Icon and Assembled Threads video
Video on the award-winning partnership between construction company Icon and social enterprise Assembled Threads, which supplies hi-vis vests made from recycled materials. The partnership was named a 2023 National Social Procurement Trailblazer in the Social Traders Game Changer Awards.
Mirvac's not wasting a chance to give back
Mirvac contracts Mates on the Move, a social enterprise employing people leaving the corrections system, to collect problem waste from 19 of its Sydney office buildings. About 695 tonnes have been diverted from landfill since 2017, and the contract helped Mates on the Move grow to more than 100 buildings.
Mernda Rail partnership sows social benefit seed
The Level Crossing Removal Project bought plants and landscaping for the Mernda Rail Extension from Yarra View Nursery, a social enterprise run by disability service provider Knoxbrooke. The partnership shows how landscaping on major infrastructure can create meaningful work for people with disability.