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AA1000 Accredited
India's Most Trusted
CSR Impact Assessment
Agency
Independent, third-party impact assessment of CSR projects — delivered with rigour, domain depth and the credibility that comes from 15+ years, 22+ Indian states and 30+ thematic areas of unbroken field experience. From baseline assessment to end-line evaluation and SROI, Consultivo brings the whole picture into focus.
Why clients choose Consultivo
AA1000 Accredited Assurance
Our ESG assurance expertise under AA1000 extends to third-party CSR impact assessment — a rare combination that gives your findings investor-grade credibility.
Unique differentiator
Pan-India Field Capability
Experienced in 22+ states, diverse languages, cultures and community contexts — rural, tribal, urban and peri-urban. We go where the project is.
22+ states
SROI — Both Methods
Project SROI and Composite SROI using the most authentic methodologies — translating community impact into financial value for ESG disclosure.
SROI certified
ESGSlate AI Platform
Our proprietary AI-enabled platform handles data collection, sanitation, analytics and visual reporting — faster, more accurate, audit-ready.
Proprietary tech
15+
Years of CSR impact assessment
22+
Indian states covered
30+
Thematic areas assessed
1000+
Research & survey assignments
19
Countries served globally
IFC
World Bank Group approved
Understanding CSR Impact Assessment
What is impact assessment in CSR — and why does it matter?
CSR impact assessment is an independent, evidence-based evaluation of the changes — intended or unintended — that a CSR project has produced in the lives of its target communities. It goes beyond activity reporting (“we conducted 200 training sessions”) to answer the question that matters: what actually changed, and by how much?
A rigorous impact assessment compares the end-state of beneficiaries against a baseline assessment established before the project began, using social surveys and field data to quantify social, economic and community-level outcomes. It is the foundation of credible CSR reporting, BRSR disclosure and SROI calculation.
Increasingly, the impact of CSR is being scrutinised by investors, regulators, rating agencies and communities themselves. A well-conducted impact assessment by an independent CSR agency is no longer a compliance box — it is a strategic asset.
When is a CSR impact assessment applicable?
- At the close of a CSR project or programme cycle (end-line evaluation)
- Mid-way through a multi-year project (concurrent evaluation)
- Before a new project begins — to establish the baseline and need (need assessment)
- For BRSR disclosure — where impact evidence is increasingly expected
- For investor or board reporting on CSR strategy effectiveness
- When calculating SROI (Social Return on Investment) for CSR programmes
- For third-party verification of CSR claims under AA1000 or GRI standards
- When required by an implementing partner (IP), trust or foundation
The CSR Project Research Lifecycle
Where impact assessment sits within your CSR project journey
Pre-project
Need Assessment
Pre-project
Baseline Assessment
During project
Concurrent Monitoring & Mid-term Review
Post-project
End-line Impact Assessment
Reporting
SROI & ESG-aligned Impact Report
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Why Consultivo
Six reasons why India's most discerning organisations choose us
These are not marketing claims. They are the specific, verifiable capabilities that set Consultivo apart from every other CSR agency in this space.
01
AA1000 Accredited Assurance — Extended to CSR Impact
Consultivo holds AA1000 accreditation for ESG assurance and sustainability reporting. We extend this same rigour and accreditation framework to third-party independent impact assessment of CSR projects — giving your findings the credibility that investors, boards and regulators expect. No other boutique agency combines this with field-level CSR research capability.
AA1000 accredited · Third-party independent
02
Unmatched Geographic, Cultural & Language Experience
We have conducted socioeconomic surveys and impact assessments across 22+ Indian states — covering tribal, rural, peri-urban and urban contexts in multiple regional languages. This means our field teams understand community dynamics, not just data collection protocols. The result is richer, more reliable findings.
22+ states · Multiple languages · Pan-India
03
Data Visualisation, ESG Alignment & SDG Mapping
Our ESG research and analytics capability means impact findings are not just reported — they are visualised, contextualised against GRI, BRSR and SDG frameworks, and presented in formats that serve CSR reports, board briefings, investor packs and public disclosure equally well.
