CSR is increasingly embedded into business management processes as a strategic tool for risk mitigation and is emerging as a business tool seeking social alignment. Various social and environmental challenges drive business to invest in strategic CSR, which will work to engage stakeholders, mitigate risk and improve social visibility and brand equity. • CSR is shifting from philanthropy to strategic business planning and management • CSR is getting integrated into the “value chain” to make value addition by building sustainable supply chain • Knowledge economy is changing the business case for decision-making For more details visit http://vikasacenter.org/strategic-csr/ Email: vijay@balavikasa.org

1. Social Entrepreneurship and Business Responsibility
We believe in the conjunction of business
and community partnership as an answer
to the most pressing challenges in society
today. At Vikasa International Center, we
build those partnerships.

2. WHAT WE ENVISION
We see the evolution of a just and peaceful society taking place through
the teaming up of business – both small and medium, as well as large
industry – with communities, through the aligning of sustainability
with corporate vision; and through social enterprise and innovation,
championing social change through creative solutions.
HOW WE INTEND TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN
• Social Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship Promotion and Micro-
Enterprise Development: focus on women and youth
• Facilitating and nurturing MSME’s & Clusters and existing start
ups towards social responsibility
• Offering social and sustainability solutions to six key sectors
(Mining, FMCG, Beverages, Pharma, Textiles and Paper & Pulp) on
meeting social challenges
WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO
Vikasa International Center, a wing of the
non-profit Bala Vikasa, is the culmination
of 37 years of working with communities
across 6000 villages in Andhra Pradesh
and Telangana, through various community
driven development programs which have
impacted close to four million rural poor.
We bring this intimate knowledge and
experience of sustainable development to all
our collaborations and projects. It forms the
foundation of our philosophy and approach.
For business, we integrate this philosophy
with optimizing social opportunities for
greater visibility, sustainability and impact.
Strategic CSR
SROI, Social Audit and Measurement
Community and Key Stakeholder Engagement
External Operations & Communications Mgt.
Sustainability Reporting/Non-financial Disclosure
Social Performance Management including Ethics
Regulatory Support Services
Optimizing social opportunities towards improved social performance
Measurable social benefits & returns
Adequate social licences
Operations sustainability - business expansion and upscaling
Improved shareholder perception and visibility
Social visibility and improved brand equity
Compliance
Services Possible Outcome

3. WHO WE WORK WITH
Non–Industrial client segment
• Development institutions
• Policy advocacy and regulatory bodies
• International donors –INGO’s
• International development institutions & bilateral agencies
• Industry associations
• Social impact studies, research and documentation organizations
FOR SMEs AND CLUSTERS
Small and Medium Sized Enterprises and Clusters have the incredible potential to
industrialize the backward regions of rural India. They employ approximately 40%
of the working population and produce 45% of the country’s manufacturing output.
Most SMEs operate in proximity to communities and therefore understand and
can empathize better with community needs. The Cluster approach is propagated
for these units for attaining cumulative impact. There is a need to build their
institutional capabilities, facilitation and support services. We fulfil those needs.
- Institutional capability development for SMEs at cluster-level on Business
Social Responsibility
- Promoting SME capabilities for community & stakeholder engagement
- Supporting existing start-ups with mentoring and venture support.
PARTNER WITH US
By helping solidify a culture
of collective responsibility,
we want to ensure equitable
opportunities and rights for
all. If you’d like to partner
with us, get in touch!
Industrial client segment
91 94405 32787
vijay@balavikasa.org

4. - Social Returns on Investment (SRI)
- Baseline, Social Impact Assessments (SIA)
- Stakeholder Engagement & Partnerships Assessments
- Environmental & Social Assessments (ESA)
- Relief, Resettlement & Rehabilitation (RR&R)
- Emergency Response, Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) &
Community Based Disaster Management
- Social Performance Standards & Benchmarking
Evaluations
- Sustainability Reporting / NVG / BR Disclosure / Non-
Financial Disclosure
- IFC Social Performance Standards & Human Rights
- GMI, GRI/UN Global compact Sustainability Reporting
- Social Accountability Standards
- ISO26000 Assessments
- Public Consultation & Disclosure Plans
Social Impact Assessment Sustainability Reporting
- Social Policy Evaluation and Analysis
- Sustainability & CSR: Strategy
- Development Planning (community development and
welfare programs)
- Stakeholder Engagement Plan
- Perception Management: procuring the social license to
operate
- Institutional Assessment and Capacity Building
- Human Rights & Gender Issues
- Employee Social Performance & Health Impact Assessments
- Social Due Diligence (SDD)
- Partnership Assessments & Management (PAT)
- Environmental & Social Assessments (ESA)
- Livelihoods Assessments, Poverty & Governance
- Natural Resource Management & Watershed Evaluation
Studies
- Climate Change & Adaptation – Social Vulnerability
Assessments
WHAT WE OFFER
Strategic CSR Inbreeding Sustainability
201, Zamarud Residency, Somajiguda, Hyderabad 500 082.
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