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Impact Management

Impact you can prove, not just impact you can claim.

Social outcomes, attributed and verified with the same rigour as every other module - measuring what an organisation, foundation or corporate program actually creates, not what it reports it created. CSR spend, employee volunteering and social engagement are captured alongside program outcomes, so the same record supports ESG scoring as well as donor and board reporting.

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Free
For non-profits with a SYNE One plan
IRIS+
& UN SDG-aligned indicators
Real-Time
Outcome tracking, not year-end rollups
Impact Management

What's included

Every feature below runs on the same SYNE One data layer - shared with every other module on the platform, and feeding SYNE Climate Risk Management's social-risk category and Enterprise Sustainability's social pillar from one consistent record.

Theory of Change & Outcome Mapping

The logic model that defines what impact is actually being measured, before any data is collected - inputs, activities, outputs and outcomes mapped explicitly.

Impact Measurement & Data Collection

Beneficiary and field data captured directly, including offline-capable mobile data capture for teams working without reliable connectivity.

Impact Attribution & Verification

Gross outcomes adjusted for deadweight and displacement - a counterfactual model of what actually happened because of the program, not just around it.

Social Risk Scoring

The social dimension of SYNE Climate Risk Management's register - labour, community and human-rights exposure, scored continuously alongside every other risk category.

Donor, Board & Grant Reporting

The same outcome data, formatted automatically for every funder and board that needs to see it - no separate reporting cycle per relationship.

Impact-Linked Finance & DFI Reporting

Results-based and blended-finance reporting, formatted to the standards development finance institutions actually require.

CSR & social engagement

Turn CSR spend and employee engagement into ESG evidence, not a line item.

CSR spend, employee volunteering hours and community engagement are key inputs to the social dimension of ESG scoring - tracked here, not left to sit in a separate corporate affairs spreadsheet disconnected from everything else the business measures.

CSR Spend Tracking

Community investment, sponsorships and in-kind giving tracked against program outcomes - not just a total spend figure with no attributable result.

Employee Volunteering

Volunteering hours logged directly through the same platform employees already use day to day - turning a hard-to-track benefit into a reportable ESG metric.

Community Engagement

Partnerships, local hiring commitments and community consultation tracked as ongoing relationships, not one-off initiatives reported once and forgotten.

Turning engagement into value

CSR isn't a cost centre when it's measured - it's evidence for every ESG-linked decision downstream.

Verified CSR and volunteering data strengthens the social score inside Enterprise Sustainability's disclosure reporting, supports SYNE Plus mandates from impact-focused investors, and gives SYNE Ratings ↗ real evidence instead of a self-reported CSR statement - turning community engagement the business was already doing into a credential it can actually use.

1xCSR data, reused across ESG & investor reporting
VerifiedNot a self-reported CSR statement
Built for every role

What Impact Management changes, seat by seat.

The same module reads differently depending on who's using it - standard, role-based access covers each of these out of the box, and your business can create any custom role on top.

Program Manager

Theory of change and outcome attribution built into the platform, not reconstructed for every funder report.

Executive Director

One consolidated view of program outcomes across every funding source and grant.

Board & Donors

Verified, attributed outcomes instead of self-reported program narratives.

Grants Team

Donor-ready reporting generated automatically from the same underlying outcome data.

Field Data Collector

Access scoped to capturing beneficiary and field data, without visibility into funder or financial records.

CSR & Sustainability Lead

Consolidated view of CSR spend, volunteering and community engagement, feeding directly into ESG scoring.

Connected to the rest of the platform

Impact Management doesn't work in isolation.

Data entered here is read directly by the rest of SYNE - many-to-many, not a chain - no export, no re-entry, no separate reconciliation.

F&
Finance & Accounting

Grant and fund accounting data links directly to program-level outcome reporting.

ES
Enterprise Sustainability

Attributed outcome data feeds the social pillar of ESG disclosure directly.

SC
SYNE Climate Risk Management

Social risk scoring - labour, community and human-rights exposure - draws on the same verified outcome data.

SP
SYNE Plus

Verified impact data supports matching with investors carrying explicit impact mandates.

SR
SYNE Ratings ↗

Outcome data can inform independent impact and sustainability assessments.

In practice

A foundation reporting outcomes across 40 grantee organisations

The challenge

Each grantee reported outcomes in a different format, on a different schedule, making portfolio-level impact nearly impossible to see.

A single outcome framework across all 40 grantees now produces a consolidated, attributed impact report automatically. The same verified outcome data feeds the Social pillar of Enterprise Sustainability's ESG disclosure, and CSR spend and volunteering hours logged alongside it strengthen the Governance narrative around community accountability - one record answering a grant report, an ESG disclosure and a governance question at once.

40 → 1Reporting formats, consolidated
~85%Less time compiling portfolio reports
1xOutcome data, reused across ESG & board reporting
Real-TimeInstead of a year-end rollup
What customers say
"For the first time, our board can see portfolio-wide impact instead of forty separate stories." - Executive Director, philanthropic foundation
Legal, compliance & regulatory

Built with the compliance requirements in mind, not added afterwards.

Outcome measurement aligned to IRIS+ and UN SDG indicator frameworks Data privacy safeguards for beneficiary and program participant information Donor reporting aligned to grant agreement and regulatory disclosure requirements
Need help with grant compliance, donor reporting standards, or non-profit governance requirements? Professionals & Advisors connects you with specialists who work directly against the same outcome data.
What this means for your customers

The benefit doesn't stop at your business.

For a non-profit's own beneficiaries, verified outcome measurement means programs are managed toward what actually works - not just what's easiest to report.

Need this run for you end-to-end? SYNE's Professional Services team can facilitate and manage Impact Management on your behalf, scoped to your specific needs.
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Measure impact you can actually stand behind.

Bring your program's outcome data, or start from an IRIS+ and SDG-aligned framework - free for non-profits already on a SYNE One plan.

Free for eligible non-profits Attribution modelling, not self-reported claims No commitment - just a clear view of fit