Transforming Real Estate with Measurable Social Value
The real estate market, from investors to tenants, seeks transparency and actionable insights on social value delivered through real estate assets.
Thrive empowers stakeholders to quantify how they enhance their community
Who Benefits from Thrive’s Solutions?
Thrive’s Social Value Measurement tools, including Social Scorecard, are designed for owners, investors, asset managers, property managers, developers, large corporate occupiers, and lenders. Applicable across both public and private sectors, our solutions support real estate and infrastructure assets throughout their entire lifecycle — in the UK and internationally.
Why Measure Social Value?
In today’s real estate and infrastructure landscape, stakeholders — from investors to tenants — increasingly prioritise social value and impact. This isn’t just about compliance — it’s about transparently demonstrating value, strengthening community relationships, and driving sustainable growth
Implementing social value measurement offers several key advantages:
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Why Choose Thrive
The most trusted, user-friendly, and innovative social value platform — built for real impact.
Thrive isn’t just software; it’s a smarter way to measure, manage, and showcase your social value. Trusted by over 150 clients across 30+ countries, our platform combines flexibility, transparency, and rigorous governance to deliver data you can rely on.
Built on Independent, Global Standards
Powered by the Impact Evaluation Standard, Thrive offers consistent and flexible measurement across all asset types, locations, and sizes — UK and international
Holistic & Meaningful Measurement
Our Social Scorecard evaluates both the quantity and quality of your social value actions, always considering local needs to ensure relevance and depth
Clear, Financially Linked Impact
Using validated financial proxies, Thrive connects social outcomes directly to financial returns, helping you prioritise actions and demonstrate real-world value
All-in-One Solution with Expert Support
From onboarding to ongoing customer care, our built-in tools and team empower you to deliver robust, transparent reporting aligned with UN SDGs, GRESB, GIIN, GRI, and more
Proven Leadership & Integrity
With a decade of innovation in the social value sector, including the world’s first OECD-wide social value product, and strict independent governance, Thrive guarantees quality, trust, and continuous advancement
Join the organisations shaping the future of social value measurement — choose Thrive for clarity, confidence, and impact that matters.
Elevate Your Impact Measurement with Social Scorecard Advanced
Designed through collaboration with investors from diverse firms, Social Scorecard reflects a deep understanding of the sector’s unique needs. We adapt to different asset types and levels of control, ensuring fair and tailored measurement—because no two assets or investors are the same. We help you do everything possible within your scope to maximise social value.
The Social Scorecard process revolves around surveys designed to capture information relevant to asset managers, property managers, key suppliers, and/or occupiers. It provides a simple and effective way to document activities taking place in and around an asset, as well as assess the quality of those initiatives.
Participants have the option to upload supporting evidence or photographs for each initiative, or to input data using Thrive’s in-house survey tool. All submitted data is then validated by the Thrive platform.
Once the validation process is complete, a Social Scorecard Advanced report is issued.
Social Scorecard Advanced gives you:
Simple, Guided Reporting
Tailored questions make it easy to capture a wide range of stakeholder initiatives, helping you record more of what’s happening in and around each asset.
Verified, Trusted Protection
Smarter, Actionable Insights
Clear, Valuable Comparisons
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“Thrive’s Social Scorecard will revolutionise how we approach social value in real estate projects. The clarity and depth of insights are unparalleled.”
Software solutions for in-use assets
Thrive offers three ways to measure your social value at a real estate or infrastructure asset, no matter what stage, size or location.
Starter
Our standard social value software with specific real estate metrics
Full Dashboard Functionality
Customisable dashboards for single assets, projects, portfolios, or fund-level views.
Local Needs Analysis
Understand and respond to the specific needs of each location with built-in analysis tools.
Surveys with Automated Reminders
Gather feedback from stakeholders using integrated surveys and automatic follow-ups.
Target Setting & Estimations
Set, track, and estimate progress towards social value goals with ease.
Flexible Data Collection
Capture data from multiple stakeholders, with reminders to support consistent reporting.
