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• Top tips to convince corporate leaders to set up a social impact fund

How can companies and corporate social investors (CSIs) pursue more holistic impact approaches?

Download the leaflet to find out how companies with multiple CSIs can broaden their impact on society, scale the impact of a societal solution, or deepen the impact on particular communities through collective impact strategies.

Case Studies

Our case studies on collective corporate impact strategies outline how different corporate social investors work together to scale the impact of a societal solution, or deepen the impact on particular communities, and broaden their impact on society.

How can a foundation, a think tank and a telecoms company build on each other’s unique strengths to broaden the impact of societal solutions? Our third case study shows how Vodafone Germany Foundation, Vodafone Institute for Society & Communications and Vodafone work together to shape a better digital future for everyone.

How can a foundation, an impact fund and a company pursue a collective strategy to provide deeper support to communities? Our second case study highlights how Schneider Electric, Schneider Electric Energy Access (SEEA) impact fund and Schneider Electric Foundation are working together to provide deeper support to communities in Sub-Saharan Africa who do not have access to energy.

How can a foundation, an impact fund and a bank build on each other’s unique strength and opportunities to scale the impact of societal solutions? Our first case study outlines how Rabo Foundation, Rabo Rural Fund and Rabobank are working together to scale the impact of farmer-based organisations that support smallholder farmers in developing countries.

Related articles

• The corporate strategies that can bring societal progress: How to maximise your impact in size, scope and depth? Through strategic collaboration between for-profit companies and their impact-driven foundations, impact funds or social businesses, argue EVPA’s Alessia Gianoncelli and Sophie Faujour in this Devex opinion piece.
  
• "A new era of corporate impact": an article by the EVPA team in Alliance Magazine, on how companies and corporate social investors can deepen, scale or broaden their collective impact.
  
• "Since the pandemic, many businesses have accelerated their strategies towards greater social purpose": an article by Sophie Faujour on Business Fights Poverty. How can Corporate Social Investing help scale your efforts and transform your practices into more sustainable and inclusive business?
• Listen to the Business Fights Poverty Podcast: Sophie Faujour from EVPA talks about corporate social investment and how it provides opportunities for businesses to try and test new ideas, and deliver long term social impact.

Webinar on Collective Corporate Impact Strategies

Hear from pioneering organisations how they are combining different financial instruments, investment strategies and organisation types to take their impact to the next level:

Watch Karoline Heitmann, EVPA's Corporate Initiative Manager, explaining how corporate social investors can explore more holistic impact approaches:

Top tips to convince corporate leaders to set up a social impact fund

Companies often have a sense that they could make a greater positive impact on society and the planet by enabling different parts of their organisation to collaborate around a common vision. But they don’t always know how to deliver this kind of collaborative approach in practice. Setting up a corporate social investment fund can offer an effective solution.

Watch top tips to set up a social impact fund by Sophie Faujour, EVPA's corporate Initiative Lead: