Overview

Social Return on Investment (SROI) is a powerful framework for measuring the broader impact of engineering projects beyond direct financial returns. This webinar will introduce the key principles of SROI and its relevance to chemical engineers, providing a practical approach to evaluating social, environmental, and economic outcomes. Participants will gain insights into how SROI can enhance decision-making, stakeholder engagement, and make a case for project sustainability.

Speaker

Nicola Gibbs, Director, Pluri

Nicola is a strategy and impact specialist with over a decade of experience helping organisations translate their vision into meaningful outcomes. She works with executives across commercial and not-for-profit sectors to embed impact measurement into their operations.

Leading Pluri, a for-purpose advisory firm, Nicola and her team are skilled at navigating complexity, ensuring that decision-making is driven by measurable social and economic value. She is passionate about Social Return on Investment (SROI) as a tool to help leaders understand, quantify, and communicate the broader impact of their work. By using the universal language of financial terms, SROI makes impact tangible, comparable, and actionable across cultural contexts.

The material presented has not been peer-reviewed. Any opinions are the presenter’s own and do not necessarily represent those of IChemE or the Mining and Minerals Special Interest Group in full. The information is given in good faith but without any liability on the part of IChemE.

Time

08:00 - 09:00 BST

Software

The presentation will be delivered via Microsoft Teams. We recommend downloading the app from the Microsoft website, rather than using the web portal.