The only global impact infrastructure built to withstand scrutiny
“the proof your customers. investors. talents. and auditors all need. governed in Amsterdam.”
THE PROOF YOUR AUDITORS. INVESTORS. CUSTOMERS. AND TALENT ALL NEED.
GOVERNED IN AMSTERDAM.
The only global impact
infrastructure built to
withstand scrutiny
Good intentions
deserve better
than trust me.
In an era where AI can alter reality and audiences demand evidence, good intentions are no longer enough. Companies struggle to prove their impact initiatives are real. Not because they are lying, but because authenticity itself is now in question.
Without verifiable proof, even the truth looks like Impact washing and greenwashing. And this problem will only grow. A new generation of customers, employees, and investors has the tools and the will to investigate. Companies that cannot show their evidence will not just lose trust. They will lose relevance.
“The world’s first stock exchange was built in Amsterdam in 1602. It didn’t just trade shares, it set the standards the entire global financial system was built on. Project Benevolence carries that tradition forward. We are setting the standards for how global impact is built, verified, and trusted.”
Governed in Amsterdam · Felt across four continents
Our Principle
On the documentary: It’s visual evidence, not content. What you see is authentic, backed by European frameworks, and exists because the work happened — not to make it look like it did. It raises awareness and inspires. It is not the primary deliverable.
On what Benevolence is: We don’t write claims. We build the verified evidence that makes claims unchallengeable. We’re not a marketing agency.
On integrity: We reserve the right to decline any engagement where the evidence does not support the narrative. Not as policy. As principle. The certification has value precisely because it can be withheld.
As a Project Benevolence partner, you receive access to a secure client portal and your complete evidence vault, all in one place. Track your project live. Share it instantly with anyone who questions your impact. Beyond the portal, every partner leaves with four things, besides creating real global impact.
Lana van Geel · Founder. Project Benevolence · Amsterdam
Introduction of
Our Advisors
A few of Our Founding Projects
Across the Globe
Four Continents · Six Nations · Real Communities
Unverified ESG & Impact claims are now a liability.
The market has changed. Claiming impact is no longer enough. Regulators are prosecuting it. Investors are penalising it. Employees are leaving because of it. Customers will cancel a brand built over years in 7 days. The question is no longer whether you have an ESG/Impact story. It is whether you can prove it.
EU Green Claims Directive now in force
Across Europe, companies are being fined and publicly exposed for impact claims they cannot prove. “We support communities” is not evidence. A signed, independently verified report is. The difference is now a legal one.
→ Audit-grade proof · Signed by specialists · Legally defensible in court
ESG investors and institutional funds no longer accept self-declared social impact. Independently verified, ESRS S3 structured reports do. And they command a measurable premium on valuation.
→ Survives investor due diligence · ESG rating uplift · Capital access
CSRD requires verified, auditable social impact data. Not narrative. Companies without substantiated evidence face regulatory penalties, restricted procurement and board-level liability. We build the report your auditor can sign off on.
→ CSRD ready · CSDDD aligned · ESRS S3 structured · Audit grade Litigation Is Rising Fast
Top candidates read your sustainability report before accepting an offer. They know what social/greenwashing looks like. Verified field evidence of real community impact is the difference between a claim and a culture.
→ Recruitment edge · Retention uplift · Internal culture proof
One article. One rebuttal. One whistleblower. Years of reputation and five years of ESG narrative collapse overnight. The only companies that survive scrutiny are the ones who can provide actual evidence. Geotagged. Timestamped. Signed by name. Built to survive a front page.
→ Unimpeachable proof · No fabrication risk · Brand fully protected Litigation Is Rising Fast
Enterprise procurement, public sector tenders and EU funded contracts now require verifiable ESG evidence to qualify. A Project Benevolence report is built for submission from day one. Not adapted after the fact.
→ Tender eligibility · Procurement qualification · Contract competitiveness
Average fine per greenwashing violation under EU Green Claims Directive
(European Commission, 2024)
EU companies now legally required to file verified ESG reports under CSRD
(EU Commission)
ESG claims found unsubstantiated when independently reviewed
Higher employee retention in companies with verified, credible ESG programmes
(LinkedIn Workforce Report)
EU companies now legally required to file verified ESG reports under CSRD
Of all environmental claims found vague, misleading or unsubstantiated by the European Commission
Only 42% of CSRD companies are fully confident in meeting their reporting obligations
Of millennials say purpose is key to their job satisfaction and wellbeing
Of millennials have rejected employers whose values did not align with their own
Of institutional investors incorporate ESG factors into investment decisions
Greenwashing is now a criminal offence in the UK — unlimited fines from September 2025. ESMA named it a supervisory priority for 2025–2026.
