Integrated value
Integrated value is an assessment of value that considers financial, environmental, and social effects together rather than in isolation. Applying Integrated value requires a stated affected people, rights, value-chain tier, geography, remedy, and distribution of benefits or harms. Those choices determine how Integrated value can be compared or acted upon.
In simple terms
In practical use, Integrated value is an assessment of value that considers financial, environmental, and social effects together rather than in isolation. For Integrated value, the label organizes a condition or relationship but does not by itself demonstrate performance or compliance within a declared affected people, rights, value-chain tier, geography, remedy, and distribution of benefits or harms. There is no single universal calculation, so users should explain the valuation method, perspective, time horizon, and non-monetized effects. Integrated value connects with Triple bottom line and Sustainable procurement; each can affect its application without sharing its definition. The candidate link between Integrated value and Social audit remains a separate expansion question supported here by Impact Institute.
Why it matters
Integrated value matters because decisions about it determine which workers or communities are visible, what rights or harms are assessed, and where prevention or remedy is assigned. A defensible use of Integrated value therefore exposes its boundary, method, evidence, responsible actor, and uncertainty before a conclusion is accepted. That discipline keeps Triple bottom line and Sustainable procurement from being treated as proof of Integrated value when their criteria, scope, or results differ.
Example
A procurement and human-rights team evaluates Integrated value for a defined decision and records the relevant affected people, rights, value-chain tier, geography, remedy, and distribution of benefits or harms. For Integrated value, the team uses cited material from Impact Institute to frame the decision and distinguish the idea from adjacent concepts, documenting the period, data, assumptions, and comparison with Triple bottom line. It treats Sustainable procurement and Social audit as separate questions rather than proxies for Integrated value.
How it differs
Triple bottom line
Integrated value is a concept; Triple bottom line has a different function. Evidence for Triple bottom line does not establish Integrated value unless both sets of applicable criteria are met.