Social Value: Overview

Revision as of 09:59, 2 November 2021

Social value is defined by the Sustainable Procurement Taskforce as: ‘A process whereby organisations meet their needs for goods, services, works and utilities in a way that achieves value for money on a whole life basis in terms of generating benefits not only to the organisation, but also to society and the economy, whilst minimising damage to the environment.’

Ensuring that work conducted by the Built Environment incorporates social value both locally and nationally has become a key priority throughout the sector.

Here is a list of useful resources on the topic of social value:

• Building Social Value (Considerate Constructors Scheme)
• Can Do Toolkits
• Construction Social Value Steering Group
• Creating Social Value from Civil Engineering Projects (ICE)
• Delivering Social Value: Measurement (UKGBC)
• From the Ground Up - Improving the Delivery of Social Value in Construction (IED)
• Inclusive Employers Toolkit: Young Black men in construction and technology
• Maintaining Employment in Construction (Construction Leadership Council)
• Maximising Social Value from Infrastructure Projects (ICE/Useful Projects)
• Optimising diversity of supply base (Liz Holford)
• Social value (Supply Chain Sustainability School)
• Social Value Act
• Social Value and Design of the Built Environment (Supply Chain Sustainability School)
• Social Value: Delivering Beyond Cost (Scape)
• Social Value - Underpinning Our Future Legacy (Mace)
• Social Value Toolkit for Architecture (RIBA)
• [UNIQID Supporting our communities] (BPF)
• What is social value and how to plan it? (Supply Chain Development)
• Reimagining infrastructure in the United States: How to build better (McKinsey & Company)

Related articles on Designing Buildings Wiki

• Building social value.
• Corporate social responsibility in construction.
• Creating social value from civil engineering projects.
• Social sustainability.
• Social value: Gearing up for giving back.
• Social Value Act.
• Social value and design of the built environment.
• Social value in new development.
• What is social value.