Built to be Scrutinised
Each programme is designed, co-created and delivered on location across four continents, alongside a registered NGO and real community members. Pre-existing relationships. Genuine consent. Impact that remains long after we leave. Due to our existing network and operations experience, we eliminate the risk, and we deliver within a six to seven week timeline. This is not a Parachute project.
We already have Impact project plans in place and ready to activate: a public library expansion. An ethical elephant sanctuary reconstruction. A shelter for children rescued from sex trafficking networks. And more like Agriculture and Biodiversity programme.
Every Impact Docu-Series undergoes our six-layer Impact Report, independently verified by external professionals with no conflict of interest. Every programme is executed under ethical and fair labour standards, fully documented and traceable.
The report is evidence. Legal, structured and aligned with EU compliance frameworks. The cinematic docu-series becomes more than content. A legal instrument you can present to investors, embed across your brand, and stand behind without the risk of being called out for social or greenwashing.
A cinematic documentary and photo suite proving the project happened, with the exact people it claims to have served. Impossible to fake. Impossible to dispute.
And while the documentary is in production, weekly raw unedited BTS footage keeps your audience engaged and invested across your media platforms, authentic, unscripted, and impossible to fabricate.
Signed by a registered chartered accountant and the Impact advisory board. Confirms nothing in the report overstates what the evidence supports. Not self-declared. Professionally signed. Built to be challenged.
Your logo appears in 3 specific places where your participation is documented and verifiable. Every placement on a community site is reviewed by the advisory board and agreed with the community in writing. Your brand appears where it means something, nowhere else.
We show you real cinematic field footage and current Impact projects we have, walk you through the six-layer verified report behind it, and align on whether we are the right fit
We present 2–3 tailored initiative options, each with a full NGO dossier or Community leaders profile, reporting format demonstration, and project timeline. NGO credentials, financial track record, and community relationships shared openly.
We build the full operational blueprint, travel, community access, risk management, and a deliverables schedule. Ethics checklist completed. Community leadership involved from day one.
six specialists build six verified layers simultaneously. Neuroscience-based measurement framework designed. Financial documentation standards set. Regulatory alignment with CSRD, CSDDD, and ESRS S3 confirmed.
Local leaders, NGO partners, and community members shape the initiative together driven by genuine need, not external assumption. Trust building begins. Consent formally documented and signed.
The project is delivered under community leadership in full partnership with the NGO. Skills transferred, tools shared, systems built that the community will own permanently. Skills stay. Dependency does not.
Local talent. High quality equipment. Aerial drone shots establish geography and scale. Ground-level footage follows the human story. National Geographic–inspired voice over. One 10-min documentary, four 60-sec social films, 15 cinematic photographs, four community testimonials.
Cinematic colour grading, immersive sound design, purposeful pacing. Your brand integrated across every deliverable, logo on title card, closing credits, lower thirds, all 15 photographs, and your dedicated partner page on projectbenevo.com.
Five specialists. One verified-grade document. Zero room for doubt. Structured to ESRS S3. Aligned with CSRD and CSDDD. Anti-green/social washing certification confirming nothing overstates what the evidence supports.
Cinematic proof that
cannot be staged.
During the discovery call, we’ll show you cinematic field footage from our talented storytellers, show you different type of Ethical storytelling. Impact captured as it happens. Framed in a way you’ve never seen from a corporate ESG/Impact programme.
The result: content cinematic enough to stop a scroll. Certified enough to hand to an auditor. Confident enough to share with your investors, customers, and talent without being questioned.
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Most corporate impact films focus on generating sympathy. Ours focus is on capability, dignity, and momentum. The communities we work with are not victims of their circumstances, they are people building something. That is the story we tell. Uplifting, honest, and impossible to fabricate because it was never scripted in the first place.
This is not a sympathy Docu series. It is a record of perseverance.
The communities we work with are not a backdrop. They are not a brand moment. Every frame is built around their strength, their power, their story told on their terms. We do not direct vulnerability. We document resilience.
Aerial drone footage. Ground-level community moments. Purposeful voiceover. Every visual decision made in service of truth, not optics.
We do not create stories that generate sympathy. We capture stories that demand respect.
