Estimated reading time: 11 minutes Social value is now firmly established in public procurement, with weightings, evaluation criteria and a minimum 10% score. But what happens after the contract is signed? At Westminster Insight's Social Value in Procurement...
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Can You Defend Your Social Value Data? What Our Validation Webinar Revealed
Estimated reading time: 17 minutes Social value reporting has matured fast, but the data underneath it hasn’t always kept pace. In a recent Thrive webinar, our team explored why more organisations are becoming exposed to scrutiny they aren’t ready for, what good...
From GDP to General Wellbeing: What the Wellbeing Economy Means for Real Estate
Real estate and infrastructure investment is judged largely on financial returns, with social and environmental factors usually treated as ESG add-ons. A growing body of work argues that the way we measure value itself is a problem. At UKREiiF 2026, a panel chaired by...
Delivering Joined-Up Impact Across the Asset Lifecycle at UKREiiF
Estimated reading time: 9 minutes Real estate social impact measurement is usually broken into design, planning, construction and in-use phases. Along that journey, it is passed between owners, contractors, architects, occupiers and local authorities, each with their...
Social Value in Central Government: Why the Shift from Promises to Proof Changes Everything
Estimated reading time: 7 minutes Insights from our webinar “From Policy to Proof: Delivering Social Value and Value for Money in Central Government”, which took place in March 2026 and predates the arrival of PPN 026 in August 2026. Key Takeaways Social value is...
Real Estate’s Social Value (R) Evolution
I haven’t had such a packed week since I joined Thrive as Lead Consultant for Real Assets last year! In the final days of March I: ● Ran a workshop with the Association for Rental Living on social value benchmarking and methodology (26/3/25) ● ...
Social Sustainability: From Output to Impact
Thursday March 13 saw the first-ever Thrive Live webinar, and we’d like to thank the panellists - Verity Magee, Helen Longfils, and Vanessa Soames, plus our own Danielle Aberg - for a fascinating and thought-provoking hour! If you’re one of the nearly 500 people who...