GRI · BRSR · SDG · AA1000 aligned
04
ESGSlate — Proprietary AI Platform for Data & Analytics
Our in-house ESGSlate platform handles data sanitation, validation, statistical analysis and interpretation. This means your impact data is cleaned and checked in real time — not weeks later — and findings are powered by analytics, not spreadsheet intuition. This is our ESG analytics engine applied directly to CSR impact measurement.
Proprietary AI platform · Real-time QC
05
Authentic SROI — Both Project & Composite Methods
We conduct both Project SROI (for individual CSR interventions) and Composite SROI (for multi-project portfolios across a company’s entire CSR programme) using the most credible, internationally validated methodologies. Our SROI analyses are evidence-based, conservative in their value claims, and fully documented for external scrutiny.
Project SROI · Composite SROI · SROI Network aligned
06
Pan-India Time-bound Survey Capability at Scale
Rigorous social surveys and field data collection across large samples in dispersed geographies — delivered on time. Our project management systems, trained field teams, CAPI-based digital tools and real-time ESGSlate monitoring allow us to handle high-volume surveys without sacrificing data quality.
Large samples · CAPI tools · On-time delivery
"Trusted by some of India's most respected corporates, trusts, foundations and NGO implementing partners across 30+ CSR thematic areas."
Consultivo Research Centre · 15+ years · India & Global
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Our Services
Seven CSR impact assessment services — built around your project cycle
Every engagement is designed around your specific project, community and reporting requirements — not adapted from a generic template. Our social survey methodology and research procedure underpin all services.
01
Need Assessment
Identify community needs, gaps and development priorities before your CSR project is designed. A structured need assessment ensures your investment addresses the most critical issues.
- For companies in project design phase. Prevents misalignment between CSR investment and community reality.
02
Baseline Assessment
Establish the pre-intervention benchmark across social, economic and community indicators. The baseline assessment is the indispensable reference point for every impact measurement that follows.
- Mandatory before any project whose impact will be measured. Required by most DFIs and recommended for all MCA-regulated CSR projects.
03
Concurrent Monitoring & Mid-term Review
Track implementation progress midway through a project. Identify what is working, what is not, and what needs to change — before it is too late to act on the findings.
- For multi-year CSR projects and programmes where course correction is possible and donor/board reporting is ongoing.
04
Concurrent Monitoring & Mid-term Review
Track implementation progress midway through a project. Identify what is working, what is not, and what needs to change — before it is too late to act on the findings.
- Mandated under MCA CSR Rules for eligible projects. Essential for BRSR disclosure, CSR reporting and strategic review.
05
Social Return on Investment (SROI)
Translate the social and community value created by your CSR programme into a financial return ratio. Both Project SROI (single programme) and Composite SROI (full portfolio) conducted using internationally validated methods.
- For companies seeking to quantify and communicate the financial value of their social investment for ESG disclosures and stakeholder reporting.
06
Multi-project Portfolio Assessment
A consolidated impact assessment across an organisation’s entire CSR portfolio — spanning multiple projects, geographies and thematic areas — with a single, integrated impact report and Composite SROI.
- For large CSR spenders managing 5+ projects simultaneously. Provides a portfolio-level view that individual project reports cannot.
07
Third-party Verification & Assurance
Independent third-party verification of CSR impact claims — under AA1000 assurance standards — for companies requiring externally verified impact data for sustainability reports and investor-grade ESG disclosures.
- For listed companies, BRSR disclosers and organisations preparing GRI-certified sustainability reports.
Translating community impact into financial value
SROI is the gold standard for demonstrating the financial value of social investment. Consultivo conducts both recognised SROI methods — each producing a ratio that tells investors, boards and communities: for every rupee spent, here is what was created.
Project SROI
Calculates the Social Return on Investment for a single CSR project or programme — from need and baseline through to end-line outcomes. Produces a project-level SROI ratio with full narrative and evidence trail.
