Communications, Marketing & Sales – Governance Five™ Guide

Your teams may wish to consider this guide whenever public material:

• Describes a five-stage or step-based governance flow that resembles Govern → Engage → Aggregate → Deliver → Evolve™ © in language, purpose or structure.
• Refers to a “proprietary framework”, “our unique governance model”, or “group-wide system” used across countries, business units, or subsidiaries.
• Uses phrases such as “structured participation”, “community uplift”, “household bill relief”, “social value pathway”, or “sovereign capability framework” in a staged or flow-style way.
• Promotes group-buying, tariff fairness, community offers, or public-value procurement using staged diagrams or diagrams similar to historic Power Group Purchasing™ © examples.
• Positions your organisation as having a single integrated governance, ESG, or public-value system that sits above multiple frameworks.
• Builds campaigns around responsible performance, ESG outcomes, stability, or reduced harm that may rely on a specific governance method.

In these situations, how you describe the method – and whether you acknowledge licensed use or independent origin – can be just as important as the claims themselves.

Governance Five™ © / Power Group Purchasing™ © is an authored governance system and framework, evidenced in public record from 2010. A core element is its five-stage flow:

Govern → Engage → Aggregate → Deliver → Evolve™ ©

Under copyright law, original expression and structured method – including a specific staged flow, narrative and documented application – are protected as intellectual property. The protection relates to this specific authored system, not to the general idea that “governance happens in stages”.

• Protected: the Governance Five™ Flow, the combination and ordering of stages, and the documented way they are used to deliver social value, sovereign capability, public value, group-buying, and structured participation.
• Not claimed: generic project-management or governance ideas such as “plan–do–check–act”, “plan–build–run”, or long-standing industry practice in phases.

Communications teams do not need to avoid all language about stages or flows. They are simply encouraged to describe clearly when their organisation is:

• using a licensed Governance Five™ © method as the basis for claims; or
• using an independently founded method with its own provenance and evidence.

Where wording, diagrams or examples are substantively similar to Governance Five™ public record material, clear attribution and (where relevant) licensing support transparent, evidence-ready communications.

The examples below show neutral, attribution-respecting language that communications, marketing and sales teams may adapt where your organisation is operating under, or aligning with, a licensed Framework. Always confirm details internally before publishing.

• “Our public-value programmes are structured within a licensed Governance Five™ © Framework, which supports transparent decision-making, documented participation and evidence-ready outcomes.”
• “We use a licensed governance and stakeholder-engagement system (Governance Five™ © / Power Group Purchasing™ ©) to help us demonstrate fairness, participation and accountability in key decisions.”
• “This initiative is designed and reported within a staged governance method (Govern → Engage → Aggregate → Deliver → Evolve™ ©), helping us track how decisions move from mandate to delivery and learning.”
• “Our organisation has licensed use of an independently authored governance framework to support social value, community outcomes and sovereign-capability reporting.”
• “References to structured participation, household relief and public-value pathways are made within the context of a licensed Governance Five™ © method. They do not constitute financial advice, guarantees or investment products.”

These examples are illustrative only. They should be reviewed and tailored by your own Legal, Risk, Governance and Communications teams before use in any jurisdiction.

To reduce risk and respect authorship, communications, marketing and sales teams may wish to avoid:

• Implying ownership of Governance Five™ ©, for example:
  • “We created the Govern → Engage → Aggregate → Deliver → Evolve™ framework.”
  • “Our original five-stage social value system” – where the structure is in fact licensed or influenced.
• Rebranding the method without attribution, such as redrawing the five stages in near-identical form under a new name while presenting it as entirely proprietary.
• Suggesting certification, endorsement or regulatory approval that does not exist, for example:
  • “Certified by Governance Five™” (no certification scheme currently exists).
  • “Approved by regulators through Governance Five™” – unless a regulator has expressly said so in public record.
• Offering guarantees or investment-style promises based on the Framework, for example:
  • “Governance Five™ guarantees ROI of X%.”
  • “Licensing this system guarantees regulatory clearance.”
• Blurring roles and responsibilities by implying that the Custodian provides consulting, advisory, regulatory or assurance services, or is responsible for your organisation’s decisions.

A simple internal rule of thumb for comms teams: name the method accurately, respect authorship, avoid over-claiming outcomes, and be clear that governance frameworks support decisions – they do not replace institutional accountability.

The following short examples show how attribution and boundaries can be expressed in common communication settings. They are illustrative only and must be adapted to your context and legal advice.

These examples can be shortened or expanded as needed, provided the core elements remain: attribution, licensing context, boundary of responsibility, and “general information only” where appropriate.

Communications, marketing and sales teams should not carry method-origin or licensing questions alone. A simple internal approach is:

• Spot the signal: If a campaign or document uses a staged governance flow, strong public-value claims, or resembles Governance Five™ © material, treat it as a method-origin topic, not just creative copy.
• Check internally first: Share diagrams and draft wording with Legal, Risk, Governance and Procurement teams so they can consider provenance and licensing questions.
• Use neutral language: Frame queries as “we want to be evidence-ready and respectful of authorship”, not as blame or allegation.
• Contact the Custodian only through agreed channels: Where your organisation chooses to make a licensing or method-alignment inquiry, this should be coordinated by appropriate executives or governance leads, not by campaign teams acting alone.
• Keep records: Retain internal notes on how wording was cleared, including any decisions about attribution, licensing or method distinction, to support future audit or regulatory review.

The Governance Five™ © Custodian maintains authorship and licensing boundaries. They do not act as a regulator, financial advisor, marketing agency, or legal counsel for your organisation. Responsibility for communications, campaigns and claims remains with your own governing bodies and advisors.