Assessment of the Economic and Social Impact Using SROI: An Application to Sport Companies

This paper evaluates the social impact of a football club and its philanthropic organization on the local community and its stakeholders, namely supporters, sponsors, players, and shopkeepers. The methodology used is the Social Return on Investment (SROI). SROI methodology includes all the beneficiaries that are beyond the scope of the company’s accounting and its fiscal and financial statements. The aim is to assess both the benefits and the negative impacts of a company’s activities on stakeholders. This type of analysis combines the use of qualitative, quantitative and financial information gathered and analyzes them in order to estimate the amount of “value”, including mental health and well-being, created or destroyed by a business activity, by a project or by the overall operation of an organization. The sport club under review in the present analysis is called Virtus Entella, an Italian football club playing in the second division. An SROI indicator was applied in reference to the business activity that took place during the championship season 2017/2018. Results show that the social impact created during the championship amounts to approximately 44 million Euro against a financial investment of 15 million Euro, producing an SROI ratio of 2.98:1. This outcome suggests that for every euro invested by the football club, about 3 Euros of social value is created.

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The social impact of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games: comparison of residents' pre- and post-event perceptions

Sport Business and Management An International Journal ◽

10.1108/sbm-02-2020-0014 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Tiago Ribeiro ◽

Abel Correia ◽

Rui Biscaia

Keyword(s):

Social Impact ◽

Local Community ◽

Olympic Games ◽

City Image ◽

Content Type ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

The Social ◽

Before And After ◽

Negative Impacts ◽

Sport Events

PurposeDespite the recognition that citizens' perceptions of mega sport events' social impact is critical for the sustainable development of these events and host cities, most previous studies have not taken into consideration how these perceptions may change over time. This study examines citizens' social impact perceptions of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games before and after the event.Design/methodology/approachData were collected amongst local residents of Rio de Janeiro pre- and post-event (n = 256). A confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) analysed the psychometric properties of the proposed social impact constructs. Subsequently, a multigroup analysis and latent mean comparisons were conducted to test social impact perceptions pre- and post-event.FindingsThe multigroup CFA showed factorial stability of the social impact model in both periods, while the latent mean comparisons revealed significant differences in the dimensions of social experiences, city image and community pride enhancement, public infrastructures and social conflicts. Results indicated that the perception of positive impacts tends to increase, while perceived negative impacts decrease from pre- to post-event.Social implicationsThe social effects of hosting sport mega events result in a short-term change in attitudes towards the local community, leading to a better comprehension on how communities perceive the event's impact on their lives.Originality/valueIn a highly complex mega event such as the Olympic Games, any change may influence residents' perceptions. The findings of this study demonstrate the importance of residents for determining support or opposition in hosting the event, allowing a better understanding of the exchange effects.

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Conclusions

10.1007/978-3-030-80302-5_9 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 151-158

Author(s):

Daniela Bandelli

Keyword(s):

Social Impact ◽

Social Values ◽

Well Being ◽

Same Sex ◽

Single Issue ◽

Same Sex Couples ◽

Adult Participation ◽

The Social ◽

Legal Risks ◽

Health And Well Being

AbstractThis conclusive chapter offers a few proposals to contribute to the necessary overcoming of the current polarization in the debate: adult-centric arguments could be renovated by focusing on the child as the protagonist of reproduction and representative of tomorrow’s humanity; adult participation in surrogacy could be understood as the result of decision-making influenced by social values of self-determination, with any support or condemnation of surrogacy being grounded on considerations about the social impact of surrogacy and child’s protection and not on the immediate personal benefits that it gives to the adults; the ideal goal of eliminating surrogacy can coexist with pragmatic restrictive regulatory initiatives; monitoring both the surrogates and children’s health and well-being, along with the quantification of surrogacy births are priority objectives to be achieved regardless of prohibitionist or regulatory orientations; inform women who are targets of recruitment about medical and legal risks and individual as well as social implications of surrogacy for their life and for children; single issue campaigns focused on the child and woman’s health can offer platforms of dialogue and mobilization for social movements which on other themes (e.g. abortion, same-sex couples parenting, and women empowerment) have different and even opposing views.

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Biophilia Beyond the Building: Applying the Tools of Urban Biodiversity Planning to Create Biophilic Cities

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13052450 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (5) ◽

pp. 2450

Author(s):

Stephanie Panlasigui ◽

Erica Spotswood ◽

Erin Beller ◽

Robin Grossinger

Keyword(s):

Habitat Restoration ◽

Local Community ◽

Planning Process ◽

Well Being ◽

Urban Biodiversity ◽

Urban Greening ◽

Negative Impacts ◽

Tools And Techniques ◽

Biodiversity Planning ◽

Health And Well Being

In response to the widely recognized negative impacts of urbanization on biodiversity, many cities are reimagining urban design to provide better biodiversity support. Some cities have developed urban biodiversity plans, primarily focused on improving biodiversity support and ecosystem function within the built environment through habitat restoration and other types of urban greening projects. The biophilic cities movement seeks to reframe nature as essential infrastructure for cities, seamlessly integrating city and nature to provide abundant, accessible nature for all residents and corresponding health and well-being outcomes. Urban biodiversity planning and biophilic cities have significant synergies in their goals and the means necessary to achieve them. In this paper, we identify three key ways by which the urban biodiversity planning process can support biophilic cities objectives: engaging the local community; identifying science-based, quantitative goals; and setting priorities for action. Urban biodiversity planning provides evidence-based guidance, tools, and techniques needed to design locally appropriate, pragmatic habitat enhancements that support biodiversity, ecological health, and human health and well-being. Developing these multi-functional, multi-benefit strategies that increase the abundance of biodiverse nature in cities has the potential at the same time to deepen and enrich our biophilic experience in daily life.

