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ARUN’s Social Impact Monitoring
Measuring social and environmental impact: How to evaluate and monitor social return on investment,
International Symposium on Social Investment 7/Oct/2012
ARUN’s Social Impact Monitoring
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…is still in the process.
ARUN’s Vision/Mission
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Through the vehicle of social investment, ARUN aims at creating the society which can bring every person's ability into full play regardless where s/he is born.
Social Entrepreneur
s
Investees in Cambodia
Individuals/Firms
Investors in Japan
Platform for Social Investment
Social ImpactsFinancial and Social Return
Financial and Technical Support
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Objectives of social impact monitoring
1.Understand
about the investees
2. Feedback to
Partners
3. Feedback to
Investees
1. Deepen understanding about the investees’ business•Understand what entrepreneur is trying to achieve in terms of social impact. •Keep track of what is happening •Monitor and evaluate the social and environmental impacts.
2. Feedback to Partners•Communicate with partners (investors).
3. Feedback to Investees•Communicate with investees.
Investment Criteria
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Entrepreneur’s Commitment to Social Value Creation
Social Value
Employment
Community
Social Business
ビジネスモデル
財務
ガバナンス
リーダーシップ
Financial Return
Business Model
Financial
Governance
Leadership
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General DD criteria/monitoring indicators
Indicator Example of criteria
Entrepreneurship Mindset as a social entrepreneur
Team awareness of social mission
Business Model Innovative business model
Employment Job Creation ( especially the vulnerable)
Income generation
Safe and pleasant working environment
Skill development for employees
Enhanced self-esteem and confidence
Local community Use of local resources
Empowerment of local economy
QC Quality control
Environment Environmental effort
Monitoring methodologies
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SocialMission &Objectives
Outputs Outcomes ImpactInputs
Stakeholder Analysis
Logic Model Analysis
• Investees’ social mission and objectives are the starting point of monitoring.• We try to measure outputs/outcomes/impact from business we invest in.
• All the important stakeholders are identified, such as employees, farmers, local community and directly monitored.
Our focus
Case Study:Sahakreas CEDAC(SKC)
Organic Rice Project
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Overview of SKC’s Organic Rice Project
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CEDAC’s VisionCEDAC’s VisionCEDAC envisions a Cambodian society where small farming households enjoy good living conditions and strong mutual cooperation, with the right and power to determine their own destiny, as well as playing an important role in supplying healthy food for the whole society/
1 . Introduction of ecosystemic agricultural technology
⇒ 100,000 households improved their productivity
2 . Farmers’ associations
⇒ 4,000villages (30 % of total villages )⇒ Saving groups 4,500⇒ Farmers’ associations 1,000
3 . Creating the supply chain
Farmers Producers Associations Sahakreas CEDAC Market
(Domestic, Intern’l)
System of Rice Intensification (SRI)
Developing Monitoring Indicators
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Teaching SRI techniques
Improved living condition for farmers
Vision &knowledge
Good health &Environment
Organizing farmers
Link to the market
Supporting farmers’ associations
Purchasing rice from farmers and selling in the market
CEDAC
CEDAC’s VisionCEDAC’s Vision
SKC
Important Important stakeholderstakeholder
Organic Rice Farmers Outreach
Income generation
Forming association
Vision, knowledge and skill improvement
Local economy Positive impacts on the local economy
IndicatorsIndicators
Summary of findings
Reaching 2,668 households
• With SKC in the market, the price for paddy increased due to competition among middlemen and SKC.
• SRI technique leads to cost reduction for farmers and improvement of the surrounding environment.
• Producers of organic rice form association, building social infrastructure in the rural area.
1998t-paddy purchased,
generating income of
824,000USD
• Organic rice project contributes to the other economic activities in the community, such as rice wine production and community business by association members.
Vitalizing the local economy
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Challenges
• Objective Subjective• Quantitative Qualitative• Common measurement Case specific• Preciseness, depth Monitoring costs• Boundary of monitoring/evaluation• Integrated evaluation of financial and social
return?<Social evaluation>•Employment•Impacts on local community•Environment
<Financial evaluation>•Profitability•Stability•Growth rate
Thank You for your attention !
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