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SROI ANALYSIS Social return on investment Leaving aside the purely financial analysis, an approach that is very interesting for Funds x Value is the analysis of the SROI, the sustainable return on investment. The SROI calculates the change that is important to those, people or enterprises who contribute to social value. The SROI cares about value even though it is measured with money. There are two main ways to calculate the SROI: A.EVALUATIVE SROI: We first look at past events and then compare them to today’s outcomes. B. FORECAST SROI: We make assumptions on how much social value we will create with specific activities. For FxV, the forecast SROI is useful, as there are no past events to analyze. However, we can use the evaluative SROI after using the forecast SROI to analyze the impact. SROI CALCULATION SROI Social Return On Investment 61

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