Four unscripted on-camera testimonials from community members in their own language, with subtitles. No briefing. No direction. No emotional prompting. Just people speaking honestly about what changed and why it matters to them. Signed consent documented. Platform-ready for LinkedIn, Instagram, and internal comms.
Fifteen cinematic, editorial-grade photographs captured on location. Uplifting. Human. Real. No stock. No staging. Shot by locally hired photographers with a National Geographic-inspired eye dignity in the frame, not desperation. Fully licensed for your website, annual report, ESG filing, investor deck, and press materials.
Designed for employee engagement, internal communications, and social media storytelling. Unpolished by design. And because it is unedited and unscripted, it proves the project happened exactly as described. No AI. No staging. Just what actually happened, as it happened.
By the time the cinematic documentary drops, your audience has followed the entire journey. They are already invested
Photographers and videographers are hired locally in every country we operate. They know the terrain, the culture, and the light. Money stays in the community. The footage feels authentic because the people behind the camera are part of the same world as the people in front of it.
All editing, colour grading, sound design, voice-over recording, and brand integration happens in Amsterdam. European production standards. Your brand integrated across every deliverable title cards, lower thirds, closing credits, and all photographs.
Aerial drone sequences establish geography, scale, and context in every documentary. They give the viewer a sense of place that ground-level footage alone cannot achieve and they are the single frame that makes people stop scrolling. Licensed drone operator. CAA compliant.
The separation that makes
it legally defensible
Any company can commission an impact report and sign it themselves. That is called social washing. What makes the Benevolence report different is structural: the person who collects the evidence in the field is never the person who verifies it. Our Impact director collects everything on the ground. Six independent Amsterdam specialists scrutinise every piece of it. That wall between collection and verification is exactly what makes this report survive regulatory scrutiny, investor due diligence, and legal challenge.
Our Impact director is on the ground in every community. She lives alongside the people, co-designs the initiative, oversees execution, collects testimonials, documents every invoice, films the footage, then brings everything back to Amsterdam. She is the bridge between the community and the board. Nobody else can do this part. It requires 5 years of trust, cultural sensitivity, and lived experience.
– Raw field footage & photographs
– Community testimonials on camera
– Every invoice & receipt collected
– Needs assessments & baseline data
– Signed community consent documents
The Amsterdam advisory board doesn’t rubber-stamp what our Impact director brings back, they independently verify every piece of material. Six professionals scrutinise it across six distinct layers. That separation between collection and verification is what gives the report its integrity, not a self-declared claim, but a document built to be challenged and survive it.
– 6 specialists sign 6 independent layers
– Every claim checked against field evidence
– Financial audit by registered accountant
– Neuroscience-based outcome measurement
– Anti-greenwashing certification issued
six-layer report
Impact Measurement
consultant
Measures real human outcomes using validated neuroscience frameworks , behavioural change, cognitive development, emotional wellbeing, and community resilience. Baseline assessments are conducted before the project begins, with post-project evaluation using standardised psychometric tools. This is the only ESG report layer that measures what actually changed inside the people it claims to have served.
Social Methodolgy advisor
Independently validates the social methodology used , confirming alignment with SDG frameworks, ESRS S3 standards, and community consent protocols. Documents that the initiative was genuinely co-designed with communities, not imposed upon them. Confirms that knowledge transfer was real, deliberate, and permanent that capabilities stayed in the community after the team left.
Operations consultant
Every single invoice, procurement decision, and supplier payment is verified by a registered chartered accountant. The budget breakdown shows exactly where every euro went from flights and community wages to materials and NGO fees. Fully traceable. Open books. Structured for direct integration into CSRD financial disclosures and shareholder reporting.
Policy & governance advisor
Confirms that fair labour standards were upheld, that no community was exploited or misrepresented, and that every skill transferred is permanently owned by the community. Documents the governance structure who had oversight, how decisions were made, how risks were managed. Aligned with CSDDD human rights and environmental due diligence requirements.
Impact director
One 10-minute documentary, four 60-second social films, 15 cinematic photographs, and four on-camera community testimonials , filmed on location with local talent, drone footage, and National Geographic–inspired cinematography. Every frame is geotagged, timestamped, and community approved. Impossible to fake. Impossible to stage. Proves the project actually happened with the exact people it claims to have served.