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The social value of Participatory Ergonomics from a practitioner’s perspective

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting ◽

10.1177/1071181320641219 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 64 (1) ◽

pp. 919-923

Author(s):

Kátia M. Costa-Black ◽

Chris Arteberry

Keyword(s):

Human Performance ◽

Well Being ◽

Participatory Approach ◽

Performance Outcomes ◽

Participatory Ergonomics ◽

Worker Health ◽

Healthy Working ◽

The Social ◽

Health And Well Being ◽

Total Worker Health

Ergonomics applies a set of ambitious frameworks and robust body of evidence for integrating different practices to optimize worker health and well-being. One recognized framework is the participatory approach, which delves into sociotechnical workplace actions – developed from the ground up – to achieve improved human performance outcomes and acceptability across the organization. Much of what is known about the value of participatory ergonomics centers on return-on-investment analyses related to injury prevention. Outside this spectrum, little has been discussed. This paper imparts how a participatory approach can lead to various positive impacts beyond financial gains, mainly by focusing on continuous improvements at the management systems level and on proactively motivating people and organizations to embrace healthy working conditions and behaviors. Issues such as the social-ethical value of involving workers in work design and return-to-work solutions are discussed to illustrate the holistic value of participatory ergonomics in the context of Total Worker Health.

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Measuring the Impact of a Full Service Grocery Store in a Food Desert

The International Journal of Community and Social Development ◽

10.1177/25166026211015488 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 161-176

Author(s):

Kellie Schneider ◽

Diana Cuy Castellanos ◽

Felix Fernando ◽

Jeanne A. Holcomb

Keyword(s):

Systems Engineering ◽

Low Income ◽

Social Impact ◽

Food Deserts ◽

Well Being ◽

Environmental Indicators ◽

Grocery Store ◽

The Impact ◽

Health And Well Being

Food deserts, areas in which it is difficult to obtain affordable, nutritious food, are especially problematic in low-income neighbourhoods. One model for addressing food hardship and unemployment issues within low-income food deserts is a cooperative grocery store. Through the cooperative model, the grocery store can serve as a cornerstone to address socio-economic marginalisation of low-income neighbourhoods and improve the health and well-being of its residents. It is important for communities and policymakers to be able to assess the effectiveness of these types of endeavours beyond traditional economic factors such as profitability. This article uses a systems engineering approach to develop a framework for measuring the holistic impact of a cooperative grocery store on community health and well-being. This framework encompasses values that characterise the relationship between food retail, economic viability and social equality. We develop a dashboard to display the key metrics for measuring the economic, social and environmental indicators that reflect a grocery store’s social impact. We demonstrate the usefulness of the framework through a case study of a full-service cooperative grocery store that is planned within the city of Dayton, OH.

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Expanding the social performance of food production landscapes: measuring health and well-being benefits

Landscape Research ◽

10.1080/01426397.2017.1353069 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 43 (5) ◽

pp. 587-599 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ellen Burke

Keyword(s):

Food Production ◽

Social Performance ◽

Well Being ◽

The Social ◽

Health And Well Being

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A Coproduction Community Based Approach to Reducing Smoking Prevalence in a Local Community Setting

Journal of Environmental and Public Health ◽

10.1155/2016/5386534 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 2016 ◽

pp. 1-8 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

G. J. McGeechan ◽

D. Woodall ◽

L. Anderson ◽

L. Wilson ◽

G. O’Neill ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Smoking Prevalence ◽

Local Community ◽

Community Setting ◽

Well Being ◽

Service Development ◽

Local Health ◽

Small Community ◽

Prevalence Survey ◽

Local Residents ◽

Health And Well Being

Research highlights that asset-based community development where local residents become equal partners in service development may help promote health and well-being. This paper outlines baseline results of a coproduction evaluation of an asset-based approach to improving health and well-being within a small community through promoting tobacco control. Local residents were recruited and trained as community researchers to deliver a smoking prevalence survey within their local community and became local health champions, promoting health and well-being. The results of the survey will be used to inform health promotion activities within the community. The local smoking prevalence was higher than the regional and national averages. Half of the households surveyed had at least one smoker, and 63.1% of children lived in a smoking household. Nonsmokers reported higher well-being than smokers; however, the differences were not significant. Whilst the community has a high smoking prevalence, more than half of the smokers surveyed would consider quitting. Providing smoking cessation advice in GP surgeries may help reduce smoking prevalence in this community. Work in the area could be done to reduce children’s exposure to smoking in the home.

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The Consequences of Female Genital Mutilation on Psycho-Social Well-Being: A Systematic Review of Qualitative Research

Qualitative Health Research ◽

10.1177/10497323211001862 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 104973232110018

Author(s):

Sarah O’Neill ◽

Christina Pallitto

Keyword(s):

Female Genital Mutilation ◽

Social Impact ◽

Well Being ◽

Social Consequences ◽

Health Consequences ◽

Genital Mutilation ◽

The Social ◽

Women's Lives ◽

The Impact ◽

Female Genital

The health consequences of female genital mutilation (FGM) have been described previously; however, evidence of the social consequences is more intangible. To date, few systematic reviews have addressed the impact of the practice on psycho-social well-being, and there is limited understanding of what these consequences might consist. To complement knowledge on the known health consequences, this article systematically reviewed qualitative evidence of the psycho-social impact of FGM in countries where it is originally practiced (Africa, the Middle East, and Asia) and in countries of the diaspora. Twenty-three qualitative studies describing the psycho-social impact of FGM on women’s lives were selected after screening. This review provides a framework for understanding the less visible ways in which women and girls with FGM experience adverse effects that may affect their sense of identity, their self-esteem, and well-being as well as their participation in society.

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