Growing social enterprise to enhance social performance
By investing in social enterprises, your organisation helps them access larger commercial opportunities while driving meaningful social value for your business and the communities you serve.
Supplier Development Program
Organisations are partnering with social enterprise for various reasons - policy requirements, stakeholder expectations, or competitive tenders. But the main benefit is their ability to deliver social impact along with the quality goods and services they provide.
As diverse suppliers, they have immense potential. With the right knowledge, mentorship, and support, they can scale their capacity and capability to create greater impact. That's where the Supplier Development Program comes in.
This 12-month program is designed for businesses ready to support social enterprises. We'll align the program to your business strategy and co-created with you.
Program benefits to your organisation:
- Deepen employee understanding of social enterprises
- Improve your social procurement maturity
- Boost employee engagement and retention with meaningful skilled-volunteering
- Create a thriving social enterprise sector to scale positive impact
- Take your social procurement to the next level
- Demonstrate your leadership in social performance to clients and customers
- Develop genuine partnerships with Social Traders expert support
Program overview
Stages of the program
- Design bespoke program logic and measurement framework aligned to your organisation’s strategic objectives
- Establish expression of interest criteria
- Expression of Interest (EOI) opens inviting certified social enterprises to apply
- Selection and interview process to finalise participants in the program
- Social enterprise participants complete baseline data collection and diagnostic
- Program activity commences with advisory for social enterprises led by Social Traders
- Mentor sessions commence between participating social enterprises and mentors
- Social Traders focus on social enterprise connections and introductions to market opportunities
- Assess outcomes of the program and share with internal and external audiences
Download the program information pack to get more details and learn about the experience of past participants.
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Case study
Mirvac, one of Australia's leading diversified property groups, joined forces with Social Traders on the Supplier Development Program with a shared ambition, to make social procurement business as usual.
The program supported four certified social enterprises to accelerate their capability and amplify their impact. The results speak for themselves.
- Mirvac's social procurement maturity grew significantly
- More certified social enterprises entered their supply chain
- Participants recorded the largest growth in procurement readiness.
Want to know how the program can work for you?
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