A partnership creating seeds of change: Natura Pacific and Yarrabilba
Since 2016, environmental consultancy Natura Pacific has worked with three Queensland prisons on native seed conservation for the Yarrabilba community. More than 7 million seeds from 136 species have been preserved and over 43,000 plants grown for 54 locations, creating training and work for people in custody.
Working with social enterprise for a sustainable future
Since 2022, Hanson has bought native plants from Nugal Biik Plants and Seeds, a social enterprise nursery run by Whittlesea Community Connections, to revegetate its Wollert Resource Park in Victoria. The first year targeted more than 10,000 plants, supporting local jobs and biodiversity together.
Your retired tech has the power to feed Australians and drive ESG wins
Since 2018, Nando's has sent its retired IT equipment to PonyUp for Good, a social enterprise that refurbishes technology and gives half its profits to food rescue charity SecondBite. The work has diverted more than 600,000 kg of e-waste and funded over one million meals.
One introduction made a national impact
A January 2024 introduction through Social Traders connected Heidelberg Materials with textile recycling social enterprise RCYCL. A 48-site pilot diverted 6,766 kg of textile and PPE waste from landfill, and the partnership now covers more than 430 sites nationally.
Assembled Threads and Icon: 2023 National Social Procurement Trailblazers
Construction company Icon worked with social enterprise Assembled Threads to supply hi-vis vests made from recycled materials, and shifted a PPE contract to social suppliers. The partnership was named a 2023 National Social Procurement Trailblazer in the Social Traders Game Changer Awards.
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.