the value add

Learn how our partnership with University of Manchester saw a ripple affect, turning a key supplier on to the power of social value.

Many larger businesses have a Corporate Social Responsibility or ESG programme, developed and fine tuned over many years. However, with the rise of social value and the focus on local it seems that these programmes may becoming redundant.

The Lyreco Goodness Microbusiness Support Programme was crowned the Best Private Sector Project Award at the National Social Value Awards 2022. Read about the programme, and the good it has done for smaller businesses across the UK

We are delighted that Augmentas Group are one of the sponsor at the National Social Value Conference 2022. Glenn St John-Colgan, Managing Director of Augmentas Group, provides us with his insight on what it means for a business to create wealth, and how financial and social value are not as distinct as some people might imagine. 

On 1st January 2022, Lyreco launched ‘Lyreco Goodness’, a new umbrella programme bringing together all their sustainability and social responsibility initiatives. Andrew Byers tells us how Lyreco Goodness came to be, and what it hopes to achieve.

As an expert in transport infrastructure, Colas' work has a significant impact on local businesses and communities, so it instigated a five-year social value strategy.

WSP started working with Social Value Portal to demonstrate its focus on social value and align itself with a best practice tool that complements the needs of local authorities.

Read Blake Morgan's winning submission for private sector leadership at the Social Value for Future Generations Awards 2021.

Social Value Portal launches a guide for design teams on maximising social value in design, including social value action plans.

We invited Jess Morgan, Social Impact Manager for the western region at BAM Construct UK, to discuss why social value plays a vital role within the construction industry.

Landsec has made a an industry-leading commitment to deliver £25 million of social value by 2025. Landsec has been working in partnership with Social Value Portal to support this mission.

Guy Battle, CEO of Social Value Portal explains a number of frequently asked questions from corporate clients about their intent, needs and journey towards measuring social value.

Guy Battle, CEO of Social Value Portal shares a number of frequently asked questions from corporates about their intent and needs, and their journey towards measuring social value. How do we use social value as a way of articulating and proving purpose?

Sometimes, it really helps to know how well everyone else is doing. This is certainly the case for social value. If one construction firm can generate a certain amount through their work, this could set a social value benchmark that other firms can aspire to. It can be motivating, to say the least.

Targeted policies, data systems and improvement plans are three ways Social Value Portal can help you with sustainability reporting.

Guy Battle, CEO of Social Value Portal, shares a number of frequently asked questions from corporates about their intent, needs or journey towards measuring social value.