All board advisors
A final independent certification confirming that nothing in the report overstates what the evidence supports. Every claim is cross referenced against the five layers above. Structured to ESRS S3. Aligned with CSRD and CSDDD. Not self-declared , professionally signed by a registered assurance specialist and chartered accountant. Ready for direct submission into your annual ESG filing, investor reports, and shareholder disclosures.
When a regulator, investor, or journalist challenges your social impact claim, you will not point them to a brochure. You will send them this report. Six named professionals. Six independent signatures. Every claim cross-referenced against field evidence collected 5,000 kilometres from the boardroom that commissioned it. That is not marketing. That is a legal defence.
The infrastructure behind the proof
“Claiming global impact is easy. Proving it is not. What makes Benevolence different is not intention,
it is infrastructure. Built in the field. Verified in Amsterdam. Unchallengeable by design. We take on every risk that keeps companies from acting. Which means creating real global impact beyond your own backyard has never been this accessible.”
“Most global impact projects failures happen not from bad intentions but from cultural ignorance , projecting outcomes onto communities that were never genuinely consulted. Lana’s years of continuous presence across four continents means she understands local hierarchies, communication styles, and community dynamics before any programme begins. That cannot be replicated from an office in Amsterdam. It can only be earned in the field.”
“Running impact programmes abroad carries real risk — unvetted partners, cultural misreading, unverifiable outcomes, reputational exposure. It took five years to remove that risk entirely. The relationships exist. The operational experience is proven. The community trust is already there. You arrive. The groundwork is done.”
Donate your knowledge , Money runs out, What you know last forever
The old model is broken — and it shows.
What we witnessed over five years in the field
The old model is broken. The communities pay the price. A company arrives. Money gets donated. Equipment gets delivered. A team photographs everything and flies out. The community waves goodbye.
Then the resources disappear. The equipment breaks with no one trained to fix it. The funds run out with no system to manage what remains. The NGO loses momentum. The project that looked so good in the annual report quietly collapses.
Nobody intended this. But good intentions without permanent infrastructure is not impact. It is a visit.
What we leave behind instead:
Skills — Systems —Network — Knowledge
We don’t just execute an ethical project and hand over the evidence. We make sure that when we leave, the community knows exactly how to maintain what was built and scale it further. Permanent capability, not dependency.
Not a workshop. Not a demonstration. A full transfer of skills the community can use to generate income independently whether that is doll-making in Cape Town, ethical tourism in India, or literacy facilitation in Nairobi. When we leave, the skill remains.
Financial management frameworks. Community governance structures. Documentation protocols. Every system built during a Benevolence programme is designed to function without any external input after handover. We document it. We train the operators. We verify it works, before we leave, not after.
Access to NGO networks, supplier relationships, and institutional contacts that the community continues to use after the programme ends. We introduce. We document. We make the handover formal. The community inherits the network, not just the project it enabled. The connections do not disappear when we do.
Amsterdam professionals legal experts, financial advisors, business strategists host structured masterclasses for community members in every country we operate. Not charity. Not sympathy. The transfer of knowledge that took decades to accumulate, delivered directly to the people who need it most. Knowledge cannot disappear once it is inside someone.
The Benevolence
Certification
A professionally signed badge that tells investors, customers, regulators, and talent one thing without ambiguity: this company’s social impact is real, ethical, and built to withstand any challenge.
Every initiative was co-designed with the community. Fair wages paid. No exploitation. No parachuting in and out. Knowledge transferred permanently. Confirmed by an independent governance specialist.
Every worker involved was paid fairly and treated with dignity. Labour conditions documented, verified against EU standards, and signed off independently before the certification is issued.
The entire programme is governed from Amsterdam under EU regulatory frameworks — CSRD, CSDDD, and ESRS S3. Not adapted to comply. Built to comply from day one.
No AI-generated imagery. No stock photography. Every photograph and frame of footage was captured on location, with the exact community named in the report, by a documented crew on a documented date. Geotagged. Timestamped. Unimpeachable.
Every claim in the certified report has been cross-referenced against field evidence. If the evidence doesn't support a claim, the claim doesn't appear. Not a marketing document a legal one.
Community members gave informed, documented consent. Their testimonials are on camera, unscripted, in their own language. The initiative was shaped by their needs not the other way around.
No claim exceeds what the verified evidence supports
Community involvement was genuine, consensual, and community-led
Zero AI-generated imagery — every visual is field-captured and verified
Every programme structured within CSRD, CSDDD, and ESRS S3 frameworks
Issued by a registered ESG assurance specialist and chartered accountant
Lana van Geel —
A Founder Led Story
Lana’s story begins in Tondo Manila, one of the world’s most densely populated slums, collecting glass bottles on a highway at age six. Not for fun. For survival. Growing up without parents, moving through foster care, learning early that the world does not automatically show up for you.
