Social Value International

What Social Value International does

Social Value International (SVI) is a UK-registered charity and company limited by guarantee headquartered in Liverpool that operates as the global standard setter for social value and impact management. Its core technology is a body of standards — the eight Principles of Social Value, the Standards for Applying the Principles (including the SVI Reporting Standard), the Guide to SROI, the SROI Value Map, and the Glossary of Social Value Terms 2.0 — that provide organizations with a methodology to measure, manage, and report social value consistently. SVI extends its reach through 26 national and regional networks (e.g., Social Value UK, US, Canada, Malaysia, Türkiye, Taiwan, Japan, France, Italy, Greece, Spain/EsImpact, Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia/SIMNA, Indonesia, Thailand, Hong Kong, Arabia, Ukraine) connecting approximately 3,000 practitioners worldwide, and supports a Global Network model in which affiliated networks deliver localized training, accreditation, and member services.

The organization's commercial model combines five revenue streams: subscription-style individual and organizational Membership Fees providing access to the practitioner community; professional services revenue from the three-tier Professional Pathway training and accreditation program (Level 1 Associate Practitioner, Level 2 Social Value Practitioner, Level 3 Advanced Practitioner); licensing-style Software Accreditation fees (£2,000 for new applications, £500 for renewals, 2-year term) for tools aligned with the SVI framework; Report Assurance professional services for externally disclosed social value reports; and voluntary donations via PayPal. The True & Fair Project is a flagship advocacy initiative that leverages existing 'true and fair' requirements in company law across jurisdictions to advance sustainability disclosure, supported by a coalition of partners including the UN Development Programme (SDG Impact Standards Assurance Scheme), Accounting for Sustainability (A4S), the Global Alliance of Impact Lawyers (GAIL), the Centre for Climate Engagement at the University of Cambridge, B Corporation, Capitals Coalition, IFVI, AVPN, the Impact Management Platform, and GSG Impact.

SVI's customers are social value practitioners, consulting firms, nonprofits (e.g., IDIS in Brazil), and corporates (e.g., Petrobras, Vale, evaluated via IDIS) seeking to produce assured social value reports aligned to international standards, with a secondary audience of company directors and investors engaged through the True & Fair Project. The organization is led by CEO Ben Carpenter, co-founder and Senior Advisor Jeremy Nicholls, Chair of the Board John Tamihere, and Treasurer David Wray, and it publishes the Principles and Standards, hosts training and webinars, and accredits both practitioners and software tools globally.

Name

Social Value International

Legal name

Social Value International

Website

https://socialvalueint.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Social Value International is a UK-based global standard setter for social value and impact management, offering the Principles of Social Value, SVI Standards, training/accreditation, report assurance, and software accreditation to 3,000 practitioners and organizations across 26 regional networks.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sustainability Standards and Social Impact Advisory Services

NAICS

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (54172)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), International Affairs (9721)

akta.pro primary industry

Sustainability & ESG Reporting (GRI/SASB/ISSB/CSRD) (EUAHAJAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

International Standards Development & Standardization Bodies (BPADANAA), Environmental, Climate & Sustainability Standards & Reporting Cooperation (BPADANAI), Safeguarding, Accountability & Compliance (ESG, Gender/GBV, Do No Harm) (BPADAEAM)

Keywords

• Social value measurement
• Impact management standards
• SROI methodology
• Professional accreditation
• Sustainability reporting

Headquarters

HQ city

Liverpool

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: Individual and organizational membership providing access to the global network of 3,000 practitioners, benefits, and community engagement opportunities.
2. Training and Professional Pathway: Accredited training programs and multi-level professional certification pathway (Level 1 Associate Practitioner, Level 2 Social Value Practitioner, Level 3 Advanced Practitioner) for social value practitioners.
3. Software Accreditation: Accreditation of software tools that enable social value analysis in alignment with SVI framework. Priced at £2000 for new applications and £500 for renewals, valid for 2 years.
4. Report Assurance: Assurance services for social value reports and Social Value Management Certificate programs.
5. Donations: Voluntary donations accepted through PayPal for supporters of the mission.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Social Value International develops and maintains the globally recognized Principles of Social Value and the Standards for Applying the Principles of Social Value, providing the framework for measuring, managing, and reporting social value. It commercializes this framework through a Professional Pathway of accredited training (Associate, Social Value Practitioner, Advanced Practitioner), Report Assurance services, a Software Accreditation programme, and membership subscriptions for a global network of 3,000 practitioners. The True & Fair Project, hosted by SVI, is a flagship initiative that challenges mainstream financial accounting by advocating integration of sustainability information into financial statements under existing "true and fair" company law requirements.

