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24/07/2024 | 0 min read

Impact of Social Value: British Standard 8950: Recommendations on how sustainability professionals can enhance social value

During this webinar we looked at an overview of the #BS8950 Standard with key tools & assessment methods for #socialvalue & recommendations on the challenges & opportunities from Standard author Jeremy Nicholls and Sophie Stephens from Balfour Beatty. In March, the British Standards Institute (BSI) launched the draft version of BS 8950 – Guide to enhancing social value’. The Guide focuses on the role of organisations in understanding, preserving and enhancing social value. During this webinar session attendees gained: - An overview of the key findings of the standard by the author of the standard; - Understanding of the key tools and assessment methods to help determine and account for social value; - Practical recommendations from industry experts on the challenges and opportunities to measure and enhance social value. Speakers included: • Jeremy Nicholls, Non Executive Director of Social Value International, Author of BS 8950 • Sophie Stephens (PIEMA), Head of Social Value & Sustainability (UK), Balfour Beatty This webinar counts for 1 hour of CPD, so don’t forget to add it to your IEMA CPD Portal. This can be accessed through your member account on iema.net.