"Working with Impact, we are looking at how we can ensure that [our people] make the greatest difference to issues of global significance in a way that inspires, galvanises and unites the organisation. Impact are guiding us through the next steps toward implementation, turning this vision into an exciting reality."
International Director for Corporate Citizenship
Impact Relief and Development Group Client

Overview

The private sector has an important and often overlooked role to play in developing innovative and mutually beneficial solutions to global crises and development issues. Corporations can find many areas for enlightened self-interest in contributing to healthy, wealthy, stable societies.

Indeed, the private sector is increasingly recognised for its power to provide sustainable solutions for people living in crisis. If it can find the business case to engage, the private sector can systemically leverage levels of resources unavailable to traditional actors.

Impact’s Relief and Development Group is committed to building bridges between the sectors in order to catalyse private sector action to serve people living in crisis. We help a client explore far beyond traditional notions of corporate philanthropy, to areas in which their core competencies can be brought to bear in new ways.

Creating the best entry point for business

There is often a great deal of enthusiasm within business for engaging in issues of disaster relief and development. Such energy is all too often stifled or misdirected, limiting its potential to deliver real impact. The Relief and Development Group establishes ambitious and innovative initiatives that expand people’s conception of what is possible regarding the role of the private sector in delivering value to society.

We help our clients find legitimate and meaningful points of entry, through:

•    Leadership and staff development programmes
•    Next generation citizenship, CSR and sustainability initiatives
•    New product, service or market innovation

To achieve this, we provide tailored services which include:

1. Innovating new concepts and business strategies
We have developed Synergy – a structured, intensive innovation process to help clients develop new strategies which align business needs with relief and development challenges.
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2. Developing the business case
•    Business analysis for strategic alignment points
•    Facilitation of stakeholder dialogue
•    Generating commitment of senior leadership and key decision-makers

3. Brokering partnerships
•    Concept scoping and design
•    Brokerage of partnerships with relief and development agencies
•    Design of strategic secondments to partner agencies
•    Design, delivery and evaluation of pilot engagements

4. Implementation planning and support
•    Implementation and engagement planning
•    Training for engagement teams
•    Ongoing support, training and coaching

5. Engagement follow-up
•    Design of monitoring and evaluation frameworks
•    Impact assessment and analysis

Benefits to the business

Such programmes return enormous value for both business and people living in crisis. The value to our clients often is captured through:

•    Staff development
•    Product innovation
•    Staff retention and employee engagement
•    Values, reputation and brand alignment
•    Understanding and development of new markets
•    Risk management and supply chain management

Contact us

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Click here for examples of our recent work with the private sector.

Photo: Thai children following the Tsunami
Impact deployed a team to assess the role of the private sector in assisting recovery efforts