The Global TOM System:
Measure Social Value locally, report globally

The Global TOM System is the first Social Value standard that measures impact in each country on its own terms and adds the results up to one comparable global figure. Country teams report against measures designed for their market, in their own currency, and your board sees a total it can compare, question, and act on.

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How the Global TOM System reports Social Value

Example

Social Value of employing 100 people (FTE) in four different countries.

Total: $INT 26.40m

Country	Local currency	$INT
United Kingdom	£4.20m	6.14m
Netherlands	€5.82m	7.52m
Spain	€3.18m	5.34m
Australia	A$10.61m	7.40m

Calculated with each country's Global TOM System proxy value for employment.

Local reporting and a global view from one system

One set of Social Value data gives every part of your organisation the figures it needs.

Each country reports in

Local currency

Social Value figures calibrated to each market, for country teams and local stakeholders.

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The group and board see

International Dollars ($INT)

Adjusted for price differences between countries, so every result adds up to one total.

For country teams

Whether you're in Madrid or Melbourne, you measure your social impact against measures built for the priorities of your own market.

For the group sustainability team

You can compare Social Value results side by side and see which programmes deliver the most value, across three countries or thirteen.

For the board and CFO

You get one Social Value figure for the whole group, backed by published data sources and open to the same scrutiny as any other financial result.

Where numbers behind each measure come from

Every financial proxy in the Global TOM System draws on published data that meets our standards for reliability, transparency, and international comparability. That means when your CFO asks where a figure comes from, you can point to the source.

Global sources

World Bank: Economic and development data

OECD: Employment and social statistics

International Monetary Fund: Purchasing power parity data

National sources

National statistical offices

Government departments

Central banks and monetary authorities

Supporting research

Peer-reviewed academic research

Industry reports and studies

Analysis from established NGOs

Regional development banks

Why the Global TOM System?

Social Value that stands up to scrutiny in every market

Trusted by global market leaders

Multinationals including Amazon and ISS use the Global TOM System to measure and report Social Value across their international operations.

Built on data sources the world trusts

Every financial proxy, meaning the monetary value given to an outcome, draws on sources such as the World Bank, the OECD and the IMF. Country-specific measures use national statistics offices and government data, and every proxy is checked and peer reviewed.

Validated results you can stand behind

Our Social Value specialists check the evidence behind your reported data, so the figures that reach your board have been reviewed before anyone relies on them.

Principles that prevent overclaiming

The framework applies additionality, which counts only value that wouldn't have happened anyway, and attribution, which counts only the share your organisation is responsible for. It also stops the same outcome being counted twice.

Fits your group sustainability reporting

Results feed into your global ESG and CSR reporting, so Social Value sits alongside your other sustainability disclosures and informs where you invest your impact budget.

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