Custom Metrics & Evidence Upload
Use inbuilt metrics or add your own. Easily upload images and documents to support storytelling and evidence.
Asset and Estate-Level Insights
Drill down or roll up data for analysis at any scale.
Report Builder
Generate structured, professional reports directly from your data.
Optional Basic Data Validation
Add an extra layer of confidence to your data with light-touch validation.
Intermediate
Enhanced tools for deeper insights, incorporating the unique Social Scorecard
Everything in the Standard Package
Includes all core features for effective social value measurement
Guided Questions for Multiple Stakeholders
Co-created with the property sector, these tailored surveys help you collect richer data from asset managers, property managers, suppliers, and occupiers
Social Scorecard Assessment
Go beyond quantity — measure the quality of your social value actions to create more meaningful and actionable insights
Basic Gap Analysis & Improvement Suggestions
Receive detailed, stakeholder-specific recommendations to help you take the next best step in your social value journey
Validation Included
Built-in data validation ensures accuracy and confidence in your reports
Basic Benchmarking & Attribution
Compare your assets and stakeholders against peers to gain valuable perspective
Advanced
Comprehensive tools for a 360° view using the Social Scorecard
Everything in the Intermediate Package
All features from previous tiers to build on a strong foundation
Advanced Gap Analysis
Detailed diagnostics to uncover areas for improvement across all stakeholder groups
Scenario Planning & Strategic Recommendations
Plan future actions with tailored suggestions and next best steps based on current performance
Validation & Assurance Included
Comprehensive checks to ensure data credibility and trust
Advanced Benchmarking & Attribution
Deep performance comparisons with more granular stakeholder-level insights
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Why Customers Harness The Thrive Advantage
We Lead In Governance And Transparency
We have a dual layer of independent oversight, which is unique in the social value market.
First, a steering committee oversees the Impact Evaluation Standard, which defines the metrics and proxy values. This committee ensures that the technical development behind our service follows best-practice guidelines.
Second, a separate steering committee governs the Social Scorecard specifically. Both committees include senior industry practitioners, with strong protections in place to prevent conflicts of interest.
For more details or to request our conflict of interest policy, please email contact us.
Strict independence and market relevance are at the core of our approach. We are actively enhancing our governance structures by including academic members and creating focused topic-based groups.
Holistic and Robust Measurement
Social Scorecard moves beyond simply collecting and reporting outputs to focus on meaningful outcomes. We integrate the five Dimensions of Impact into how we gather and report data and results.
Our approach has always been guided by the Theory of Change principle, which is now more central than ever to our metrics and methodology.
Taking a holistic view, we consider not only how many initiatives were completed at each asset (recognising that some assets can support more than others), but also the value delivered and the quality of those actions. For example, when jobs are created, we assess whether they are good quality and meet the needs of the local community.
Our metrics encompass various types
- Percentages (%): Reflecting proportional data
- Output Only: Quantifying tangible results
- Proxy Values: Assigning financial equivalents where applicable
You’re In The Best Hands
We lead from the front with best-in-class specialists, including Danielle Aberg, Cléo Folkes and Dr. Daniel Fujiwara.
Danielle Aberg brings 20 years of social sustainability experience across multiple sectors. Danni established the award-winning “Women into Construction” programme, is a regular event speaker and contributor to publications, and is a highly-regarded social sustainability thought leader.
Cléo Folkes is a real estate and social value specialist with over 30 years of experience, particularly in operational assets. She has worked with a wide range of investors across asset types and countries, and brings deep sector insight.
Dr. Daniel Fujiwara is the world’s leading expert on the methodology behind calculating proxy values. He has worked across academia, the public sector, and private industry, including real estate and infrastructure. He is the author of best-practice guidance used by governments, including contributions to the HM Treasury Green Book.
Suggested Reading
Social Value – A Blank Canvas for Real Estate
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Real Estate’s Social Value (R) Evolution
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Thrive Webinar Recap and Learnings
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Social Value Glossary – Key Terms to Know
Make sure you understand the language of social value so you can communicate more effectively about your own strategies.
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