- Define scope and identify stakeholders
- Map and value inputs (financial + in-kind)
- Identify outputs, outcomes and indicators
- Establish evidence — baseline vs end-line data
- Apply deadweight, attribution, drop-off adjustments
- Calculate SROI ratio with sensitivity analysis
- Produce verified SROI report
Composite SROI
Aggregates SROI analysis across an organisation’s entire CSR portfolio — multiple projects, geographies and thematic areas — into a single, organisation-level social value ratio. Ideal for annual sustainability reporting.
- Portfolio mapping — all projects, budgets, beneficiaries
- Standardise indicator framework across projects
- Aggregate primary data from all project-level assessments
- Apply weighting for project scale and maturity
- Compute composite financial proxy values
- Calculate portfolio-level SROI ratio
- Produce portfolio SROI report with SDG mapping
₹4.2
₹6.8
SROI
Geographic Reach
22+ states. Every region. Every community type.
Consultivo’s survey agencies in India field capability spans the entire country — from tribal belt communities in Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh to coastal fishing villages in Gujarat and Odisha, from plantation estates in Assam and Tamil Nadu to urban resettlement colonies in Maharashtra.
22+
15+
5
Jharkhand
Chhattisgarh
Odisha
West Bengal
Maharashtra
Gujarat
Rajasthan
Madhya Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Bihar
Assam
Tamil Nadu
Karnataka
Andhra Pradesh
Telangana
Kerala
Punjab
Haryana
Uttarakhand
Himachal Pradesh
Thematic Coverage
30+ thematic areas — CSR impact assessed across all of them
Our teams have deep thematic knowledge — not just survey skills. We understand the sector context, indicator frameworks and community dynamics for every thematic area we assess.
🎓 Education & Literacy
🏥 Health & Nutrition
💧 Water & Sanitation
👩 Women Empowerment
🌾 Livelihoods & Agriculture
🏘️ Rural Development
⚡ Energy & Environment
👶 Child Development
♿ Disability Inclusion
🌿Environmental Sustainability
🏕️ Tribal & Indigenous
🏙️ Urban Development
🤲 Community Development
⚖️ Human Rights
🎭 Arts & Culture
🐄 Animal Husbandry
🌊 Disaster Relief
🏋️ Sports & Youth
💼 Skill Development
👴 Elderly Care
🌱 Afforestation
🔬 Science & Technology
🏡 Heritage Conservation
+ more
Proprietary Technology
ESGSlate — the AI platform behind every assessment
ESGSlate is Consultivo’s proprietary AI-enabled platform — purpose-built for data sanitation, analytics and interpretation in social and ESG research. It is what separates a Consultivo impact assessment from a spreadsheet-based study.
Real-time data sanitation & validation
Advanced statistical analysis engine
SROI financial proxy modelling
Dynamic visualisation & reporting
Audit-ready data trail
ESGSlate · CSR Impact Dashboard · Sample
₹5.3
2,840
94%
Frameworks & Standards
Our impact assessments are grounded in global standards
Consultivo’s CSR impact assessment methodology is aligned to the frameworks that matter most to development financiers, regulators, investors and international organisations. This ensures your findings are credible, comparable and accepted globally.
OECD / DAC
OECD DAC Evaluation Criteria
The five internationally recognised evaluation criteria — Relevance, Effectiveness, Efficiency, Impact and Sustainability — form the core analytical framework for our end-line assessments and SROI studies.
- Core framework for all impact evaluations
UN / UNDP
UN SDG 5 — Gender Equality & Women's Empowerment
UN Evaluation Group standards for evaluation independence, credibility and utility — directly shaping our evaluation design, data quality standards and reporting approach for development-linked CSR programmes.
- Governs evaluation independence and quality
AA1000 Assurance Standard
AccountAbility’s assurance standard covering materiality, completeness and responsiveness in sustainability reporting. Consultivo’s AA1000 accreditation extends our assurance rigour directly to third-party CSR impact assessments.
- Underpins our third-party verification work
AA1000
SROI Network Guide to Social Return on Investment
The internationally recognised framework for calculating Social Return on Investment — covering stakeholder engagement, impact mapping, financial proxies, deadweight, attribution and verification. Our SROI methodology follows this guide precisely.