At twelve her mother brought her to the Netherlands. By fourteen she was filling boxes with clothes and food to send back to the streets that shaped her. No organisation. No budget. Just a conscience that would not look away.
For twenty years she supported humanitarian initiatives in the Philippines. Feeding programmes. School supplies. Community shelter renovations. Year after year, self-funded, no fanfare.
Then five years ago she started travelling. Non-stop. Kenya. South Africa. India. Ethiopia. Zanzibar. Four continents. All self-funded. And somewhere along the way she realised something uncomfortable.
School supplies run out. Feeding programmes end when the funding ends. Shelter renovations decay. The communities she loved were receiving generosity but not capability. Resources but not systems. Help but not independence. Nothing was lasting.
That realisation changed everything.
What communities actually needed was knowledge, skills, and ownership, transferred permanently, built from within. Not a donation. A foundation.
Ten years in enterprise business consulting gave her the other half of the picture. How large organisations make decisions. What they need to trust a partner. How to build structures that survive scrutiny.
Has lived within the communities she now serves, and inside the corporate structures that partner with them. That dual fluency is irreplaceable — and unverifiable by anyone who hasn't done the same.
Pre-existing relationships in every country we operate — built over years before any corporate partnership began. Trust that cannot be manufactured or outsourced.
Every personal initiative was funded out of pocket. No grants. No sponsors. No agenda other than impact. That independence is why the methodology has no room for compromise.
Knows exactly what auditors, investors, and procurement teams need to see — and built the reports to give it to them. The corporate rigour behind the humanitarian heart.
Our Impact
Packages
Four tiers designed for every stage from first-time impact explorers to global enterprise ESG programmes. No prices listed because every engagement is scoped to your exact needs. Contact us for a tailored quote.
Your first step into verified social impact. Built for growing companies that want credible ESG/Impact proof without enterprise complexity or cost.
On request
—contact us
The sweet spot for ambitious brands. Verified impact with full content output enough to anchor your Impact project or annual ESG narrative and impress investors.
On request
—contact us
For established businesses with a formal Impact report or ESG mandate. Multi-country impact with a dedicated partnership director and full regulatory filing support.
On request
—contact us
Fully bespoke, multi-continent impact infrastructure. Built around your reporting calendar, stakeholder map, and long-term ESG strategy
On request
—contact us
We don’t publish fixed rates because no two programmes are identical. Pricing is shaped by geography, number of beneficiaries, country logistics, and your reporting requirements. We scope every engagement personally and send a detailed proposal within 48 hours of your first conversation.
We operate exclusively in countries where we have active, on-the-ground networks and years of established community trust. That is not something we can manufacture quickly and we won't pretend otherwise. Because of this, we deliberately cap the number of corporate partners we accept each year. Not as a sales tactic. As a commitment. Every project deserves Lana's full presence, the board's full scrutiny, and the community's genuine participation. When the calendar is full, it is full. Our focus is on creating real impact not on scaling a business at the expense of the people we serve.
Everything you
need to know
Questions we hear from startups, growing companies, and enterprise teams — answered honestly.
Yes — and in some ways it matters more for you than for a large corporation. Startups that embed verified social impact early build a credibility advantage that is very difficult for competitors to replicate later. Investors, talent, and customers are increasingly scrutinising ESG claims at every stage. A startup with a signed, professionally verified impact report signals something rare: that the values you claim are actually built into your operations, not added on when the lawyers tell you to. Our Starter tier is designed specifically for companies taking their first step. You don’t need a dedicated ESG team or a compliance department. You just need to mean it.
Because your investors, customers, and future acquirers likely do. Even if you’re not legally required to file an ESG report today, the companies and funds you want to work with are. When they do their due diligence on you, your supply chain and partnerships become part of their compliance picture. Starting early means you’re not scrambling when a €50M investor asks for your social impact evidence in a data room. It also means you build the habit before it becomes a legal obligation , which for most growing companies, it will.
