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How can organizations take a structured approach to developing and embedding sustainability strategies within their programs? This toolkit is intended to support organizations in building comprehensive programs that promote improved health outcomes and equity by bridging medical care and community-based services. Pathways for achieving sustainability are varied. You may already be pursuing some, while others might be new. This toolkit will invite you to consider all of the pathways below as potential avenues for sustaining your program. https://lnkd.in/daxkE-iP #health #equity #socialimpact 

Is evaluation the same as research? What’s the difference between performance measurement and evaluation? Is assessment the same as evaluation? What is the difference between a process evaluation and outcome evaluation?  The field of evaluation (and related disciplines) has unleashed a torrent of definitions and concepts that have, unfortunately, created significant confusion over just what evaluation is and its value to strategic and programmatic decision making. https://lnkd.in/dBumVaZB #evaluation #socialimpact #socialchange

Introducing Riya Aggarwal, a new Consultant in our Mumbai office! Riya joins FSG with over four years of experience in consulting and project management in the impact sector, including her stint at Central Square Foundation where she worked on large-scale systems reform in foundational literacy and numeracy. She is currently working on FSG's GLOW program to unlock job opportunities for women from low-income families in India. On working at FSG she says, "I am thrilled to work with a team that shares the vision of creating sustainable impact through systemic reform and meaningful solutions.”

#Exclusive | The article touches on the need for India to significantly add 400 million women to its workforce by 2047 to hit its $30 trillion target, requiring the Women’s Labour Force Participation Rate (WLFPR) to nearly double to 70%. In essence, India’s future prosperity depends heavily on its ability to get more women into the workforce. Looking ahead, the private sector’s role in promoting gender diversity will either make or break this endeavour. It talks about the role of the private sector, why companies are not embracing gender diversity, how the Government can catalyse employer engagement, reporting obligations that drive gender diversity and incentives for embracing gender diversity. Vikram Jain | FSG. #DEI #WomenEmployees #WLFPR https://lnkd.in/gDwmSCzN

The most powerful and sustainable collective impact efforts will be driven as much from the grass roots resident level, as from the formalized system. And this requires that collective impact efforts continue to improve their ability to effectively involve the community – those with the lived experience of the problems and challenges the effort seeks to address. https://lnkd.in/drP7VbBY #collectiveimpact #systemschange #socialchange #socialimpact

Shared value practitioners find sources of differentiation by addressing unmet societal needs and create a more sustainable business environment. They are guided by company purpose and bring that purpose alive with shared value. Companies should identify and prioritize social and environmental opportunities, including unmet societal needs, to create positive business impact. https://lnkd.in/dyxYaUKm #sharedvalue #corporatepurpose #socialimpact

The private sector has the power to lead the charge in building a more gender diverse workforce in India. But how can we encourage companies to take meaningful action? What if there were practical solutions that could make it easier for them to hire more women? In this article for ET HRWorld, we explore: - Why the private sector is critical to building a gender diverse workforce - What’s stopping companies from actively hiring and retaining women in their blue-collar workforce - How the right mix of incentives and reporting obligations could catalyze employer engagement on gender diversity Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/dQb6PwT8 #GenderDiversity #GenderEquity #WomensWorkforceParticipation #HiringWomen #WomensEmpowerment #DEI #WLFPR #FSGGLOW

Each year, we ask FSG leaders to contribute to an annual piece on what to watch in social impact in the upcoming year. 🔮 This year's piece highlights how 2025 presents a critical inflection point for social change leadership. From intensifying economic inequities, evolving political landscapes, and mounting environmental crises, leaders will need to respond with determination and creativity. Read our newest article to learn what leaders from FSG Asia, Talent Rewire, Collective Impact Forum, and FSG's U.S. consulting practice shared on how social impact leaders can rise to the challenges of 2025. Read more ➡️ https://lnkd.in/d_r2TCPH #socialimpact #CSR #philanthropy

Intentionally building sustainability strategies, activities, and partnerships into your work will help you achieve impact goals and support continuation of your program. This toolkit can help organizations take a structured approach to developing and embedding sustainability strategies within their programs. Intended to support organizations that promote health equity, the toolkit can be used by all funders and grantees. https://lnkd.in/daxkE-iP #health #equity #socialimpact 

Actively managed funds and research analysts are best positioned to meaningfully interpret and act on hybrid metrics that convey shared value strategies, but if our hypothesis is correct, sooner or later all types of investors and analysts will need to integrate a deeper understanding of social and environmental issues with financial analysis and industry expertise. https://lnkd.in/dngYQWtp #sharedvalue #socialimpact