- Governs both Project and Composite SROI
SROI Network
GRI
GRI 400 Social Standards & GRI 413 (Communities)
Global Reporting Initiative social standards — especially GRI 413 on Local Communities — informing our indicator framework for community impact assessment and ensuring findings are directly usable in GRI-based sustainability reports.
- Aligns impact data with ESG reporting needs
SEBI / MCA
BRSR & MCA CSR Rules (Companies Act 2013)
India’s Companies Act CSR rules (Schedule VII and Rule 8) mandate periodic impact assessment by independent agencies for qualifying projects. BRSR requires impact disclosure. Our assessments are designed to meet both requirements simultaneously.
- Mandatory compliance framework for Indian corporates
UN Sustainable Development Goals Framework
We map all CSR impact findings against the relevant SDGs — providing an internationally recognised language for communicating the social value created, directly linking your CSR investment to the global development agenda.
- All impact reports include SDG mapping
UN SDGs
ILO Decent Work Indicators & Labour Standards
International Labour Organisation frameworks for measuring employment, income, labour conditions and workforce wellbeing — essential for CSR projects focused on livelihood, skill development and workplace safety.
- Applied to livelihood and labour-related CSR assessments
ILO
All Consultivo impact assessment methodologies are our proprietary intellectual property — refined over 15+ years and calibrated against every standard listed above. Standard alignment is designed in from the start, not applied retrospectively. Ask us how our methodology applies to your specific CSR project →
Trusted by India's most respected CSR organisations
Our CSR impact assessment services support every organisation in the CSR ecosystem — from corporates to foundations, from NGOs to regulators.
Large Corporates & PSUs
Listed companies, PSUs and private sector organisations managing multi-crore CSR budgets across multiple projects and states — needing MCA-compliant, BRSR-ready independent assessments.
MCA compliance
BRSR reporting
Board reporting
Corporate Foundations & Trusts
Dedicated CSR foundations, family trusts and charitable foundations implementing community programmes across India — needing credible, independently verified impact evidence.
Impact verification
SROI
Portfolio assessment
NGOs & Implementing Partners
NGOs and civil society organisations implementing CSR-funded programmes who need independent third-party assessment of project impact for donor reporting and continued funding.
Donor reporting
End-line evaluation
Impact evidence
Investors & Financial Institutions
Responsible investors, private equity funds and development finance institutions conducting ESG due diligence and impact verification on portfolio company CSR programmes.
ESG due diligence
Impact verification
AA1000 assurance
International Development Organisations
Bilateral donors, international NGOs and UN agencies funding community development programmes in India — requiring IFC-aligned, internationally standard impact evaluations.
IFC aligned
UNDP standard
OECD DAC criteria
Mining, Energy & Infrastructure Companies
Companies with significant community footprints in resource-rich regions needing ongoing social performance monitoring, impact assessment and SROI for community investment programmes.
Community impact
Social performance
SROI
Sector experience
🏭 Manufacturing
⛏️ Mining & Metals
⚡ Power & Energy
🏗️ Infrastructure
🌾 Agri & FMCG
🏥 Pharma & Healthcare
🏦 Banking & Finance
🍵 Tea & Plantations
💻 IT & Technology
🧪 Chemicals
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Questions? We have answers.
what is impact assessment in CSR?
CSR Impact Assessment is a particular type of Social Impact Assessment. It is a systematic evaluation process based on statistical data sampling and on-field impact evaluation. It measures the effectiveness of CSR projects and evaluates to what extent objectives are met.
By conducting impact assessments, companies can identify the areas where they are making a positive impact and where they need to improve their CSR initiatives. This enables them to better align their CSR projects with their business goals and improve their overall performance.
CSR Impact Assessment can be measured on multiple dimensions arising due to the implementation of CSR projects. These dimensions can include social, economic and environmental issues like livelihood, health, education, culture, heritage, lifestyle, quality of life, community impacts, and many others.
For certain projects, impacts on people can be by far the most important consideration.
