Tag Archives: Social Value

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) is no longer viewed as a box-ticking exercise for companies and private organisations, but fundamental in the management of public services. The term has matured to become a mainstream priority - from initially helping to manage risks or improve efficiencies, to being recognised as a…

Neom, the Saudi Arabian government-led giga-project, has held an inaugural awards ceremony recognising its business partners’ “outstanding contributions” to social responsibility, but hasn't named them.

Civil nuclear power directly employs over 77,000 people in the UK and is worth £6.1bn to the economy, but the value is so much more than that. Add in the social value that the sector delivers and the benefit to the economy more than doubles to £16bn when you consider…

Where do you start when creating a social value strategy? What should you be measuring and how do you operationalise it? Creating an effective approach to social value is a complex challenge and the stakes are high, with stakeholders increasingly scrutinising unsupported claims.

The Procurement Act will lower barriers for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to win government contracts but it does little to ensure that social value will be delivered, according to bodies that support organisations in procurement and delivery.

We all know about the Nimbys. We also know there are Bananas (Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything). Some with good reason, some less so. So how do we overcome people’s general antipathy towards critical infrastructure? In my role I encounter people genuinely worried and often angry about the visual…

Industrialised construction could pave the way to a fast and efficient reconstruction of Ukraine, when peace is achieved, following the devastating conflict wrought by Russia.

The Social Value Act became law in 2013. It requires public sector clients to factor in economic, social and environmental wellbeing when awarding construction contracts.

Infrastructure is key to growth, be it growth in social capital - which I define as the wellbeing and happiness of society - growth in biodiversity and our natural capital, or economic growth.