Tips & Tricks

Steps of an effective SIA

1. Formulate a public plan or policy that involves all potential parties.
2. Describe what your public plan is or policy .
3. Describe the environment or area specific to your public plan or policy and its conditions.
4. After you have formulated your practical understanding of your proposal, recognize the potential social impacts will be communicated to those who are affected.
5. Identify the potential social impacts.
6. Establish the consequences of social impacts.
7. Identify future impacts and growing social impacts.
8. Plan an alternative public plan or policy and its outcomes.
9. Formulate a mitigating plan.
10. Formulate a program that monitors every aspect of the plan.

 In the SAGA learning programme there are different units which help you to analyse and reflect upon the different areas and aspects related to the (social) impact of your enterprise:

• M1 Unit 4 Market analysis – can help you benchmark how you are doing with respect to others if you also integrate the aspects you want to measure in your market analysis approach.
• M2 Unit 1 Business model canvas – allows you to use different models and analyse your business model from a social impact perspective.
• M2 Unit 2 Finance and fundraising – allows to connect your social impact with generating income.
• M2 Unit 4 is relevant for communicating your social impact as part of your marketing goals.
• M3 Unit 2 and 3 are about networking and relations across the supply chain, measuring your social impact can position you better in your search for partners and in your relations with providers.