Assessment Resource
| ID | INDIGO-ARES-0049 |
|---|---|
| Assessment Resource - Status | PUBLIC |
| Assessment Resource - Name | Social Enterprise Mark |
| Assessment Resource - Who? - Public Sector | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Who? - Private Sector | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Who? - Third Sector | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Output Format - Agnostic | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Output Format - Monetary Valuation | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Output Format - Non-monetary quant index | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Output Format - Ordinal | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Output Format - Qualitative only | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Output Format - Quant but no index | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Time frame? - Ongoing | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Time frame? - Prospective | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Time frame? - Retrospective | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Scale? - Agnostic | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Scale? - Micro | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Scale? - Meso | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Scale? - Macro | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Impact Goal - Agnostic | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Impact Goal - Defence | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Impact Goal - Democracy | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Impact Goal - Development/ Poverty Reduction | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Impact Goal - Education | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Impact Goal - Employment/ Financial well-being | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Impact Goal - Health | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Impact Goal - Housing | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Impact Goal - Local rejuvenation | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Impact Goal - SDG oriented | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Impact Goal - Social impact | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Impact Goal - Sustainability/ Eco | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Impact Goal - Well-being | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Type - Case Study | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Type - Classification | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Type - Consultancy | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Type - Framework | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Type - Guide | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Type - Dataset | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Type - Principles | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Type - Reporting Standards | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Type - Resource Repository or Summary | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Type - Tool | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Type - Training Programme | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Sourcing? - Agnostic | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Sourcing? - Outsource to Vendor | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Sourcing? - Paid tool | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Sourcing? - Proprietary in-house | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Sourcing? - Self-driven | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Method? - Attribution | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Method? - Diff-in-Diff statistical analysis | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Method? - Ex-ante projections | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Method? - Focus Groups | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Method? - Framework agnostic | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Method? - Interviews | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Method? - Mission Alignment | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Method? - Observation | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Method? - Operational Data | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Method? - RCTs | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Method? - Surveys | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Method? - Theory of Change | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Method? - Before and After | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Used in sectors? - Charity | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Used in sectors? - CSR | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Used in sectors? - Development | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Used in sectors? - Governance/ Policy | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Used in sectors? - Green Book | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Used in sectors? - Healthcare | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Used in sectors? - Housing | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Used in sectors? - IGOs | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Used in sectors? - Impact investing | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Used in sectors? - Microfinance | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Used in sectors? - SIBs | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Used in sectors? - Social Enterprises | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Used in sectors? - Sustainability/ Eco | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Used in sectors? - Developed Countries | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Used in sectors? - Developing Countries | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Internal / External? - Internal | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Internal / External? - External | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Leader | Social enterprise mark company |
| Assessment Resource - Purpose | Social Enterprise Mark CIC is the only international social enterprise accreditation authority, which led the way in formalising an agreed definition of what constitutes genuine social enterprise, the essence of which is now adopted internationally by the Social Enterprise World Forum. The Mark is awarded to businesses who meet specific criteria that demonstrate they are working primarily for social and/or environmental goals, and that 50 % of their profits are reinvested towards those goals. |
| Assessment Resource - Content | Several criteria have to be meet: have social or environmental aims; have own constitution and governance; earn at least 50 % income from trading (new starts pledge to meet this within 18 months); spend at least 50 % profits fulfilling social or environmental aims; distribute residual assets to social or environmental aims, if dissolved; demonstrate social value. |
| Assessment Resource - Link | https://www.socialenterprisemark.org.uk/ |