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The role of independent standards in social value
has never been more important.

Social value is now at the forefront of public sector commissioning. Across all sectors, your funders, service users and top talent are demanding accountability.
Each Social Value Quality Mark® is a symbol of credibility and compliance.

Start your transformation journey now for trust, income and sustainable growth.

SVQM Gold award

Two routes to verify your social value

SVQM now offers two marks of accreditation based on your need. Both provide powerful tools for buyers and suppliers.

Organisational Accreditation

The Social Value Quality Mark is the UK’s highest national standard. Our four awards recognise increasing levels of maturity in how you create, measure and develop social value. The real value is in the process: transform your culture to drive benefits for your organisation, people and communities.

Contract Accreditation

Impact Assured checks and independently verifies your social value claims across a specific contract or timeframe. It tells commissioners and investors that your data is credible, transparent and compliant.

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“The Social Value Quality Mark is a useful symbol to our teams. It provides independent assurance of a supplier’s commitment to business that benefits our communities.”

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Watch Richard’s detailed overview of the accreditation, including:

  • How it helps you meet the needs of stakeholders
  • Why it’s considered to be the UK’s national standard
  • The benefits of holding the Mark
  • How the application and audit process works
  • The differences between the levels

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Compete Across Sectors

Align to the new Public Procurement Act

To trade successfully with public sector, you’ll need to meet stringent commitments to social value and transparency. Accreditation strengthens your chances of procurement success.

Customer Loyalty

Enhance Customer Loyalty

Around 70% of consumers want to know what the brands they support are doing to address social and environmental issues.

Attract and Retain Talent

Attract and Retain Talent

Employees who work for companies with a strong sense of purpose say they are more inspired, motivated and loyal. Engaging in social value projects can reduce employee turnover by around 50%.

Celebrate Your Impact

Receive Independent Assurance

The Social Value Quality Mark provides you with independent verification of your social value – adding weight and credibility to your claims.

Start your accreditation journey here

The Quality Mark is the UK’s national standard for social value. Find out about the individual levels of accreditation, what’s involved and how it benefits your business.

‘Commit’ Bronze marks the meaningful first step. You’re ready to make a series of pledges to create, measure and report social value. You’ll benefit from a clearer view of how your organisation creates impact for employees, communities and the environment. Click Here Bronze Platinum 'Commit' 'Influence' Silver 'Benchmark' Gold 'Perform' 'Benchmark' Silver is a significant achievement. You are ready to gain insights across your organisation that enable you to benchmark your current impact. You will establish legitimate measurement methods and build upon your Bronze level commitments and pledges. And you’ll benefit from demonstrable evidence to present to your customers and shareholders. Click Here 'Influence' Platinum marks the pinnacle of social value excellence. You’ve collected 2 years of evidence and are embedding social value through every part of your business. You’re seen as industry leaders and are spreading your influence and innovation outwards, for the benefit of society. Click Here 'Perform' This coveted award recognises true best practice. You’ve collected evidence for a full 12 months and are ready to evaluate your social value against the forecast you created. You are now ready to evaluate your impact and demonstrate the gold standard when it comes to validating your impact. You will have existing and robust social value practices in place and will likely have a mature social value strategy. At this level, social value is a differentiator for your business, helping you win business, attract talent and drive innovation. Click Here flower

‘Commit’ Bronze marks the meaningful first step. You’re ready to make a series of pledges to create, measure and report social value. You’ll benefit from a clearer view of how your organisation creates impact for employees, communities and the environment. Click Here Bronze Platinum 'Commit' 'Influence' Silver 'Benchmark' Gold 'Perform' ‘Benchmark’ Silver is a significant achievement. You are ready to gain insights across your organisation that enable you to benchmark your current impact. You will establish legitimate measurement methods and build upon your Bronze level commitments and pledges. And you’ll benefit from demonstrable evidence to present to your customers and shareholders. Click Here 'Influence' Platinum marks the pinnacle of social value excellence. You’ve collected 2 years of evidence and are embedding social value through every part of your business. You’re seen as industry leaders and are spreading your influence and innovation outwards, for the benefit of society. Click Here ‘Perform’ This coveted award recognises true best practice. You’ve collected evidence for a full 12 months and are ready to evaluate your social value against the forecast you created. You are now ready to evaluate your impact and demonstrate the gold standard when it comes to validating your impact. You will have existing and robust social value practices in place and will likely have a mature social value strategy. At this level, social value is a differentiator for your business, helping you win business, attract talent and drive innovation. Click Here flower

Unsure if you’re ready for accreditation? Find out about our Pre-Audit Service.

A Proud Community Interest Company

We exist to challenge and showcase organisational value in every form.

Society benefits when organisations can demonstrate their credibility and commitment to better business. We challenge rigour, celebrate standards and drive local spend.

We drive income towards the smaller organisations struggling to compete

We test and validate the claims of major corporates, genuinely committed to using their size and scale for good

We act as stewards for the charities and social enterprises under-utilised by big business

As a true independent, we tap into and recognise methodologies from across the market to recognise our clients’ total value

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