This white paper discusses the Social Return on Investment (SROI) framework, which helps evaluate the benefits of services and projects that lack immediate financial quantification. It outlines the six stages of SROI and highlights its advantages in benefits management while addressing common misconceptions. The paper is authored by Hugo Minney and supported by the APM Benefits Management SIG Committee.

32. Social Return on Investment (SROI): A powerful tool for the realisation of benefits
This white paper from APM’s Benefits Management Specific Interest Group (SIG) describes a framework for evaluating services and
projects where it isn’t immediately obvious how to quantify the financial return.
Social Return on Investment (SROI) sets out the six stages of SROI, the advantages of using SROI in the management and realisation of
benefits, and dispels some of the common misconceptions around the subject.
Authors: Hugo Minney, lead author, with support from the APM Benefits Management SIG Committee.
https://www.apm.org.uk/resources/find-a-resource/social-return-on-investment-sroi/