Most businesses treat SED and CSI as a box to tick. We don't. We turn those points into visible, measurable projects that outlive their founders — built on the strengths a community already has.
A tick-box changes nothing. We turn SED and CSI spend into visible, measurable, sustainable projects — real work that keeps standing long after the funding cycle ends.
We work with Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD). We start with the strengths a community already holds — its people, groups, places and goodwill — and connect them to your business's assets. Relationships come first. Growth follows. Then we hand the work over to the people who own it.
"It takes a village — and a plan."
Points earned. Communities strengthened. Everything documented.
Every project is tracked from baseline to outcome — proof you can show, not just spend you can claim.
We design for sustainability and hand over to the community, so the work stands on its own.
ABCD starts with what a community already has. The first noun in every plan is a strength.
SED and CSI structured for full B-BBEE recognition, with a verification-ready evidence file.
Three areas we serve — business, church and school — each with a tailored, community-first approach. Choose a path to see how it works.
Four connected services that move your points from a line item to lasting, measurable change.
We build Socio-Economic Development programmes that earn full points recognition — grounded in a community's own assets, so the impact is real and it lasts.
Corporate Social Investment built on relationships, not hand-outs. We connect your goals to real community strengths and manage delivery end-to-end.
We look beyond a single element — advising how SED, CSI, Enterprise & Supplier Development and Skills spend combine to move you up a recognition level.
The part most businesses miss. We measure outcomes, compile the verification-ready file that protects your points, then hand the work to the community that owns it.
Turning a congregation’s goodwill into lasting change — using Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD).
We start with the gifts, skills and relationships the church already holds — not what it lacks — and build projects the congregation can genuinely own and keep running.
Hands-on leadership training for teachers and learners — grounded in an honest look at where the school stands today.
We run a leadership-training programme that begins with an assessment of the school’s current leadership, then delivers tailored training and a real end-of-programme project that the school drives itself.
Our business-funded programmes are delivered on the ground with the partners who know their communities best. Whether you’re a company directing SED or CSI spend, or a church or school looking for a partner, here’s how each works.
We help congregations start sustainable community projects using Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) — an approach that builds on the gifts, skills and relationships a church already holds, rather than what it lacks. Through asset-mapping we identify the congregation’s existing strengths, then design projects the church can genuinely own, run and sustain long after launch.
Our school leadership training develops the people who shape a school — its teachers and learners. We begin with an assessment of where the school currently stands on leadership, then deliver hands-on, tailored training built around a real end-of-programme project that teachers and learners drive together, with our team overseeing delivery from start to finish. Leadership learned by doing.
Most church and school projects are funded by businesses directing their B-BBEE SED and CSI (Corporate Social Investment, internationally known as CSR / Corporate Social Responsibility) spend into visible, verifiable community impact — with the verification-ready reporting that protects their scorecard points.
Six steps that take a community project from a first conversation to something that stands on its own.
We sit with the community and your team. Before any plan, we hear what matters and what already works.
We map the assets on both sides — the community's skills, groups and places, and your business's resources.
We build the relationships that make change possible, linking community strengths to your SED and CSI investment.
We put the plan to work with local hands — vetted partners, clear budgets and real momentum on the ground.
We track everything from baseline to outcome, so impact is visible and your points are verification-ready.
We hand the work to the community that owns it — built to outlive its founders and keep standing.
"They took our SED spend from a tick-box to something our whole team is proud of. The project is still running on its own — and our verification was seamless."
"Finally a partner who speaks both languages — the boardroom and the community. They started with what the community already had, and the reporting made our ESG disclosure effortless."
"They earned us full points and built something that will outlast us. The community leads it now — exactly as they promised. Exceptional."
The questions businesses, churches and schools ask us most.
SED (Socio-Economic Development) is a formal element of the B-BBEE scorecard — worth up to 5 points for contributing around 1% of net profit after tax to qualifying community initiatives. CSI (Corporate Social Investment), known internationally as CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility), is the actual community giving a business does. When your CSI/CSR spend meets the B-BBEE criteria, it counts towards your SED score. In short: SED is the scorecard element; CSI/CSR is how you spend it.
To earn the full 5 SED points on the B-BBEE scorecard, the target is 1% of your Net Profit After Tax (NPAT) contributed to qualifying socio-economic development initiatives.
SED contributions can be monetary or non-monetary — money, time, skills, goods or services — as long as at least 75% of the beneficiaries are black South Africans and the goal is sustainable access to the economy. Typical examples include community development, education, bursaries, and skills and training programmes.
Asset-Based Community Development is an approach that builds projects on a community’s existing strengths — its people’s gifts, skills, associations and relationships — instead of focusing on what it lacks. The result is projects the community owns and can sustain itself, long after launch.
We start by mapping the congregation’s existing assets, skills and relationships, then design a project the church can own and run. This raises awareness across the congregation and gives members a clear, welcoming way to volunteer and stay involved.
It’s a hands-on leadership-training programme for a school’s teachers and learners. We assess where the school currently stands on leadership, deliver tailored training, and run a real end-of-programme project driven by teachers and learners together, with our team overseeing delivery from start to finish.
Most church and school projects are funded by businesses directing their B-BBEE SED and CSI/CSR spend into real community impact. We connect that corporate funding to well-run projects on the ground and give the business the verification-ready reporting that protects their scorecard points.
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