Key Insights 5: Securing social impact & community benefit

This fifth report in CJ Associates’ Key Insights series explores how major infrastructure projects can deliver meaningful social impact and lasting benefits for communities. It considers how projects can move beyond commitments and ensure that community benefit is embedded throughout planning, decision-making and delivery.

Drawing on interviews with 30 industry leaders and practitioners and a collaborative roundtable, the report identifies six key themes, including community-led approaches, trust, measurement and accountability. It offers practical insights into how projects can turn ambition into outcomes that create lasting value for people and places.