Congratulations to Social Value Indonesia on a great success in the first ever Social Value Accelerator program!

Social Value International are proud to announce that Jane Chang from Social Innovation Movement (SIM) has achieved Level 3 Advanced Practitioner Status!

Social Value International is proud to have supported the #ACT4SDGS #FlipTheScript campaign this Global Goals week, which ran from 16-25 September 2022. Find out more about SVI is working to help achieve the #SDGS by 2030.

Social Value International, alongside The Capitals Coalition and GSG, have responded to another important consultation on how we change the way the world accounts for value.

A blog from our Level 3 Accredited Practitioner, Sandra Velthuis, also the Co-Founder of Social Value Ireland, on her work about “Embedding social value within the credit union movement”

Social Value International and The Capitals Coalition have led on an a collective response to the ISSB consultation on the IFRS S1 General Requirements for Disclosure of Sustainability-related Financial Information and the IFRS S2 Climate-related Disclosures exposure drafts.

Social Value International is pleased to launch the new Standard for Principle 8: Be Responsive. This is an important milestone in the discipline of social value accounting, and moves us towards a new decision making framework that can help us address the challenges of our time.

Social Value US have coordinated a member led response to The Securities and Exchange Commission proposed rules to enhance and standardize climate-related disclosures for investors.

Recently, Ceyda Özgüe submitted her SROI Evaluation report for Turkish Grameen Microfinance Program to Social Value UK for Report Assurance checking alignment to the SVI Report Assurance Standard. It was found the report demonstrated a satisfactory understanding of, and consistency with, the Eight Principles of Social Value – as a result it was assured.

On 29th March, Social Value International and our partners hosted the Going Beyond ESG Summit, the culmination of Beyond ESG Month – a series of discussions throughout March 2022 on how we can collectively evolve the current ESG agenda to achieve sustainable development for all. Below you will find summaries of each of the conference sessions. 

We are thrilled to announce that 2 new fantastic Board Members were elected to the Social Value International Board at our 2022 AGM.

Ada Yip and Catherine Manning will be joining the SVI Board at an exciting time for our global movement, and we look forward to their leadership and expert guidance as we work together to change the way society accounts for value.

In this guest blog, as part of the #BeyondESG dialogue, SVI’s partners EVPA discuss how it is vital that we move towards a system of decision making that integrates, and is based upon, impact.

The theme for International Women’s Day 2022 was #BreakTheBias. The celebrate IWD2022, we spoke to 5 inspirational women from across the social value movement who shared their own experiences of breaking the bias, the important role that social value plays, and what more our movement can do to #BreakTheBias for all women, everywhere.

On March 8th, Social Value International (in partnership with Impak Finance) hosted the first in a series of discussions that are making up #BeyondESGMonth. In this blog, we reflect on some of the key takeaways from this panel discussion and what’s next for the ESG agenda.