Latest Projects
Bridging the Gender Gap: 4Ws for Women
Thought Arbitrage, in collaboration with TalentNomics India and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), has undertaken a two-year research study aimed at understanding the gender disparities and inequities in economic empowerment within the formal sectors of specific South Asian nations—India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, benchmarked to a better performing East Asian country, viz., Thailand. The research aims to uncover the root causes behind the limited participation o…
Social Return on Investment (SROI)
A Social Return on Investment (SROI) provides a comprehensive narrative by measuring social, environmental, and economic outcomes in monetary terms. Collaborating with large corporations, we at Thought Arbitrage, meticulously assess the impact of their social projects using the Values, Outputs and Impacts on Stakeholders (VOIS) methodology. Thought Arbitrage is assisting companies in measuring the impact of their social activities. Our SROI methodology is customi…
Business Responsibility & Sustainability Reporting
Globally corporations are becoming aware of how their operations have an impact on Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) parameters and are making their commitment towards ESG and sustainability apparent through sustainability reporting. Many global reporting frameworks exist and have been adopted by companies for measuring, monitoring, and disclosing their performance on ESG indicators. The Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report (BRSR) introduced by …
Study on the Efficiency of Funds Flow Mechanism
Asian Development Bank has commissioned TARI and Thought Arbitrage Consulting jointly to conduct a study on the efficiency of funds flow mechanism of the Aid, Accounts & Audit Division (AAAD), Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), Ministry of Finance, GoI. The study will review the process of flow of aid, grants, loans and technical assistance to India by multilateral agencies from the DEA to the implementing agencies at states, centre and other bodies. The stud…
Books
CSR in India Steering Business toward Social Change
For too long CSR in India had been left to non-directional, haphazard do-gooding; 'Governance' - the process through which decisions are taken - of CS
In a few decades, the relationship between the environment, resources and conflict may seem almost as obvious as the connection we see today between human rights, democracy and peace
WangariMaathai (1940 – 2011), environmental activist, first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004