What's shaping the future of social enterprise in Australia?
Social Traders collaborates with partners across business, government and research to produce reports, forecasts and analysis that track the sector and inform better decisions. We share it openly because a thriving social enterprise sector depends on everyone having access to the evidence.
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Social enterprise
Our flagship research tracking the growth of social enterprise in Australia, the scale of social procurement, and the outcomes being delivered across the sector. Published annually and as new data emerges.
Research
Give Industries
What works: The global evidence on social enterprise success factors
A collaboration with RMIT University exploring what drives social enterprise impact, resilience and scalability.
Sector report
Brunswick Industries
Social enterprise: Powered by trade and driven by purpose
Produced with the Paul Ramsay Foundation, investigating what trade revenue means for social enterprise impact and resilience.
Research
Good Cycles
Report on Identified Social Enterprises
Comprehensive analysis of over 6,000 Australian social enterprises and the economic and social value they create.
Social performance
Expert perspectives, trends and insights on where social performance is headed, and what it means for business, government, and the sector.
White paper
WorkLife
Enhance social performance
A practical introduction to social performance covering the drivers, opportunities, and how to partner with social enterprise to get started.
White paper
The Social Outfit
Delivering 'S' in ESG
Explore the social dimension of ESG and the case for social procurement as a practical way to deliver value for employees, suppliers, customers and communities.
White paper
Help Enterprises
A new era of supply chain
Explores supplier diversity as a strategic tool for ESG and social impact, and how organisations can move from intent to action.
Our impact
Every year we measure what our network has achieved: the contracts delivered, the jobs created, and the communities touched. Our impact reports capture the collective achievement of our members and certified social enterprises
Sector report
All Things Equal
Financial year 2024
Our FY24 impact report: $257 million spent with certified social enterprises, 21% growth in certified social enterprises, and over 10,000 employment outcomes for people otherwise shut out of work.
Sector report
Community Construction
Financial year 2023
Our FY23 impact report: $843 million catalysed for certified social enterprises over six years, with 7,439 jobs supported and over 810,000 training hours for people otherwise shut out of work.
Social Enterprise Identifier
Use this interactive dashboard with the largest database of unique social enterprise in Australia and dive deeper into the characteristics of the social enterprise sector.
It contains data on half of the estimated 12,000 social enterprises around the country, and it’s updated daily as social enterprises complete certification and re-certification, and new datasets are integrated.
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Partner with us
We invite partners, peak bodies, government, philanthropy, intermediaries and data holders to join us in publishing insights that will help drive the growth and development of the sector. Let’s work together to build a more inclusive, sustainable and equitable future for all Australians.