Corporate services

Social investment is about more than just money. We tailor our services to meet the individual needs of our clients, offering them a range of ways to invest in South Africa’s future.

SASIX helps corporate investors create a portfolio of social shares in projects which meet their corporate social investment (CSI) aims and reflect their core business objectives.

Strategic:

• Consulting on the development, implementation and management of CSI programmes.
• Designing and implementing CSI policies and strategies.
• Developing corporate sponsorship policy documents.
• Researching the CSI environment within specific corporate market sectors to facilitate unique CSI positioning.

Research and evaluation:

• Identifying non-profit organisations and their projects to meet specific CSI programme needs.
• Assessing and verifying non-profit organisations and their projects in terms of organisational capacity, needs analysis and risk profile.
• Evaluating existing CSI initiatives to gain an understanding of the company’s social investment impact on the community.
• Helping to establish effective CSI project monitoring and evaluation processes.

Financial and administrative support:

• Supporting and/or managing the allocation and distribution of grant funding to identified beneficiaries.
• Providing financial management services for CSI funds held in trust by GreaterGood SA and, where appropriate, issuing Section 18A tax exemption receipts.
• Processing grant applications and sending relevant responses to applicants.
• Assisting with the design and production of annual CSI reports and booklets.

Employee volunteering and giving:

• Identifying effective and unique volunteer opportunities for employee engagement initiatives.
• Developing, implementing and managing tailor-made employee volunteer programmes, including monitoring staff preferences and report-backs.
• Implementing and managing staff giving programmes, including tracking and reporting on donations made.

Surplus product redistribution:

• Managing the redistribution of surplus product to verified organisations within the scope of the company’s CSI priorities.
• Ensuring appropriate identification of beneficiaries, transportation, report-backs and publicity, where possible.

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