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We believe that every group doing social and environmentally beneficial work has a compelling story to tell. Communicating that value, however, can be extremely difficult. As demands for accountability and transparency are growing, we want to ensure that evaluations enable good work, not hinder it.

We take seriously the challenges facing socially-based organizations and work hard to help communicate value by means most appropriate to a given project. That means understanding the unique context in which ground-level work happens and focusing on metrics that measure effectiveness within that project. "Cross-cutting metrics" and ranking systems often force organizations to value themselves in ways that are not true to their work. We understand that and believe that funders, investors, internal management and others who request metrics will indeed be better off by evaluating an organization's work empirically. We do understand the needs of those requesting information, however, and ensure that any evaluation efforts on behalf of organizations are communicated in a way that suits their needs as well. They are actionable and increase the value of the organization rather than take up resources.

By working together to create a language of communication-a system of social accounting-we can help all those involved work together, innovate and do the best work possible.

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The world we see: Social Venture Technology Group sees a world where market forces will naturally become the engine that drives environmental health and social equity – when people can generate and communicate accurate, usable information about their organizations’ social and environmental impacts.

Our role: The SVT Group enables organizations to access and manage information for improving their social and environmental impact. We seek to make visible the invisible.

Making change happen: The SVT Group is generating and synthesizing the best current and emerging thinking on creating and managing positive social and environmental impacts, and developing the tools necessary to measure, manage and communicate the value of those impacts.