Sustainability Reporting - Vikasa Center

Vikasa International Center is the newest initiative of SOPAR-Bala Vikasa, a registered, secular and apolitical non-profit organization founded in 1977 by Mr Andre Gingras, a French Canadian diplomat and development expert and Mrs Bala Theresa Gingras, an Indian philanthropist. Bala Vikasa has a sister concern in Canada and a branch in the USA. We have been instrumental in implementing sustainable community driven development programs which have impacted over 4 million people in 6000 villages mainly in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. Our development models have been shared with 8,500 individuals from all over the country and 50 countries globally through our People Development Training Center in Warangal.

Having been committed to social and community development for 37 years, we are evolving to meet contemporary challenges through fitting and timely interventions. We believe that innovative social enterprises and business partnerships with community are the only ways to address endemic social problems in an extremely effective way on a sustainable basis.  With this spirit, we are establishing our flagship institution Vikasa International Center in Hyderabad, for the facilitation of Social Entrepreneurship and Business Responsibility in all their facets.

Sustainability Reporting

The long term viability and social impact of a company is increasingly being evaluated in reference to certain globally accepted metrics and measurements. More than just incorporating social responsibility and ‘green’ initiatives into their operations, companies are attending to stakeholder demands for better, more transparent reports on non-financial sustainability data. These kinds of public reports, when performed independently, add to the reliability and credibility of the organization’s processes and operations.

Vikasa International Center offers the following services to companies in meeting their measurement and reporting challenges:

·  Social Audit

·  Social Performance Standards & Benchmarking Evaluations

·  Sustainability Reporting/NVG/BR disclosure/Non-Financial Disclosure

·  IFC Social Performance Standards & Human Rights

·  GMI, GRI/UN Global Compact Sustainability Reporting

·  Social Accountability Standards – Assessments

·  ISO26000 Assessments

·  Public Consultation & Disclosure Plans

For More Details Visit Us : http://vikasacenter.org/sustainability-reporting

Email : vijay@balavikasa.org