Yes — and this is one of the most immediate practical uses. The Benevolence Certification, the verified impact report, and the cinematic field footage are all designed to be embedded directly into investor materials, pitch decks, and due diligence packages. For impact-focused funds, B Corp-aligned investors, and EU-based institutional investors, a signed, independently verified social impact report is not a “nice to have” it’s increasingly a prerequisite for serious consideration. It also differentiates you from the dozens of other startups making unsubstantiated ESG claims in their decks.
Because internal programmes, no matter how well-intentioned, are self-reported. The problem is not what you’re doing, it’s who is verifying it. When the same team that benefits from the programme looking good is also the team producing the report, the document has a conflict of interest built into it. That’s not an accusation, it’s a structural reality that regulators, auditors, and investors are increasingly aware of. The Benevolence methodology separates collection from verification by design. Six independent specialists who have no commercial relationship with your ESG outcome sign six separate layers. That independence is what makes the report survive external challenge in a way that an internal document cannot.
An ESG consultancy helps you write about what you’re doing. We build the thing you write about — and then have independent specialists verify every layer of it. Most ESG consultancies work with data you supply them. They structure it, frame it, and present it in a report. The underlying evidence is still self-reported. Project Benevolence designs and executes the initiative from the ground up, in communities where we have pre-existing relationships and every claim is verified by specialists who were not involved in delivering it. The result is fundamentally different: a report that can withstand external challenge, not just internal review.
A complete programme from discovery consultation to final certified impact report typically takes 2 to 5 months. The timeline depends on the country of operation, the complexity of the initiative, and post-production requirements. The discovery and planning phase takes 3–4 weeks. Field execution is typically 2–3 weeks on the ground. Post-production, report writing, and independent verification take 6–8 weeks. We map the exact timeline during your discovery consultation so you can align it with your reporting calendar or investor milestones.
Yes — this is a core design requirement, not an afterthought. Every layer of the Benevolence report is structured to ESRS S3 standards and aligned with CSRD and CSDDD frameworks from the first day of the programme. The financial layer is audit-ready. The governance layer addresses CSDDD human rights due diligence requirements. The methodology layer provides SDG alignment documentation. The anti-greenwashing certification is signed by a registered ESG assurance specialist and chartered accountant. The full report is designed to be handed directly to your auditor or placed into your annual sustainability filing without additional restructuring.
Yes — multi-country and multi-initiative programmes are available under our Scale and Enterprise tiers. However, we are transparent about an important constraint: we only operate in countries where we have active, established community networks built over years. We do not parachute into new regions because a corporate brief requires it. This is a deliberate ethical position, and it is also what makes the evidence credible. For enterprise clients with specific regional requirements, we discuss country availability during the discovery consultation. If a country is not in our active network, we will say so directly rather than accept a brief we cannot execute with integrity.
We report what the evidence shows nothing more. If the outcomes are smaller than anticipated, the report reflects that honestly. This is non-negotiable. A certification that can be negotiated to show better results is not a certification — it’s a marketing document with a different label. In practice, because every initiative is co-designed with the community from the start and grounded in genuine need rather than corporate optics, the outcomes tend to be meaningful and measurable. But the integrity of the report is more important than the impressiveness of the headline number. That is what makes it worth having.
Consent is formally documented, signed, and independently verified. Community members are informed in their own language about what the project involves, how their image and testimony will be used, and what they will receive in return. That documentation is reviewed by our governance specialist as part of the report. Beyond the paperwork: Lana has longstanding relationships in every community we work in built over years before any corporate partner arrives. Community leaders and NGO partners are not introduced because a brief required them. They are people she has worked alongside personally. That relationship dynamic is why testimonials are genuine and participation is voluntary and it is also why the footage looks the way it does.
Confirmed — and this is a certified claim, not a marketing statement. Every photograph and frame of footage is captured on location, by a documented crew, on a documented date. Files are geotagged and timestamped. The visual documentation layer of the report is signed by Shaira Malawauw, our community coordinator and cinematic storytelling specialist, confirming the authenticity of every visual asset. The anti-greenwashing certification explicitly covers visual integrity. In an environment where AI-generated imagery is increasingly common in ESG materials, this is not a minor detail it is a significant differentiator.
Because the cost of a programme is shaped by factors that vary significantly: the country of operation, the logistics involved in reaching the community, the scale of the initiative, the number of beneficiaries, and your specific reporting requirements. A fixed price list would either overcharge smaller companies or underprice the complexity of larger ones. We scope every engagement individually and send a detailed proposal within 48 hours of your first conversation. What we can say: we have structured our tiers to be accessible at every stage of growth, from a first-time startup impact programme to a multi-country enterprise ESG calendar.
