Australian Social Enterprises

Clean Force is a social enterprise that provides high-quality commercial cleaning services while delivering social impact by employing and training people from disadvantaged backgrounds. The organisation aims to transform perceptions and generate opportunities for individuals with mental illness. By doing so, Clean Force contributes to the community and creates a positive social return on investment.

Clean Slate is providing addiction treatment services, with a focus on addressing health inequities. How do you create impact? – Reducing the barriers to accessing treatment for individuals struggling with substance dependence. Those barriers include financial; geographical; stigma & cultural – Embedding lived experience throughout the organisation, including actively recruiting clients who have achieved long-term recovery What does success look like to you? 10,000 Australians safely detoxed and on the road to long-term recovery

Creating opportunities for inclusiveness in our thriving communities.

Opportunity shop

Climate Hug aims to be the conduit between positve climate actions and outcomes and the public - specifically Gen Z and millenials.

Climate Resource is a specialist climate science software and advisory firm founded in 2020 by four colleagues from the University of Melbourne. Based in Australia and Germany, it works with a global network of clients and partners, including multilateral organisations, governments, financial institutions, consulting firms, and leading research bodies such as the International Energy Agency and CSIRO. Climate Resource provides science translation, software, data, and technical support services in areas where its team is internationally recognised. It bridges a critical gap by making authoritative climate models and data accessible to both technical and non-technical users, tailored to the policy and operational decisions that they face. The team brings decades of expertise in climate science, policy, and impact assessment across emissions scenarios. Team members include leading scientists who develop and maintain the key models and datasets used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Clothing The Gaps creates merch with a message that sparks conversations. We make clothes that influence social change by uniting people (Indigenous and non-Indigenous) through fashion and a cause. We became a certified B-Corporation in March 2022 with our first accreditation score of 123.9 We are committed to using our brand and platform to campaign, educate and elevate Aboriginal peoples' voices and causes. Products and services include Clothing & Safety Equipment. Primary beneficiaries include Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

We are committed to using our brand and platform to campaign, educate and elevate Aboriginal peoples' voices and causes. As a social enterprise, we use business as a vehicle to fund and support the work of Clothing The Gaps Foundation.

I have been the Manager of a small, grassroots Neighbourhood House in Clunes since 2015. Prior to moving to Clunes I had worked with a diverse range of businesses and community organisations across Queensland and the Northern Territory; first with the Au

We are a laboratory, co-working space and innovation hub that catalyses bio-inspired technological innovation.

Primary beneficiaries include A charitable or not for profit organisation. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

Code for Australia is a nationwide social enterprise that partners with government and not-for-profit organisations to build digital capability and deliver accessible, inclusive digital solutions. They practice human-centred design and agile methodologies to improve the lives of Australians through technology.

To create pathways out of homelessness for young people.

Supporting community enterprise through a social capital approach

Neighbourhood House community organisation

Collabaloop offers a digital engagement and LMS platform to improve workforce support, connection and growth. Our mobile focused platform is different as it's targeted, regular and automated, no matter where people are located. Ultimately we engage in a way where people feel heard, gain insights in a way where people are willing to share and provide interventions that are relevant and timely. Products and services include Healthcare Services, Human resource services & recruitment, Training & Education Services. Primary beneficiaries include A particular industry. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

Our work creates secure employment for at-risk youth in a supportive environment. Profits are reinvested into mentorship programs through Big Brothers Big Sisters Australia. We specialise in direct/bulk letterbox drops for business advertising and mail outs. Complex kitting/assembly, pick/pack fulfilment. We print envelopes/letters/statements/invoices, booklets/pamphlets, brochures/catalogs, flyers/leaflets, magnets/stickers, and more. We design logos/artwork/websites, and have digital marketing options such as SEO/Search Ads/SocialMedia. Products and services include Advertising & media, Printing and Distribution Services, Transport, Freight & Logistics. Primary beneficiaries include Marginalised Youth. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

Developing enterprise model to reduce textiles going into landfill while funding innovative community projects.

Collective Leisure is a certified social enterprise, proudly recognized as a 'business for good' by the Australian regulator Social Traders and accredited with the international People and Planet First verification. Our mission is to reduce health inequity through innovative programs that promote physical activity and well-being, tailored to underserved communities. These include: -Supporting people with disabilities, -Assisting individuals in their mental health recovery, -Reducing social isolation and loneliness among seniors, and -Delivering culturally responsive programs. As a Work Integration Social Enterprise (WISE), we are equally committed to creating meaningful training and employment opportunities for young people from refugee backgrounds in the sport and leisure sector.

Collective Leisure is Australia’s first social enterprise leisure management company We offer facilities management, physical activity & wellbeing programs and training & employment services, within the leisure industry. Our Clients: Councils, leisure operators, schools and colleges, general public Our Purpose: Enable well-being without boundaries Our Mission: Reduce health inequity within our communities Products and services include Community & Social Services, Sport & Rec Equipment & Services, Training & Education Services. Primary beneficiaries include New Migrants & Refugee Communities. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.