Know what your CSR spend actually achieved.
Most CSR reports can tell you how much was spent. Fewer can tell you what actually changed as a result. We build the monitoring framework and collect the data needed to answer that harder question — for your own decision-making, and for anyone else who asks.
The result feeds directly into better decisions next cycle, not just a compliance document that gets filed and forgotten.
Set Up Monitoring & EvaluationFrom baseline data to a full impact report, structured as one framework.
Each answers a different question, at a different level of rigour.
| Output TrackingActivity-level | Outcome EvaluationMost common | Impact AssessmentHighest rigour | |
|---|---|---|---|
| What It Measures | What activities were completed | What changed for beneficiaries | Attributable, longer-term change |
| Timing | Ongoing, throughout the project | At project milestones or completion | Post-project, often independently done |
| Complexity | Low — straightforward activity logs | Moderate — needs defined indicators | High — often needs a comparison baseline |
| Mandatory For | All CSR projects, at a basic level | Recommended for most significant projects | Required above prescribed CSR spend thresholds |
From baseline to a report you can actually use.
Establish the starting point before the project's impact can be measured.
Define the indicators that will actually show whether it's working.
Collect data against the framework through the project's life.
Analyse what actually changed, against the baseline and indicators.
Compile a report suitable for the board and, where required, statutory filing.
Grouped by what they're for, so it's easy to see what to collect.
It's mandated above a prescribed CSR spend threshold and project size under the Companies Act rules — we'll confirm whether it applies to your specific projects.
Monitoring tracks progress continuously through the project. Evaluation assesses results at a point in time, usually at completion — we build both into the framework.
Yes — we can design and conduct evaluation independently of who executed the underlying project.
A utilisation certificate confirms funds were spent as intended. Monitoring and evaluation goes further, assessing whether the spending actually achieved its intended outcome.
Yes, where relevant to the indicators defined in the monitoring framework.
Tell us about your current projects, and we'll design a monitoring framework.
