Help Build WA’s Social Enterprise & Impact Business Map
Be counted in WA’s enterprise map if you have or are exploring a social/environmental impact business model, and want a representative voice for the sector, for impact investment and for social procurement across sustainability, regenerative/circular systems, disability, health or education targeting vulnerable Australians, Aboriginal cultural impact, community inclusion, homelessness or international development.
To the end of 2019 we had over 170 responses, and are working through the data collected and engaging in follow up surveys to provide a meaningful snapshot of the sector to respondents and parties interested in building a WA social enterprise and social procurement framework. You can still register your business if you are:
- Business venture with a clear impact mission (possible social enterprise)
- NFP with a trading arm (possible social enterprise), or:
- Social Enterprise at the core.
The Mapping Project seeks to understand the current and potential capacity of the social enterprise sector in WA for imperatives such as Impact Investment, Social procurement policy and enterprise accreditation, Development potential and capacity building, and measurement of the impact of the sector in the economy in terms of job creation potential and social/environmental outcomes
The project will also inform the creation of a WA Social Enterprise Council/Network in conjunction with the Impact Investment Alliance of WA which launched recently. The linkage of the Alliance and a new Council/Network will create a link between funding sources and the sector, with the vision for the Social Enterprise Council being to:
- Promote and grow the social enterprise sector in Western Australia
- Provide a representative voice for the WA Social Enterprise sector
- Trusted advice and advocacy to Government
- Through IIWA affiliation, provide linkages between funders and sponsors including foundations, corporates, government agencies and the finance sector.
- Support participation, collaboration, innovation and co-investment into social enterprises and social innovation in Western Australia.
If you are a WA headquartered AND primarily WA-focused enterprise (ie. you have a social/environmental impact business model, or a not for profit organisation looking to build or invest in a new social enterprise, then we would love to hear from you.
Please complete the submission below. The form takes around 5 minutes to complete, and we really appreciate your considered responses for this important project.
