Earth5R Guides
Free guides and handbooks for CSR, ESG and community sustainability
Practical playbooks built from Earth5R’s field work across India with partner NGOs: river cleanups, waste management, recycling, zero waste communities and ESG reporting. Free to download and share.
10 guides · Word and Excel templates included · no sign-up
No. 01Rivers
River Revival Playbook
How companies, cities and communities restore urban rivers in India: the four-layer model, the Huhtamäki-funded Mithi River case, India river data, best cases from TERRA, a programme charter (Word) and workbook (Excel).
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No. 02Volunteering
Employee Volunteering Guide
How CSR heads build employee volunteering that lasts: India volunteering data, five design rules, ten best practices from leading companies, a model volunteering policy (Word) and tracker (Excel).
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No. 03CSR Policy
How to Design a CSR Policy
For boards and CSR committees in India: the law and the 2026 amendments, national CSR data, the UN-backed Mithi River case, best cases from TERRA, a model CSR policy (Word) and a planning workbook (Excel), free to download.
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No. 04Plastic & EPR
Plastic Waste and EPR Guide
Plastic EPR in plain language, updated for the 2026 amendment: targets, certificates and penalties, the Mithi River case, best cases from TERRA, an EPR compliance tracker (Excel) and plastic packaging policy (Word).
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No. 05Impact Assessment
CSR Impact Assessment Handbook
Rule 8(3) in plain language, updated to 2026: when assessment is mandatory, OECD-DAC criteria, sample sizes, SROI done honestly, best cases from TERRA, and four free templates: a workbook (Excel), terms of reference, report template and field tools (Word).
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No. 06BRSR
BRSR and BRSR Core Guide
What SEBI requires of listed companies in 2026, updated for the March 2025 changes: the nine BRSR Core attributes, assessment or assurance, the value chain, the tricky KPIs, best cases from TERRA, a data workbook (Excel), reporting manual, value chain questionnaire and provider template (Word).
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No. 07CBAM
CBAM Guide for Indian Exporters
What the EU carbon border charge costs your buyers from 2026, why verified emissions data is the cheapest lever, India’s carbon market and green steel label, contracts with EU buyers, a cost workbook (Excel), data pack, monitoring plan and contract clauses (Word).
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No. 08Value Chain
Supplier ESG and Value Chain Guide
How to get credible ESG data from suppliers without burying MSMEs in questionnaires: SEBI’s value chain rules and the EU rules as amended in 2026, screening, assessment, capability building, paying on time, best cases from TERRA, a programme workbook (Excel), supplier code of conduct and corrective action plan (Word).
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No. 09Net Zero
Net Zero and Scope 3 Guide
How to measure the full footprint and set targets that hold up, updated for SBTi Version 2.0, the GHG Protocol and ISO merger, India’s 2035 NDC and carbon market: Scope 3 in practice, levers, carbon prices, best cases from TERRA, a workbook (Excel), transition plan and supplier data request (Word).
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No. 10Water
Water Stewardship Guide
How to manage water risk at your sites and in the catchments you share: groundwater and basin risk, the BRSR water balance, CGWA rules, ZLD, CSR water projects, credible water positive claims, best cases from TERRA, a workbook (Excel), site stewardship plan and replenishment charter (Word).
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