Insights into Social Value: Measuring What Matters in the Built Environment

3 Jun 2026

Agenda

Wednesday 3 June

12.30pm – Welcome

Speaker: Helen Bell, Senior Manager Research, Green Building Council of Australia


12.32pm – Measurement matters

Hear how social value is framed and measured in different ways depending on intent, and why clarity of purpose is critical to making it useful in practice

Speaker: Min Seto, Executive Officer, Alliance Social Enterprises


12.52pm – Driving impactful decisions

Hear how Lendlease is using social value measurement to drive smarter, more impactful decisions across skilling and employment, social procurement and placemaking, including how the Lendlease foundation helps amplify community impact though strategy, delivery and philanthropy.

Speaker: Edmund McCombs, Head of Social Impact and the Lendlease Foundation, Lendlease


1.12pm – Identifying social value opportunities

Hear about project integration methodology and opportunities to go beyond the brief in architecture.

Speaker: Richard Mullane, Managing Principal/Board Director, Hassell Studio


1.32pm – Q & A with all panelists

Bring your questions to our panelists as we have a discussion about social value.

Panelists:

  • Min Seto, Executive Officer, Alliance Social Enterprises
  • Professor Martin Loosemore, Distinguished Professor of Construction Management, UTS
  • Edmund McCombs, Head of Social Impact and the Lendlease Foundation, Lendlease
  • Richard Mullane, Managing Principal/Board Director, Hassell Studio

2.00pm – Close