Walking the walk, not just talking the talk: 5 things we’ve learnt about collaborating in an equitable way
Written by founding members of the Equitable Evaluation Collective– the Charity Evaluation Working Group and The Social Investment Consultancy. As the Equitable Evaluation Collective (EEC) enters a new chapter, we’ve taken the opportunity to reflect on the last 4 years and what we’ve learnt about collaborating in an equitable way. Can you believe that we […]
Press Release: Rimm Sustainability and TSIC Announce Strategic Partnership to Scale Global Sustainability and Impact Infrastructure
Rimm Sustainability is proud to announce a strategic partnership with The Social Investment Consultancy (TSIC), a global leader in social impact advisory, inclusive evaluation, and systems change. This partnership marks a significant milestone in Rimm’s mission to scale sustainability and impact infrastructure globally—combining advanced technology, data intelligence, and deep domain expertise to accelerate measurable outcomes […]
Opening up about our merger and acquisition journey
By Bonnie Chiu, MD, TSIC This is the first blog in our integration series, sharing reflections from our acquisition of TSIP and Renaisi last year. We’ve had a few tough years in the social impact space – and the challenges seem to keep growing, from backlash against civil liberties to economic recessions and withdrawal of […]
Rethinking Knowledge in a Time of AI
At TSIC, we’ve been reflecting on something that sits at the very heart of what we do – knowledge. What is it, really? How do we engage with it as consultants? And with AI rapidly reshaping the knowledge economy, what might we need to do differently? These questions sparked our recent internal learning session – […]
Why Do We Evaluate? Between Technique, Dialogue and Tenderness
By Claudia Why do we evaluate? It’s a simple question, and yet an uncomfortable one. The answer often depends on who you ask: for some, it’s about accountability; for others, it’s about demonstrating impact, learning, improving, or making decisions… And sometimes, evaluation ends up being all those things at once, and in the process, it […]
How Diaspora Can Help Fuel West Africa’s SMEs: EU’s Global Diaspora Facility Releases New Crowdfunding Research
The European Union’s Global Diaspora Facility (EUDiF) has published a report by The Social Investment Consultancy Africa (TSIC Africa) on the role of crowdfunding in improving access to finance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in West Africa. Developed in collaboration with the African Foundation for Development (AFFORD) and the International Centre for Migration Policy […]
Stepping into antifragility – our hopes for the impact sector
By Bonnie Chiu This is the fourth blog in our integration series. Read the previous third instalment here. “Antifragility goes beyond resilience or robustness. The resilient resists shocks and stays the same; the antifragile gets better. An adaptive system is one that is robust under volatile environments/conditions, and an antifragile system is one that is […]
Change is a human process: lessons on bringing people along through complex change
By Bonnie Chiu and Natsayi Sithole This is the third blog in our integration series. If you’re new to the series, start with the first and second blogs here. Even the most hard-nosed business people and M&A practitioners recognise that ultimately these transactions and the work that follows are all about people. This is even […]
Has the Retreat from DEI Reached the UK?
Have UK Corporates Stepped Back from Their DEI Commitments Following the US Shift? The US Backdrop Donald Trump’s executive orders have sparked a marked rollback of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) efforts across the US. Cuts in public sector DEI roles and the quiet exit of corporations from earlier diversity pledges have set the tone. […]
Welcoming TSIC’s new Intern, Jason Yap Kwai Peen
Tell us a bit about yourself I am currently a third-year student majoring in International Business Law at Rikkyo University in Tokyo, Japan. My interest in social impact and sustainability has grown through my studies, where I have been exposed to policy-making efforts that seek to balance community welfare with corporate profitability. What interests you […]