The Economic Policy Group (EPG) is an economic and strategy consulting firm based in London.We offer economic and regulatory policy advice, social investment impact analysis, litigation support and business management expertise to corporations, governments and the third sector around the world.

EPG Spotlight – Policy in Focus: Challenges and misconceptions with SROI.There is increasing pressure for providers of public services to evidence the social impact they are having. The application of SROI is a relatively young discipline, often not well understood by the third sector. There is considerable variability in how SROI is applied, which makes no two SROI ratios necessarily comparable. This article looks at some of the technical challenges and misconceptions in working with SROI, based on our experience of measuring social investment returns.