FAQ Category: Impact Declaration

For projects with broad community impact, such as environmental initiatives or city-wide programs, use reliable population data for your calculations. For instance, if your project benefits an entire city, use the current year’s official population statistics. However, ensure you can explain the project’s reach and impact, and maintain documentation to support your calculations.

Accuracy in beneficiary reporting is crucial for Majra to assess the true scale of CSR and Sustainability efforts in the UAE. If you’re unsure, it’s better to provide conservative estimates based on available data rather than inflated numbers. Remember that transparency is key, and you should be prepared to explain how you arrived at your estimates if asked.

When calculating beneficiaries, focus on those directly impacted by your initiative. For instance, if you’ve conducted a training program, count the number of participants. For community projects, include those who directly benefited from the initiative. It’s important to maintain accurate records and be prepared to substantiate these numbers if requested.

A beneficiary can be any individual or group that receives direct or indirect benefits from your CSR or Sustainability efforts. This includes various segments of society, such as youth & students, women & girls, elderly, people of determination, families, small businesses & entrepreneurs, creative professionals & innovators, third-sector organizations, general public, or even members of your own organization who benefit from internal CSR programs.

Monetary contributions refer to financial donations or investments your company has made within CSR and Sustainability over the past 12 months. Non-monetary contributions encompass any in-kind support, such as employee volunteering hours, professional expertise sharing, equipment donations, or other resources provided to support CSR initiatives.

No, Majra maintains strict confidentiality regarding individual declarations. While we publish annual trend reports highlighting aggregate achievements, we never disclose specific company details without explicit permission. If we identify exemplary practices or success stories we’d like to showcase, we will first seek your explicit consent before sharing any information.

Yes, based on UAE Cabinet Decree No (2) for the year 2018, the Impact Declaration is mandatory for all mainland private sector licenses, excluding sole establishments and cooperations. This requirement helps maintain transparency and accountability in the UAE’s CSR ecosystem while enabling Majra to better serve the private sector on its CSR, ESG and Sustainability journey. While two of the questions in the Impact Declaration are mandated, the rest are optional. Entities who completed the optional declaration receive the “Impact Declaration” stamp which is a testament to the entity’s reporting and transparency efforts towards the UAE government.

The Impact Declaration is a simple questionnaire designed to help Majra understand how your company actively contributes to the UAE through CSR and Sustainability efforts and investments. Through this declaration, you can provide information about your initiatives and link to recent reports. This vital information enables us to understand active participants in this space and helps us identify opportunities to scale and magnify positive impact across the UAE.