You are encouraged to — that is part of the value. All cinematic deliverables are licensed for your full commercial use: website, annual report, ESG filing, investor presentations, social media, internal communications, and PR. Your brand is integrated across every deliverable during post-production. The distinction we maintain is this: the content is produced as factual documentation first, and marketing material second. That order of priority is what makes it credible when someone scrutinises it. Content produced the other way around — for marketing first, with documentation retrofitted — is exactly what gets organisations into trouble.
You can express preferences and we present 2 to 3 tailored options during the Impact Programme Presentation. But the final selection is always guided by where the genuine need is greatest and where our active network is strongest. We do not match corporate preferences to communities as if selecting a backdrop for a photoshoot. The initiative is driven by community need not by which location looks best in a brand deck. That principle is not a restriction it is the reason the outcomes are credible and the evidence holds up.
It means the community owns the capability after we leave — not just the memory of being helped. Depending on the initiative, this could mean training local teachers in a curriculum they can deliver independently, equipping an NGO with a financial management framework they continue to use, or building a skill like doll-making for income generation in South Africa that produces ongoing economic output. Knowledge transfer is documented and verified as part of the governance layer of the report. We do not count an initiative as complete unless something permanent has been left behind. Resources without systems fade. That is the pattern we were built specifically to break.
Get the proof
before you need it.
CSRD is not coming — it is here. Greenwashing enforcement is accelerating. Investor due diligence has never been sharper. The companies that will come out of this regulatory shift with their ESG narrative intact are the ones that built verified evidence before a challenge arrived — not in response to one. Request a discovery call. We will walk you through a completed Impact Programme with full field footage, report structure, and specialist sign-off, so you can see exactly what you would be presenting to your auditors and investors
Governed in
contact@projectbenevo.com
Lana is the person who goes into the field. Every initiative, every country, every community she is physically present. She sits with local leaders before any plan is made, oversees execution on the ground, collects every invoice, films every testimony, and brings it all back to Amsterdam for independent verification.
Her credentials are not accidental. A dual bachelor’s degree in social studies and business communications gave her the ability to speak two languages the language of communities and the language of corporations. Four years as a supportive coach for vulnerable children, refugees, and immigrant families in Amsterdam built her cross-cultural trust and deepened her understanding of what genuine social change actually requires. A decade in 360 software tech recruitment and enterprise business consulting taught her how large organisations make decisions, what they need to trust a partner, and how to build structures that survive institutional scrutiny.
Every layer of that background shows up in Project Benevolence. The social studies background informs how initiatives are designed around genuine community need. The coaching experience informs how knowledge is transferred with dignity and lasting effect. The corporate consulting background informs why the governance, the reporting, and the verification framework are built to the standard they are.
The past five years have taken her to Kenya, Philippines, South Africa, India, Ethiopia, Zanzibar, Sri Lanka, Guatemala, Fiji, and Vanuatu. All self-funded. All community-led. All proof that lasting impact is possible when it is built on knowledge transfer, not resource dependency.
That is the mission. That is the method. That is why she built Project Benevolence.
Social Methodology Advisor
Shaïra Malawauw is a senior social community coordinator with over 15 years of experience in reintegration and inclusion strategy in Amsterdam. She designs and oversees community programs focused on employment, housing stability, and family support translating social outcomes into structured, measurable data.
Her work aligns with CSRD and ESRS S3 requirements, embedding due diligence, outcome verification, and audit-ready documentation into local initiatives. By combining frontline expertise with structured governance frameworks, she reduces social risk while strengthening corporate accountability.
Internationally, Shaïra supports Benevolence ESG projects through remote coordination, knowledge transfer, and independent
verification oversight—ensuring initiatives are ethical, transparent, and compliant without displacing local ownership.
Shaira has always had a big passion for photography and runs her own cinematic storytelling photo studio in Amsterdam. She loves capturing the real story behind the people she photographs — the emotions, the details, the moments in between.
She also loves to travel and immerse herself in different cultures, which naturally connects to both her social work and her photography. For her, it’s all about understanding people and telling their stories in an honest and meaningful way.
Impact Measurement Advisor
Drs. Nora Hagopian is a neuroscientist and impact measurement specialist with a background in medical informatics, neurophysiology, and mental health. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Medical Informatics and her Master’s degree in Neuroscience from the University of Amsterdam and conducted her research at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Her work centers on translating science into societal value.
