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Measure, benchmark, and report Social Value in Ireland across procurement, ESG, and project delivery using a consistent, outcome-led approach.
Built to help organisations in Ireland evidence impact clearly and confidently, with consistent measurement, robust reporting, and transparent, data-led insights.
As expectations around social impact are intensifying, organisations across Ireland are under growing pressure to demonstrate how social value is created through their operations, supply chains, and investments. Consumers are increasingly sceptical of greenwashing, investors are questioning the substance behind ESG claims, and regulators are demanding greater transparency and accountability.
Traditional approaches such as ESG, CSR, and broader sustainability frameworks often fall short when it comes to measuring and evidencing real impact. To respond to these expectations, organisations need a consistent, data-led approach to measure, manage, and report social value in a way that is credible, comparable, and aligned with business performance.
Social Value refers to the wider economic, social, and environmental impact created through an organisation’s activities, beyond business as usual. In Ireland, organisations are increasingly expected to measure and report this impact in a structured and consistent way.
The Global TOM System for Ireland is a new approach to measuring social impact. It translates social, economic and community impact into financial terms, giving boards, investors, and regulators clear, trusted data they can understand and act on. As part of the wider Global TOM System, it builds on the foundations of the UK’s Social Value TOM System™, trusted by over 200 government authorities and hundreds of businesses to measure, quantify and report social impact across procurement, corporate activities and supply chains.
Understand how organisations can measure, manage and report Social Value using a consistent, validated and standardised framework. The guide outlines how social, economic and community outcomes can be translated into clear, comparable insights to support decision-making and reporting.
Many businesses are already doing good on a global scale, perhaps by donating abroad, or hiring individuals facing barriers to work indifferent markets.
The Global TOM System for Ireland gives these businesses the tools to not only report their initiatives on a global scale, but to measure and enhance their impact - turning passive actions into an active force for good.
Impact measurement is scattered across functions and stakeholders - from ESG teams driving sustainability, to procurement leaders assessing suppliers, to investors seeking future-proof opportunities and communications teams eager to tell the story.
The Global TOM System delivers specific benefits to all stakeholders, while bringing the story together in a way that inspires and informs.
"The reason we wanted to work with Social Value Portal was the validation element. I can with confidence turn around and say to my exec team, the board, and our CEO, that we’ve achieved this, and that can then be shared.”
Hannah Leggatt, Director of Environment & Sustainability at The Clancy Group
The Global TOM System for Ireland provides a consistent methodology for measuring impact while respecting local cultural contexts and preventing social washing through rigorous validation. All Social Value reported undergoes validation to ensure the data is free from errors and overclaiming.
£60bn+ of Social Value has already been reported in the UK using the TOM System, and 250+ organisations, from local authorities to multinational corporations, are actively using the system to measure, quantify and report on the social impact of their procurement, corporate activities, and supply chains.
The Global TOM System for Ireland translates social, economic and community impact into financial terms – giving boards, investors and regulators numbers they can understand and trust.
Every Measure has an associated financial value calculated by an expert team of researchers, economists and social scientists, using publicly available country-specific data sets.
Each financial value consists of a series of “value blocks”, which represent the different ways an activity creates Social Value in both the long and short term.
Turning complex social and environmental outcomes into clear, quantifiable values that everyone can understand, creating a common metric to compare and prioritise different initiatives.
Social Value Portal is committed to supporting inclusive, equitable and sustainable communities across Ireland. We recognise the importance of social, economic and environmental wellbeing, and the role organisations play in delivering positive outcomes for people, places and the wider society.
The people, platform and programmes that support organisations to measure, manage and report on the social, economic, and environmental benefits they contribute to society.
Making Social Value Count TM