S2 Associates

we are a consultancy founded with a dual social impact purpose; to help private sector businesses understand the social challenges they have the solutions for; to work with civic, community and grassroots organisations to help them understand how they can maximise the social value offering from the private sector. we bring connection and understanding together from both sides to enable meaningful impact through authentic co-creation at every stage of the social value journey. uk government legislation around social value has changed. from january 1st 2021, all public procurement over £10million is now required to explicitly evaluate how to approach social value . the business case for pivoting to doing good whilst doing well is stronger than ever. social value = shared value. while csr or philanthropy focused efforts on ‘giving back’ or ‘minimising the harm business has on society’. shared value focuses for-profit companies on maximising the competitive value of simultaneously sol