Power Group Purchasing™ © Governance Five™

Power Group Purchasing™ © Governance Five™ brings three essential domains together under one practical system for ethical decision-making and structured participation:

• ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) sets the global language for responsible performance.
• Social Value measures the human and community outcomes ESG is meant to create.
• Sovereign Capability ensures national investment and procurement strengthen local skills, industries and resilience.

Through its five-stage flow - Govern → Engage → Aggregate → Deliver → Evolve™ - Governance Five™ aligns all three:

• Social Value defines why it matters.
• Sovereign Capability ensures who benefits and what endures.
• Power Group Purchasing™ systemises how ethical decision-making is delivered and proven.

Ethical governance explains what should matter.
Social value explains why it matters.
Power Group Purchasing™ © explains how to deliver it - lawfully, transparently and in the national interest.

The Framework aligns lawful governance, ethical standards, community priorities and sovereign capability within a single integrated Governance Five™ System. By combining integrity, evidence and participation, it turns compliance into confidence - helping organisations demonstrate accountability, fairness and alignment with national and community interests in every decision.

All use of the Power Group Purchasing™ © Governance Five™ Framework is licensed to ensure it is applied lawfully, transparently and with shared accountability across all participants.

Power Group Purchasing™ © is not theory - it is the how.
How trust is built. How fairness is proven. How purpose becomes measurable.

It begins with governance - clear, ethical leadership.
It moves through engagement - every voice at the table under transparent rules.
It aggregates what is learned - aligning needs, resources and values.
It delivers results - negotiated outcomes that stand up to scrutiny.
And it evolves - learning, refining and strengthening over time.

This is Govern → Engage → Aggregate → Deliver → Evolve™ © - a repeatable rhythm of integrity that works across community, enterprise and government.

It shows how sovereign capability, social value and ESG principles connect - how nations, institutions and people can act with transparency, measure what matters and prove what is fair.

This is how we align people, governance and purpose - creating decisions that can be defended, trusted and shown.

It recognises no borders, no ideology and no politics - only fairness, participation and accountability that can be shared.

Whether you are a public agency, a business, a university, a community program or an institution of national importance, you can apply the Governance Five™ process to strengthen integrity, transparency and results across policy, procurement, grants and project delivery.

Accountability, Proof of Process and Licensing Fees

When organisations apply the Framework correctly, they generate a governance record: clear criteria, documented engagement, transparent evaluation and traceable delivery. This record protects decision-makers, protects the community and supports sovereign capability by making sure value is created in a defensible way.

Licensing fees are governance fees. They fund the custodianship, education and audit discipline required to keep the Framework neutral, lawful and tamper-resistant. This prevents unauthorised use, manipulation or misrepresentation by actors claiming legitimacy they have not earned.

In practical terms, when a licensee pays a governance fee they are not purchasing a financial product. They are declaring and sustaining their participation in an authorised, independently governed system that keeps decision-making transparent, auditable and in scope for accountability.

When does it become a paid/licensed use?

Scenario 1. Community safety and violence reduction PAID / LICENSED

A local program uses the Governance Five™ method to bring police, youth advocates and community leaders into a structured engagement process. After three months, night-time assaults fall, emergency call-outs drop and local businesses can operate longer hours without incident.

That stability has dollar value: fewer police hours, fewer ambulance call-outs, fewer insurance claims, higher trading hours, safer staffing. Those avoided costs and productivity gains are social value ($).

If the program is funded, included in a tender, grant, ESG report, budget case or policy briefing, or used to claim impact like "reduced violence" or "improved public safety", then the Framework is being used to influence money, authority and public trust. At that point it is licensed use and must sit under a paid tier.

If the exact avoided-cost figure is not known yet, you still declare the funded program value (grant/contract amount). You do not leave this at 0.

Scenario 2. Local supplier opportunity and economic participation PAID / LICENSED

A council or utility runs procurement and uses the Framework's staged method - Govern → Engage → Aggregate → Deliver → Evolve™ © - to require that large contractors partner with local and First Nations suppliers.

The council then reports outcomes like "30 percent of total contract spend retained in-region", "First Nations participation uplift", "local capability development" and "jobs retained locally instead of offshored". Those are economic and social value claims.

Because those claims are now used to justify contract award, defend exemptions, brief executives, or satisfy regulatory or ESG obligations, the Framework is being used to influence procurement and public narrative. That is paid/licensed use.

You do not just declare your consulting budget. You declare the value you influenced or defended using the Framework's process and language.

Scenario 3. Internal planning / unfunded pilot / academic study FREE / PRE-EXECUTION

A university research team, local working group or faith-based community group uses the Framework to map stakeholders, plan how they would engage safely, or rehearse how to make a decision in a way that is transparent and defensible.

There is no contract yet, no grant money yet, no procurement decision yet and no claim of impact being sold to leadership, government or investors. It is planning, readiness and education.

That activity sits in entry level / pre-execution / humanitarian use only. It remains free while it is unfunded and not being used to influence money, authority, policy or public legitimacy.

The moment those same materials are lifted into a funding application, tender submission, exemption request or strategic briefing, they leave free use and move into licensed use. At that point you must declare value in the calculator.

You are invited to review each section. Learn how this Framework helps you demonstrate integrity in practice and how correct licensing protects you, your stakeholders and the people affected by your decisions.

✅ You are probably NOT in scope (no fee, no licence upgrade needed yet) if:

• You're just doing normal internal buying or cost saving.
• You negotiated a better price from a supplier for your company or department.
• You're not talking about "social value", "community uplift", "local jobs", "ESG impact", "sovereign capability" or similar outcomes to justify a decision.

Example: "We negotiated a bulk rate on cleaning supplies across three offices." → Usually NOT in scope.

⚠️ You ARE in scope (licence required) if you are using the Framework to shape or defend a decision.

You are in scope if you are using Governance Five™ or Power Group™ © - Humanitarian to:

• Guide or justify spend, funding, supplier selection, grant allocation, program design or delivery.
• Influence or defend policy settings, approvals, budget, exemptions, "local content", "jobs first", "sovereign capability" or "community benefit".
• Claim measurable social value, harm reduction, resilience, stability, fairness or community uplift in bids, tenders, board papers, leadership briefings, funding submissions or public statements.
• Say "this work creates local jobs / keeps spend in community / protects capability / stabilises communities / delivers social licence" and you use that claim to get approval, funding or permission.

Example: "We're saying this program creates local jobs and community uplift, and we're using that argument to get approval or funding." → IN SCOPE.

When does it become a paid/licensed use?

• The moment you attach outcomes like "sovereign capability", "First Nations economic benefit", "violence reduction or stability", "community impact", "local supplier opportunity", "fair access", or "peace and reconciliation" to a commercial, funded, policy, governance or procurement decision.
• The moment you use the Framework's language, structure or staged method to win work, get an exemption, influence a public body, brief leadership or convince a funder.

Put simply: once you use the Framework to influence money, policy, authority, trust or public narrative, you are using licensed IP. That's when you must declare and obtain a licence.

The licence does three things:

• It gives you permission to use the Framework (Govern → Engage → Aggregate → Deliver → Evolve™ ©) in decision making, reporting and justification.
• It records who is using it, for what influence, in which jurisdiction - so the claims can stand up to audit, probity, scrutiny and public accountability.
• It protects communities, workers, suppliers, donors, investors and public agencies from undue pressure or inaccurate benefit claims.

Important

• Licences are not transferable.
• Fees are non-refundable once paid. Make sure internal approvals are in place before payment.
• Keep your record. You may be asked to show that your claims (jobs, uplift, harm reduction, etc.) are being made under a valid licence.