CSI INSIGHTS
We share lesson and insights from our various knowledge platforms focused on corporate social investment including annual research and curated articles from The Trialogue CSI Handbook, and insights from the Trialogue CSI Conference and the CSI forums.
Road to integrate and mature ESG metrics
Towards a sustainable business roadmap The recent webinar hosted by Trialogue and BanQu brought together global and local experts in the field of sustainability to discuss the development and maturing of a sustainability roadmap for businesses. With mounting pressure from stakeholders to improve environmental, social, and governance (ESG) approaches [...]
Corporate foundations: Finding the best fit
Trialogue’s primary research shows that 43% of companies surveyed in 2022 managed some or all of their corporate social investment (CSI) through a separate legal entity, 28% through trusts and 15% through non-profit companies. This is an increase from 35% in 2021. On 30 March 2023, responsible business consultancy Trialogue [...]
Good giving practices
Giving practices have undergone a shift since the Covid-19 pandemic, during which more flexible funding was made available to non-profit organisations (NPOs) responding to crises. On 23 February 2023, responsible business consultancy Trialogue, in partnership with Barloworld, hosted a webinar exploring current giving practices. Panellists Noluvo Ngcwabe (Executive Consultant: Barloworld [...]
Achieving buy-in from schools and teachers to enhance learner outcomes
South Africa’s education system faces significant challenges. Damning statistics and poor performance in the country’s education sector are well documented. The crisis has led to a debate on the role corporates and other funders can play in improving learner outcomes and in optimising the impact of their investments into the [...]
A model of collective impact: The Teacher Internship Collaboration South Africa (TICZA)
South Africa’s education system has long been plagued by poor outcomes and teachers are often blamed for issues such as declining matric results, low rankings in comparative international tests, below-average reading and comprehension scores and high dropout rates. A new initiative, however, builds on the success of programmes offering extended [...]
Trialogue webinar – Navigating ESG Raters and Rankers: How should companies respond?
The focus that investors and analysts are placing on company ESG performance has intensified in recent years. While organisations are still trying to wrap their heads around changing sustainability codes and standards, they also being scrutinsised by raters and rankers. This is all happening against the backdrop of an inconsistent [...]