Currently working in Clinical Operations and Biotech, Nora has experience with regulatory policy, clinical guidelines, and quality assurance frameworks. Her understanding of policy environments and quality systems ensures projects are accountable and scalable, embedding governance, compliance, and structured evaluation into ESG initiatives.
Additionally, she works as an independent neuroscientist and consultant, supporting wellness and mental health organizations in measuring impact and effectiveness. With expertise in data science and research methodology, she translates complex human outcomes into measurable indicators, making her well-suited for ESG-driven charity and social initiatives.
Nora’s core passion is mental health. She combines scientific depth with practical insight into how the brain functions under stress, adversity, and growth. Within social impact initiatives, Nora guides and governs mental health programs to ensure they are evidence-based, culturally sensitive, and outcome-driven. She is committed to bridging science, business, and social good, helping organizations create initiatives that are both compassionate and demonstrably effective.
Governance & Policy advisor
Jale Sezgin is a Turkish-Danish multidisciplinary advisor based in Amsterdam, working at the intersection of governance, creative strategy, and holistic health. Alongside her creative practice, Jale has extensive experience in governance and advisory roles within higher education institutions.
During her studies at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie she became actively involved in institutional governance, policy development, funding processes, and financial oversight. Since then, she has served on multiple advisory boards and continues to work as a facilitator, advisor, and creative producer across sectors.
With a background as an artist and studies in Traditional Chinese Medicine and Herbal Medicine, she brings a systems-oriented perspective to organizational development, sustainability, and social impact.
Known for her ability to connect stakeholders across disciplines, Jale brings a distinctive lens to governance and impact work while balancing structure with imagination, accountability, and strategy with a distinctive mindset.
ESG Consultant
Humberto Ramsa, MSc RA CA is an experienced Financial and IT Auditor and ESG Assurance Specialist with over eight years of expertise in complex audit and regulatory environments. As a Chartered Accountant (RA) and active contributor to the Nederlandse Beroepsorganisatie van Accountants (NBA), he combines deep technical accounting knowledge with strategic insight into ESG governance, risk management, and compliance frameworks.
With a strong background in financial audits, IT assurance, and sustainability reporting, Humberto supports organizations in strengthening their ESG strategies, enhancing transparency, and aligning with evolving regulatory standards. His expertise spans integrated reporting, internal controls, data integrity within complex IT landscapes, and assurance over non-financial disclosures.
In addition to his professional practice, he serves as an examiner for the NBA and Nyenrode Business Universiteit, contributing to the development of future finance and assurance professionals. This academic involvement reflects his commitment to ethical leadership, professional excellence, and continuous improvement within the assurance field.
As a Board Member and ESG Consultant, Humberto brings a balanced combination of governance oversight, regulatory expertise, and practical implementation experience. He is particularly valuable in guiding organizations through ESG transformation, ensuring robust assurance processes, and embedding sustainability into core strategic decision-making.
Global Operations Advisor
Adrian Silenieks is an Amsterdam-based digital strategist and co-founder of Silverfox Group, with over seven years of experience building content-led growth engines for B2B companies across Europe. His work sits at the intersection of brand trust, demand generation, and strategic storytelling, making him uniquely positioned to understand the commercial value of what Benevolence produces in the field.
Adrian’s seven-year consulting tenure with ZDHC, a global nonprofit coalition founded by Adidas, H&M, Nike, and Puma to eliminate harmful chemical waste in fashion supply chains, gave him direct insight into how multinational corporations approach sustainability accountability, impact communication, and the growing pressure to prove what they claim.
As a Board advisor of Benevolence, Adrian strengthens the organisation’s ability to position independently verified impact evidence as both a legal record and a high value content asset for corporate clients. He brings strategic clarity to how Benevolence reaches and converts B2B decision makers, ensuring that the cinematic field evidence produced across four continents lands with the right audience, in the right format, with the commercial weight it deserves.
Over the past five years, our Impact Director has travelled continuously self funded, self directed, building a verified network across four continents. Not from an office. Through presence. Through showing up in the same communities until the trust was earned.
We have active network in: Mexico, Guatemala, Peru, Brazil, Colombia, Ethiopia, Mauritius, Tanzania, Kenya, Ghana, Namibia, South Africa, Egypt, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Philippines, Fiji, Vanuatu, Australia.
That network is why we only operate in countries where we have legitimate on-the-ground experience in. Verified NGOs. Known community leaders. Established relationships.
