This is a 6 part blog series on strategising, planning, budgeting, and implementing social value. The aim is to present the key principles of efficient, meaningful and commercially viable social value delivery.  Social value begins with strategy. Creating a strategy is a challenging task –  social value is a complex and relatively new concept in

This is a 6 part blog series on strategising, planning, budgeting, and implementing social value. The aim is to present the key principles of efficient, meaningful and commercially viable social value delivery.  The right combination of technology, people and partnerships is the way forward for creating an operational system that creates both tangible social impact

This is a 6 part blog series on strategising, planning, budgeting, and implementing social value. The aim is to present the key principles of efficient, meaningful and commercially viable social value delivery.  Every company has inherently valuable resources and these can be harnessed to produce social value. Resources will vary depending on the industry and

This is a 6 part blog series on strategising, planning, budgeting, and implementing social value. The aim is to present the key principles of efficient, meaningful and commercially viable social value delivery.  Rethinking the Role of VCSEs It is time to radically rethink the traditional concept of supply chain partners and include VCSEs. Companies use

This is a 6 part blog series on strategising, planning, budgeting, and implementing social value. The aim is to present the key principles of efficient, meaningful and commercially viable social value delivery.  Social value requires cross-department collaboration. The usual social value cycle contains different phases, ranging from bid readiness to bidding, to actual delivery and

This is a 6 part blog series on strategising, planning, budgeting, and implementing social value. The aim is to present the key principles of efficient, meaningful and commercially viable social value delivery.  Budgeting and governance can be the most logistically challenging elements of social value but strategic planning and understanding the responsibility of different roles