analysis | |
Closing and Lunch |