In our social impact consulting process, we use a structured CSR Impact Assessment Framework – Theory of Change and Logframe approach to evaluate the impacts on individuals and communities, and to mitigate the adverse effects and enhance the positive effects.
The social impact of any development project or responsible investment changes with the life cycle of the project i.e during pre-comissioning, commissioning, operation and closure.
Social Impact Consulting
Consultivo being a Social Impact Consulting Firm and CSR Impact Assessment Agency in India, provides complete range of customised services in the field of CSR Impact Assessment, Social Impact Assessment & Study and SROI Consulting.
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What are the benefits of Evaluating CSR Impact?
Evaluating the impact of CSR projects is important because it helps organisations not only meet regulatory requirements, but also understand how well their programs are working.
CSR Impact Assessment helps in:
- Mapping of the stakeholders, their issues & concerns and the priorities
- Defining the complete (potential) impact intensity. Thus, building more confidence among the investor & the project proponent
- Taking corrective action & mitigating the negative social impacts, minimising the risks
- Managing the stakeholders & drawing engagement plans based on the same
- Ensuring successful implementation of the project by gaining the trust & confidence of the community & stakeholders
- In India, it helps meeting MCA (Ministry of Corporate Affairs) regulatory compliance for certain projects.
CSR Impact Consulting
Consultivo is a leading CSR impact assessment agency and consultancy firm in India providing end-to-end solutions for CSR Impact Assessment.
What are the steps for conducting a Social Impact Assessment?
Social Impact Consulting Process
Generally, the steps for conducting Social Impact Assessment are:
Planning Stage
- Identification of stakeholders’ groups and communities impacted by the project
- Collection of baseline data covering key social issues of the impacted communities such as community history, indigenous communities, culture and key events that have shaped economic and social development, key industries presently and in the past (if relevant); pressures or vulnerabilities experienced by these industry sectors
- Consideration of government legislation and policies that complement the mitigation measures for social impacts that are directly related to the project.
Execution Stage
- Gather information, including a description of how the communities of interest were engaged
- Identify potential direct social impacts and prediction of the significance of any impacts and duration and extent of each impact.
- List proposed mitigation measures
- Describe the monitoring framework that informs stakeholders on the progress of implementing mitigation measures and overall project implementations.
Consultivo being a leading CSR impact assessment agency, customises the impact measurement framework to the customers’ need and purpose.
The methods and steps also vary based on the requirements.
What is impact assessment of CSR projects applicability?
The applicability of impact assessment of CSR projects is crucial as it helps organisations to ensure that their CSR efforts are effective and making a positive impact. It enables companies to identify areas where they are making a positive impact and areas where they need to improve their CSR initiatives.
CSR Impact Assessment is a third-party independent service for defining the realised or potential impacts of any project or initiative. It is expected to be unbiased and in line with national & international codes, standards and guidelines. Generally, the scope of a third party Social Impact Consulting in India is applicable for
- Impact Assessment CSR Projects and initiatives
- Impact investment projects
- Development projects
We are one of the foremost CSR and Social Impact Consulting Firms in India.
Consultivo, being an independent third party CSR Impact Measurement Consultant firm, provides sector specific solutions to measure and monitor tangible impacts.
What is Social Return on Investment - SROI?
Social Return on Investment or SROI is a method of accounting for value creation, primarily social or sustainable development value. SROI enables organisations to measure how much change is being created by tracking relevant social, environmental, and economic outcomes.
Consultivo, being one of the independent third party Social Impact consultant firms in India, provides a independent SROI Assessment and Social Impact Consulting In India and its neighbouring countries.
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Consultivo is an independent Sustainability and ESG Consulting firm, helping you to manage your evolving ESG and Sustainability Risks, as well as Corporate Social Responsibility requirements effectively.
Apart from CSR Consultancy activities, we offer a full range of solutions in the areas of ESG Consulting, Corporate Sustainability Reporting, Social Survey, Environmental Consultancies, Ethical Supply Chain Management, Safety Consulting, Business and Human Rights Consulting through audit, advisory, research and training practices.
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