Social Value is a broader understanding of value. It moves beyond using money as the main indicator of value, instead putting the emphasis on engaging people to understand the impact of decisions on their lives.

2024年10月2日 · Our complete beginner's guide to Social Value - from what it is and why it matters, to how businesses can start creating it.

2023年10月27日 · Social values refer to the set of values that a specific society (distinct from a culture) generally agrees upon. Different societies will have different values, although some values do tend to be shared by most societies – such as cooperation and fairness.

Find out more about what social value is, why it's important, and how measuring and managing your social value can support your business to grow, empower local communities, achieve the SDGs and protect our planet.

Here, I describe a better way to think about social value: the product of the dynamic interaction between supply and demand in the evolution of markets for social value. I then show how decision makers in the nonprofit and public sectors can use these insights to measure what can be measured without pretending to measure what can’t be.

2025年1月9日 · In short, social value means respecting and listening to people and using that understanding to make decisions that benefit both individuals and the planet. It’s about being accountable to those whose lives are affected and making smarter choices when it comes to how we allocate resources.

2022年3月28日 · Social values are qualities, attitudes, and standards that individuals and groups use to guide their actions. These values are the foundation for establishing social order within groups. Through them, a society determines what’s acceptable or not, what should be done or not, and what’s desirable or not.

Social value is the relative importance that people place on the changes they experience in their lives. Some, but not all of this value is captured in market prices. It is important to consider and measure this social value from the perspective of those affected by an organization’s work.

Social Value US is the United States’ associate network of Social Value International - a network of some 2,000 professionals with national chapters in 24 countries and growing - that seeks to improve how society accounts for and manages social value alongside financial value.

Social value is the societal, environmental and economic impact of your organisation. It shifts the core indicator of value beyond money and profitability and emphasises the ‘relative importance that people attribute to changes in their lives’ (Social Value UK) .