Unlocking business for good

Last year we spoke to people from right across our community and asked – what could we do to better support our Certified Social Enterprises and our Business and Government Members?

One of the things we heard was that social enterprise and social enterprise procurement is still a bit of a ‘best kept secret’. You challenged us to increase the visibility of you and your work.

We heard you loud and clear.

We’ve created a fresh new look and revamped our website and national directory of certified social enterprises.

The new branding and directory reflects that we are all about connecting, having conversations, and building a more inclusive community together.

Our new brand is designed to put a spotlight on all the pioneering businesses for good leading the charge for social enterprise procurement in Australia.

In just three years, business and government Members spent $222m with certified social enterprises. That created 1,430 jobs, 379,000 training hours and over $15m in community services & charitable donations.

This is just the beginning.

The Social Traders community are the trailblazers of social enterprise procurement. We want to use this new era to showcase the champions of social enterprise procurement.

The new brand and digital presence is our way of unlocking business for good – connecting certified social enterprises and the businesses and governments that buy from them.

To date Social Traders has certified over 450 social enterprises and has over 120 business and government Members. That represents 136% growth over four years.

But we don’t want to stop there.

Our mission is to more deeply integrate social enterprise into supply chains throughout Australia. By 2030, we want to enable 260 Business and Government Members to spend $5.5b with 1,050 certified social enterprises. That will create 44,000 jobs and a range of other impacts.

Working together, we will create a more inclusive and equitable Australia.

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Our new brand was produced pro bono by branding agency Taylor and Grace.