Supporting Guidance
Discover the International Standards on Accounting for Value.
Guidance for implementing the standards
These Guidance documents show how the Standards can be applied in practice to prepare a social value account, carry out a Social Return on Investment (SROI) analysis, or develop and integrate an Impact Measurement and Management (IMM) system within an organisation.
This guidance can be applied to any sector. SVI’s Standards Committee will develop specific guidance for different sectors and geographies in collaboration with SVI’s global networks.
The SVI Standards enable any organization – large or small, private or public – to understand and report on their social impacts in an internationally consistent and credible way.
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Guidance for
Principle 1: Involve Stakeholders
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Guidance for
Principle 2: Understanding what Changes
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Guidance for
Principle 3: Valuing the things that matter
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Guidance for
Principle 4: Only include what is material
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Guidance for
Principle 5: Do not overclaim
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Guidance for
Principle 6: Be Transparent
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Guidance for
Principle 7: Verify the result
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Guidance for
Principle 8: Be Responsive
Social value management guidance
Social Value International and our Global Networks have worked in collaboration with partners and other global standard setters to produce guidance that can assist individuals and organisations with their measurement and management of social value.
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The Guide to SROI
The Guide to SROI provides a clear framework for anyone interested in measuring, managing and accounting for social value or social impact.
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Maximise your Impact Guide
How to engage with your stakeholders, collect data and design goods and services to maximise impact.
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The Principles of Social Value
This document goes into detail about each of the Principles of Social Value and what they individually mean.
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The Purpose of the Principles of Social Value and the SVI Standards
This document outlines the link between a principles-based approach to accounting for value and SVI's vision.
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Starting out in SROI
This guidance helps you to understand more about how your organisation makes an impact – and how much this matters.
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The Principles of Social Value and Accountability
This report covers the thinking that underpins The Principles to Social Value.
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Glossary of Social Value Terms
This glossary covers the key terminology used in social value measurement and management and what this means.
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The Impact Management Platform
The is a collaboration between leading providers of public good standards and guidance for managing sustainability impacts.
Linkages papers:
Sustainable Development Goals reporting and the Social Value International framework.
This is a short technical paper designed for social impact and sustainability professionals (referred to as ‘analysts’) looking to monitor, evaluate and report their contribution to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Impact Management Principles
EVPA’s guidance for impact management and Social Value International’s (SVI) Principles are in many ways interlinked. This document shows EVPA and SVI’s position on impact measurement and management.
Measuring Outcomes Using the Social Value Principles
The Relationship between Social Value Principles and the Natural Capital Protocol
Exploring alignment between the Qualitative Impact Protocol and the Principles of Social Value
This B-Lab Best Practice guide will provide an overview of the principles of social value, a how to guide on implementing them in your impact management strategy, and additional resources to learn more.
This paper seeks to explore the level of similarity between Social Value Principles and Framework and those of the Natural Capital Protocol.
This paper explores how the Qualitative Impact Protocol (QuIP) sits within the Principles of Social Value - the SVI Framework.