Product overview

Social Value International offers a suite of interconnected standards, guidance, and professional development programs. At its core are the Principles of Social Value and the Standards for Applying the Principles of Social Value, which together provide a comprehensive framework for social value accounting and decision-making. These are supported by practical guidance documents including The Guide to SROI and the Glossary 2.0. The organization provides professional development through its multi-level Professional Pathway (Associate, Practitioner, and Advanced Practitioner accreditation) and offers assurance services for reports and software accreditation for tools. The product portfolio is focused on standards and services rather than software products, serving practitioners and organizations seeking to measure and report social value to international standards.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• True & Fair Project: A campaign hosted by Social Value International that challenges how profit is currently calculated and advocates for integrating sustainability information into mainstream financial statements.

Products and services

• The Principles of Social Value

Quantifiable outcome

• Organizations can achieve SROI ratios (e.g., 1:12 in Guinea humanitarian programs)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

31 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and regional.

• Social Value Malaysia (SVM)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 April 2026Partnership to advance the True & Fair Project in Malaysia. SVM will deliver roundtable discussions, direct support to companies, and technical guidance to raise awareness of the true and fair requirement in Malaysian company law.
• EsImpactflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 February 2026SVI's Joint Member Network in Spain. Partnership Agreement signed to roll out the True & Fair Project nationally and accelerate integration of sustainability information into mainstream financial accounting in Spain.
• SIMNA (Social Impact Measurement Network Australia)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 December 2025Partnership agreement to bring the True & Fair Project to Australia. SIMNA joins growing coalition working to raise awareness of the true and fair requirement in Australian company law.
• Global Alliance of Impact Lawyers (GAIL)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 September 2025International community of legal experts using the practice of law to have positive impact on people and planet. Partnership to advance the True & Fair Project worldwide through legal research and analysis.
• Accounting for Sustainability (A4S)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 June 2025Partnership to advance the True & Fair Project. Brings together two global organizations committed to reshaping financial decision-making for a more sustainable and equitable future.
• Centre for Climate Engagement (CCE)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 May 2025Academic centre based at Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge. Partnership to advance the True & Fair Project, contributing research, legal analysis, and practical guidance tailored to board directors through the Climate Governance Initiative.
• Capitals CoalitioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization working on natural capital and social value frameworks. Collaboration on guidance documents and standards alignment between the Principles of Social Value and Natural Capital Protocol.
• B CorporationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization setting standards for businesses to meet social and environmental performance standards. Shared mission of promoting stakeholder-driven impact measurement.
• UNDP (United Nations Development Programme)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerSVI serves as Interim Scheme Manager of SDG Impact Standards Assurance Scheme. Partnership to support Accredited Trainers and Assurance Practitioners in implementing SDG Impact Standards. Train-the-trainer programs for SDG Impact Standards.
• IFVI (International Foundation for Valuing Impacts)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSVI is an active member of IFVI's Valuation Technical & Practitioner Committee (VTPC). Collaboration on impact accounting methodology and new partnership to advance impact accounting knowledge among trainers and practitioners.
• AVPN (Asian Venture Philanthropy Network)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional partner network in Asia connecting social value practitioners and promoting impact measurement standards in the Asia-Pacific region.
• Impact Management PlatformcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with leading providers of public good standards for managing sustainability impacts. SVI Principles align with and support the Impact Management Platform framework.
• GAIL (Global Alliance of Impact Lawyers)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to advance the True & Fair Project worldwide. Nine lawyers from GAIL contributed rigorous legal analysis across Asia-Pacific jurisdictions examining how the true and fair requirement operates.
• Social Value UKcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorJoint Member Network in the UK delivering training, accreditation, and support services for social value practitioners. One of the 26 national and regional networks in the SVI global network.
• Social Value UScoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorJoint Member Network in the United States. Part of the global network delivering SVI-accredited training and supporting social value practice in the US.
• Social Value TaiwancoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorJoint Member Network in Taiwan. Delivers training and practitioner accreditation, including Level 3 Advanced Practitioner certifications for sustainability communications consultants.
