Social impact strategy
We help institutions decide what impact they exist to create, for whom, and how to pursue it — from impact ambition and theory of change through to the portfolio of initiatives that delivers it.
Impact strategy is a set of choices before it is a set of activities: which outcomes matter, which groups they matter for, and what the organisation will and will not do about them. Yomn works on those choices, grounds them in research, and turns them into a portfolio and a roadmap the institution can act on.
An impact strategy requires choices: which outcomes to pursue, for whom, and in what order — then a clear way to translate those choices into action. The harder part is holding that line when competing priorities arrive; without it, impact work becomes a collection of activities that are individually reasonable and collectively unfocused.
We work on the choices first: the ambition, the outcomes that matter, the groups they matter for, and how the organisation will govern and sequence the work.
Not a branded methodology — this reflects how our impact work has typically progressed.
We start with research rather than assumption. On Negaderha we designed the study framework and delivery methodology, then engaged stakeholders through surveys, workshops and site visits before proposing anything.
What the organisation is trying to change, for whom, and over what horizon — stated clearly enough to guide decisions and trade-offs later.
How the organisation believes change happens: the outcomes it is pursuing, the groups affected, and the logic connecting activity to result.
Which initiatives to run, which to stop, and in what order — so the strategy becomes a defensible set of choices rather than a wish list.
Who owns which outcome, how decisions get made, and what has to be in place before the first initiatives start.
Savola World Charitable Foundation
Research-led impact work for a charitable foundation. We designed the study framework and delivery methodology, engaged stakeholders through surveys, workshops and site visits, and set out current practices, the main challenges and practical opportunities in the sector.
A study with measurable objectives and actionable strategies, and the Food Waste Management Guiding Manual for the HORECA sector.
View projectSaudi Food & Drug Authority
A national food-safety awareness programme for children. We designed the programme framework and the delivery roadmap, produced educational content matched to defined age groups and approved learning objectives, and oversaw delivery.
A scalable, repeatable awareness-programme model.
View projectNational Center for Waste Management (MWAN)
Sustainability, communication and awareness established as core strategic pillars for a national waste-management body, supported by internal engagement and local and international campaigns.
A 2024 Healthy Workplace certification from the ICM research centre, and increased public awareness of waste management and circular-economy practices.
View projectAn impact strategy that no one acts on is a document. Where it forms part of the scope, Yomn can help move from the strategy to the first initiatives — convening the stakeholders it depends on, communicating the agenda internally and externally, and designing and running the programmes that deliver it. We do not provide every capability on every project; the scope is agreed for each one.
Foundations and donor organisations; corporate sustainability, CSR and ESG teams; government entities with a social-development or sustainability mandate; and institutions setting an impact agenda for the first time.
Negaderha began with a study framework and delivery methodology, stakeholder surveys, workshops and site visits — and produced a sector guiding manual rather than a set of opinions.
The Top 50 Most Impactful Saudi Companies is Yomn's own research into corporate impact in Saudi Arabia.
Several of our published projects extend from strategic thinking into programme design and delivery, as on the SFDA children's food-safety programme.
Practical experience with Saudi foundations and public-sector institutions on sustainability and social-impact mandates.
The impact ambition, the outcomes you are pursuing and for whom, a theory of change explaining how you expect that change to happen, the portfolio of initiatives you will run, and how ownership and decisions will work.
This service is about deciding what impact to pursue and how. Measuring whether it happened — indicators, outcome frameworks and evaluation — is a separate service that usually follows it.
Yes. Our published impact work spans a charitable foundation and multiple Saudi public-sector institutions, and corporate social responsibility strategy is part of our offer.
Where it is in scope. Several of our published projects continued from the thinking into designing and running the programmes themselves.
We help institutions turn strategic objectives into programmes, initiatives and policies that can actually be implemented — from diagnosing the challenge and designing the model through to the roadmap and delivery support.
We help institutions build the strategy, systems and capability to innovate repeatedly — rather than rely on one-off activity that fades once the event is over.
Book a meeting with the Yomn team to talk through the ambition, the outcomes that matter and how to structure the work.
