About the Social Value Toolkit

The Social Value Toolkit aims to support improved planning and delivery of social value outcomes across Australia’s renewable energy sector.

Available as free, open-access resources, the toolkit includes high-level templates and materials suitable for general use across the sector. These include guidance on local needs analysis, social value action plans, project charters, early supplier engagement, theory of change and more.

The Social Value Toolkit is designed as an accessible entry point for organisations seeking to understand and incorporate social value principles into their work. The toolkit is not exhaustive and is intended as a foundation that will evolve over time in line with sector maturity and capacity.

The templates are not limited to, or mandatory for, use within ASL tenders.

How to use the Social Value Toolkit

The Social Value Toolkit provides entry-level, open-access resources designed to support organisations seeking to understand and incorporate social value principles into their work.

The templates are not limited to, or mandatory for, use within ASL tenders, and are intended to support broad industry capability and confidence.

The toolkit will evolve over time as the capacity, capability and maturity of the energy market continues to grow.

Tool/template Description Tender &
Planning		 Construction
& Delivery		 Operations
Community Engagement
and Benefit Sharing
Guide		 Strategies, templates
and resources to
support meaningful
community engagement		 Tick icon Tick icon Tick icon
Early Supplier
Engagement Plan		 Plans approach for early
supplier engagement		 Tick icon
Embedding Local Content
in Renewable Energy
Project Development 		Provides strategies and
resources to support local
content requirements		 Tick icon Tick icon Tick icon
Local Needs
Analysis Template		 Determines priorities of
local communities and
opportunities to support		 Tick icon Tick icon
Social Value
Storyboard Template		 Plan and map approach
to social value ahead of
tender bid		 Tick icon

Social Value Action
Plan Template		 Overview of all
deliverables built
around themes,
outcomes and
measures		 Tick icon Tick icon Tick icon
Social Value
Project Charter		 Communicates principles
guiding social value
approach and establishes
framework within which
all parties will operate		 Tick icon Tick icon
Theory of Change
Template		 Methodology to map
out necessary steps
and outcomes to
achieve long-term goal		 Tick icon