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.
No. 01
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).
No. 02
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).
No. 03
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.
No. 04
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).
No. 05
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).
No. 06
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).