Everything you need to know about impact in your supply chain

Send us Fan MailEmbedding social impact into your supply chain is much wider than just 'buying from social enterprises.' It's possible to unlock enormous and complementary social, environmental and economic impacts  through social procurement and Heidi describes how, with examples, in this episode.We go into depth about what to think about, how to start, and how to measure supplier-generated impact. There are numerous baby steps you can take, which Heidi describes. And we look at emerging areas of social impact such as the climate impact of technology and cloud-computing.This practical episode is essential listening for social entrepreneurs wanting to support and encourage suppliers to create social impact.Also in this episode:the implications of social value becoming a 'requirement' rather than a 'consideration' in central government contractshow to avoid being 'tender-fodder' and exploited by larger contractors for the impact you can deliverwhy over-prescriptive commissioning can destroy innovationa hard-won lesson learnedHeidi's new book explains everything you need to know about impact measurement and management and how to implement it in your organisation.Get your copy first! Pre-order one of the limited number of hardback versions ofImpact First – The Social Entrepreneur's Guide to Measuring, Managing and Growing Your Impact at https://www.makeanimpactcic.co.uk/my-book-impact-firstSupport the showHi, I'm Heidi Fisher, the host of the Make an Impact Podcast.  I'm an impact measurement expert, passionate about helping you make a bigger impact in the world by maximising the impact your services have. I can help you to measure, manage and communicate the impact you have better to funders, investors, commissioners and other stakeholders, and to systemise your data collection and analysis so that it frees up time and doesn't become an additional burden.  I love helping you to measure social and economic impacts, including Social Return on Investment or value for money assessments, as part of understanding the change you make to peoples' lives. You can get in touch via LinkedIn or the website makeanimpactcic.co.uk if you'd like to find out more about working with me.