A blueprint for social impact: Downer and GAME Traffic
What started as a small traffic management job in 2014 has grown into a multi-million-dollar partnership between Downer and social enterprise GAME Traffic & Contracting in north-east Victoria. Downer spent $5.8 million with GAME in 2024, helping fund programs that have supported 2,000 young people.
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.
A pathway to opportunity (North East Link)
Spark, the consortium building the North East Link tunnels, is connecting Aboriginal jobseekers and businesses with work on one of Victoria's largest road projects. The story shows how a major contractor can open pathways into construction careers and supply chains for First Nations people.
Beyond the podium: the Australian Grand Prix partnership putting inclusion first
The Australian Grand Prix Corporation engaged disability-inclusive social enterprise All Things Equal to run a food and beverage outlet at the 2026 Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne. Twelve trainees worked on award wages and served about 3,000 customers. The partnership began with office catering in late 2024.
Delivering infrastructure with social impact
Since 2008, drainage and underground services social enterprise KADYN has worked with John Holland on more than 17 rail and infrastructure projects across Sydney, including Sydney Airport and the Botany Rail Duplication. In the last six years it has supported 50 at-risk young people into construction careers.
Insights into Social Procurement: From Policy to Practice
SPA’s report on how Australian governments are putting social procurement into practice, drawing on interviews with three State government departments. It includes case studies of the NSW Aboriginal Participation in Construction policy, SA’s Department for Communities & Social Inclusion, and WA’s Australian Disability Enterprise exemption, plus five local economic development snapshots from Queensland, Victoria, SA and the Gold Coast.
Measuring the impact of social procurement: a new approach
Social Traders research on demonstrating social value without costly measurement. It introduces the Social Value Handprint: five questions (Function, Focus, Form, Fidelity, Funding) for choosing a “right fit” way to show the social value a procurement creates.