Intentional Inclusion – Social Value, Inclusive Growth and the Role of Equalities Impact Assessments

In the Season 3 finale of Turley ESG Bites, host and Head of ESG, Snigdha Jain, is joined by Yusuf Patel, Senior Area Lead at Hounslow Council, Caroline Richardson, Divisional Head of Social Value at Vistry, and Ada Brahimi, Senior Economics Consultant and EqIA Lead at Turley, to explore how social value, inclusive growth and Equality Impact Assessments can help create places that work better for everyone.

Drawing on perspectives from local government, development and consultancy, they discuss why meaningful EqIAs should go beyond compliance to become practical tools for shaping decision-making, reducing inequalities and embedding inclusion throughout the planning and development process.

Together, they explore how collaboration across the public and private sectors can turn inclusive growth from ambition into action, and why considering equality from the outset of a project leads to stronger outcomes for communities and places alike.