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Methodology Social Return
Social Return on Investment SROI represents a methodology for the financial evaluation of the outcomes and impact of a project.
The methodology depended on benefitting from Cost-Benefits Analysis and Social Accounting.
The analysis and calculation of Social Return go through 12 steps, ending in the calculation of the financial ratio of the Social Return:
Social Return on Investment Assessment
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Current Financial Value of Benefits
Current Financial Value of Investment
Benifits of Social Return
- UnderstandingIt helps understand the project from a digital perspective and new approaches that depend on logical comparison between expenses and benefits.
- Project EvaluationThe methodology depends on analyzing outputs and outcome to reach the impact, then evaluating the financial value of the outcomes an impact, and determining whether the project is making a profit or losing from a social perspective.
- A Way of ThinkingThe implementation of the analysis in its steps broadens the reader’s perceptions of different and important aspects of the project, such as displacement and contribution.
- TransparencyThe project is evaluated and the results are shown: negative or positive; socially losing or making a profit. This gives credibility to the project and raises the standards of transparency.
- ComparisonSocial Return is a financial ration that is easy to read and understand, and it can be compared among various projects.
Conceptual Guide for Social Return
A quick scientific guide that demonstrates the Social Return concepts, tools and mechanisms of developing and calculating it. The manual covers the following topics:
- Evaluation on the World Map
- Project Evaluation Concepts:
- Social Return Concept
- Social Return Calculation
- FAQ on Social Return
To get the guide please visit the webpage on SABR Consulting website: