Australian Social Enterprises

Arts Project Australia supports artists with intellectual disabilities, promotes their work and advocates for inclusion within the contemporary art sector. Unique contemporary art can be purchased, licensed or commissioned. Products and services include Gifts or rewards. Primary beneficiaries include People with disabilities. Social Traders status: Certification Expired. Membership: Recognition Membership.

ArtsPay is a payment company for the socially conscious business or government agency. We provide EFTPOS terminals and online payment solutions to businesses large and small, and direct profits towards supporting artists and small arts organisation. Every time a customer makes a purchase at a business using ArtsPay, transaction fees that would normally go to the banks or a for-profit multinational instead go to support Australian Artists. Products and services include Financial and Insurance Services. Primary beneficiaries include A charitable or not for profit organisation. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

For more than 57 years, Aruma has operated a range of professional businesses serving corporates and small businesses. We create long term careers 500+ Australians with a disability and sub-contract to a further 20+ disability organisations to create further employment opportunities. We are specialists in our industries which range from Commercial-Laundry, Facility-Services, Manufacturing, Farming, Tourism, Food Products, Medical Packs and Packaging services. Products and services include Cleaning Services & Equipment & Supplies. Primary beneficiaries include People with disabilities. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

For more than 57 years, Aruma has operated a range of professional businesses serving corporates and small businesses. We create long term careers 500+ Australians with a disability and sub-contract to a further 20+ disability organisations to create further employment opportunities. We are specialists in our industries which range from Commercial-Laundry, Facility-Services, Manufacturing, Farming, Tourism, Food Products, Medical Packs and Packaging services. Products and services include Food & Beverage Products. Primary beneficiaries include People with disabilities. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

For more than 57 years, Aruma has operated a range of professional businesses serving corporates and small businesses. We create long term careers 500+ Australians with a disability and sub-contract to a further 20+ disability organisations to create further employment opportunities. We are specialists in our industries which range from Commercial-Laundry, Facility-Services, Manufacturing, Farming, Tourism, Food Products, Medical Packs and Packaging services. Products and services include Cleaning Services & Equipment & Supplies, Horticulture & arboriculture, Building Trade, Repairs & Maintenance. Primary beneficiaries include People with disabilities. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

For more than 57 years, Aruma has operated a range of professional businesses serving corporates and small businesses. We create long term careers 500+ Australians with a disability and sub-contract to a further 20+ disability organisations to create further employment opportunities. We are specialists in our industries which range from Commercial-Laundry, Facility-Services, Manufacturing, Farming, Tourism, Food Products, Medical Packs and Packaging services. Products and services include Industrial Production & manufacture. Primary beneficiaries include People with disabilities. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

For more than 57 years, Aruma has operated a range of professional businesses serving corporates and small businesses. We create long term careers 500+ Australians with a disability and sub-contract to a further 20+ disability organisations to create further employment opportunities. We are specialists in our industries which range from Commercial-Laundry, Facility-Services, Manufacturing, Farming, Tourism, Food Products, Medical Packs and Packaging services. Products and services include Printing and Distribution Services. Primary beneficiaries include People with disabilities. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

For more than 57 years, Aruma has operated a range of professional businesses serving corporates and small businesses. We create long term careers 500+ Australians with a disability and sub-contract to a further 20+ disability organisations to create further employment opportunities. We are specialists in our industries which range from Commercial-Laundry, Facility-Services, Manufacturing, Farming, Tourism, Food Products, Medical Packs and Packaging services. Products and services include Food & Beverage Products, Horticulture & arboriculture, Venue Hire. Primary beneficiaries include People with disabilities. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

ASPIRE provides a transformative digital marketplace that enables businesses to exchange surplus materials, driving significant resource reduction and promoting a sustainable circular economy. Our core social mission is to empower organisations to embrace environmentally responsible practices, thus fostering a greener future and supporting the UN's SDGs Products and services include Business & Administrative Services, Engineer, Research, Tech services, Waste Management & Landfill. Primary beneficiaries include Environmental Sustainability. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

We are an award winning social-enterprise of the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) delivering a global food experience to events throughout Melbourne. Our mission is to create pathways to meaningful employment through delivering catering services, and empowering people seeking asylum to gain financial autonomy, social inclusion and the opportunity to rebuild their lives. Products and services include Catering & Hospitality. Primary beneficiaries include New Migrants & Refugee Communities. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

We are a social enterprise of the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) that exists to create employment pathways for people seeking asylum. Through providing quality domestic and commercial cleaning services we create opportunities for employment and training. These opportunities help people seeking asylum build the skills and experience they need to pursue sustainable employment in the Australian workforce. Products and services include Building Trade, Repairs & Maintenance, Cleaning Services & Equipment & Supplies. Primary beneficiaries include New Migrants & Refugee Communities. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

We offer local manufacturing of garments and PPE. This includes the ability to customise, use local fabrics, and source recycled textiles. We also offer services such as rebadging unused/unworn uniforms, and upcyling used materials such as gawk screening into promotional items. Our team are supported by Textile Industry apprenticeship training delivered by Holmesglen. Products and services include Clothing & Safety Equipment, Industrial Production & manufacture. Primary beneficiaries include New Migrants & Refugee Communities. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

We provide employment opportunities to refugees. We specialize in Ground Maintenance and Landscaping for commercial and residential properties. Other services include streetscapes, landscape designs, planting, retaining walls, and paving. We also create a unique employment opportunity for mothers who have school-age children. They can work during school hours and earn income to support their family financially. Products and services include Horticulture & arboriculture. Primary beneficiaries include New Migrants & Refugee Communities. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

Founded in 2015, Austep is a B Corp certified Social Enterprise using business as a tool to positively impact people, profit, places and planet. We design and install energy efficiency upgrades in commercial buildings, to reduce energy costs and carbon emissions, while donating 50% of profits to charity. Products and services include Building Trade, Repairs & Maintenance. Primary beneficiaries include A charitable or not for profit organisation. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

Established in 2013, ACRE is a for-purpose social enterprise with a BIG mission. We want a positive, vibrant future for rural Australia. We believe in lighting a spark for young people to think creatively, be entrepreneurial, be innovative and to be supported by their community. We support people to build their entrepreneurial capability and capacity to release new opportunities that can rejuvenate rural communities. Products and services include Training & Education Services. Primary beneficiaries include A particular geographic community. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

Our vision is to address inequalities in oral health, and reduce the barriers to enable professional and high quality oral health care and education for all through partners and sponsorships, mobile dental clinics, fixed clinics and policy and advocacy. Products and services include Healthcare Services. Primary beneficiaries include Other disadvantaged people. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

The Australian Social Value Bank (ASVB) is the first online tool of its kind, allowing you to translate the value of your social impact into dollars. Our Value Calculator performs a three-step Cost Benefit Analysis that aligns to government best-practice guidelines used across the OECD. The ASVB allows you to: understand, compare, aggregate, communicate and compete on, the social value you create. Products and services include Business & Administrative Services, Community & Social Services, Training & Education Services. Primary beneficiaries include A charitable or not for profit organisation. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.