• Social Value TürkiyecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorJoint Member Network in Turkey advancing the True & Fair Project regionally. Multiple Advanced Practitioners (Level 3) trained through this network.
• Social Value Aotearoa (New Zealand)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional network in New Zealand. Delivers Level 1 Associate Practitioner Training and exam for local practitioners.
• Social Value IrelandcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAssociate Network in Ireland. Announced on St Patrick's Day 2021, expanding the social value network in the Irish region.
• Social Value CanadacoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorJoint Member Network in Canada. Stephanie Robertson, former SVI Trustee, serves as Acting Executive Director of Social Value Canada.
• Social Value GreeceregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional network in Greece. Part of the 26 national and regional networks in the SVI global network.
• Social Value FranceregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional network in France (Le Réseau Social Value France). Part of the 26 national and regional networks.
• Social Value ItalyregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional network in Italy. Part of the 26 national and regional networks.
• Social Value JapanregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional network in Japan. Part of the 26 national and regional networks.
• Social Value Hong KongregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional network in Hong Kong. Part of the 26 national and regional networks.
• Social Value ArabiaregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional network in the Middle East/Arabian region. Part of the 26 national and regional networks.
• Social Value Ukraine (SVU)regionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional network in Ukraine. Part of the 26 national and regional networks.
• Social Value ThailandregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional network in Thailand. Part of the 26 national and regional networks.
• Social Value IndonesiaregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional network in Indonesia. Part of the 26 national and regional networks.
• SIMNA (Social Impact Measurement Network Australia)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorJoint Member Network in Australia. Delivers training, accreditation, and True & Fair Project activities. Led by SVI Board member Chiayuan Wu through Social Impact Institute of Taiwan partnership.
• GSG ImpactcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with GSG Impact and its National Partners on sustainability reporting standards response to IPSASB. Collaboration on public sector sustainability reporting standards development.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• B Lab (B Corporation): B Lab certifies businesses against social and environmental performance standards — a direct counterpart to SVI's Principles of Social Value. Both operate global networks, accredit practitioners, and pursue a parallel mission of redefining business accountability.
• AccountAbility: AccountAbility develops sustainability and impact standards (AA1000 series) and assurance frameworks. It competes with SVI for corporate ESG methodology mindshare and practitioner training, particularly for sustainability assurance engagements.
• Global Reporting Initiative (GRI): GRI is the most widely adopted sustainability reporting standards body globally. SVI competes for the same 'how to measure and report impact' mindshare among corporates, practitioners, and policymakers, though GRI's focus is broader ESG versus SVI's social value specialty.
• Impact Management Platform: A coalition of standards providers convening on shared impact management norms. SVI's Principles are formally aligned with the Platform's framework, making it both a collaborating and competing forum for defining 'how to measure impact.'
• Social Value UK: Social Value UK is the UK Joint Member Network of SVI and an independent standards operator in its own right, operating the UK-specific Social Value Quality Mark. It is both a channel partner and a potential competitive standard-setter within the UK market.
• International Foundation for Valuing Impacts (IFVI): IFVI advances impact accounting methodology and valuation practices. It shares board representation and practitioner committees with SVI, and operates as both a partner and a parallel standards-influencing body in the impact valuation space.
• Capitals Coalition: Capitals Coalition develops the Natural Capital Protocol and related frameworks for valuing natural and social capital. It is a formal SVI partner with overlapping scope in non-financial capital accounting and comparable practitioner-training ecosystems.
• GSG Impact (Global Steering Group for Impact Investment): GSG Impact mobilizes national impact-investment ecosystems and partners with SVI on sustainability reporting standards. It addresses overlapping audiences — impact funds, asset allocators, and standard-setters — and pursues comparable standards-influencing mandates.

Broad incumbents

• ISSB (IFRS Foundation): The ISSB operates inside the IFRS Foundation and issues global sustainability disclosure standards (IFRS S1/S2). It dwarfs SVI in institutional backing and jurisdictional adoption, and competes for the same corporate sustainability reporting use case.
• IIRC (International Integrated Reporting Council): IIRC created the Integrated Reporting Framework and is now part of the IFRS Foundation. Its 'capitals' framing overlaps with SVI's social value principles and addresses a comparable corporate reporting audience.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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