Australian Social Enterprises

MTC is a social enterprise that enables people to overcome barriers on their path to meaningful work. MTC aims to get people life ready, job ready, achieve job placements and overall enhancing peoples jobs/life.

Community Resources exists to create jobs that care for people and planet, we keep waste out of landfill and we provide community services to those who need them most. As a national not-for-profit organisation and registered charity, we deliver social and environmental impact at scale. We create employment and training opportunities for people experiencing barriers to work, keep waste out of landfill and support communities. We run three of Australia's largest certified social enterprises, Resource Recovery Australia, Soft Landing and Green Yakka, and a range of place-based community services, including Homebase Youth Services, Helping Hands, and Great Lakes & Manning Youth Homelessness Service.

Social impact and engagement consultancy helping organisations design, invest in and measure community outcomes.

To increase the pace of innovation for social change by supporting social entrepreneurs to design, test, launch and grow social impact projects.

Seer Data exists to turn data into action that strengthens lives and communities. We believe data and AI can be a powerful force for good – when they are trusted, governed, and accessible. Our work helps communities, governments, and organisations see what’s working, understand why and act with confidence. Over the past decade, Seer Data has built a trusted foundation for data access, sharing, measuring impact and storytelling grounded in governance, First Nations data sovereignty, and responsible use of AI. Our new platform, Metiora, builds on that foundation, bringing these capabilities together into an enterprise grade connected, scalable system for tracking, monitoring and measuring social impact commitments. Today, our platform supports both: - Place-based and community-led initiatives, enabling local outcomes to be understood and strengthened, and - Organisation and system-level reporting, connecting fragmented data into a shared, governed view of impact for portfolio investments. This is an evolving platform ecosystem – designed to make impact visible, trusted, and actionable, from local communities through to national systems and global investment.

Adventure tourism with purpose - combining a world-class trail network, local jobs for young people and stronger communities. Angry Bull Trails is a purpose-driven social enterprise based in Tenterfield NSW. We are developing over 150km of mountain bike and adventure trails, alongside a vibrant visitor hub with cafe, meeting space, visitor information and rider services. Our focus is on creating employment, mentoring and training opportunities for young people, while growing sustainable regional tourism and outdoor experiences. All revenue is reinvested back into trail maintenance, jobs and community impact.

ArtSHINE inspires and empowers commercially mined Creatives to build sustainable enterprises and generate viable incomes through our flexible, practical, and real-world approach to creative practice, commercialisation, art licensing, and entrepreneurial education

Auroraz Soulful Gifts is a social enterprise that promotes eco friendly products hand made by mentally challenged women in rehab shelters and as well by destitute women in India. We as well support local Australian aboriginal business/ communities. As of now we are supporting 3 projects in India. 2 rehab women shelters and 1 fishing community women whose dream is to educate their kids well.

We are a non-profit organisation dedicated to advance social and public welfare by promoting intersectionality, diversity, equity, inclusion (DEI), and gender equality in Australia, particularly among disadvantaged and marginalised groups.

Cap and Dutch is a manufacturer and retailer of personal toiletries. We aim to empower consumers to affect real change with their buying behaviour. Our intent is to redirect profits to the elimination of health issues that prevent access to early-childhood and primary education in Australian communities.

BlockTexx is a chemical textile recycler breaking down hard to recycle blended fibres into high value raw materials. We partner with NDIS providers to seek support in our decommissioning and sorting part of our business.

Cuppa is the destination where thought leaders and organisations connect to make a difference to employees, customers and society. We tackle the most important conversation that improve the communities well-being, work performance and sense of belonging. From one on moments to societal movements we help organisation make a difference to the world.

Data Action Impact helps purpose driven organisations to increase their capacity for doing good by harnessing the power of data and AI to make better decisions, take action and make an impact.

Decision Revolution is a Canberra-based social enterprise that is trading with the dual purposes of generating better outcomes for communities and organisations by improving decision performance, and tackling discrimination by creating greater diversity and inclusion in decision making. Our vision is a world of Deliberate Decisions. This is a future where leaders are conscious of the impact their decisions have on others, committed to stakeholders having agency in decisions that matter to them, and empowered to apply decision making techniques that fit each situation.

Dynamic4 is a social enterprise and B Corp specialising in regenerative leadership, design, and innovation with a focus on purpose and wellbeing for happier communities to accelerate the transition to more regenerative ways of living and doing business. We help our clients design, build, and launch product, service, and business model ideas that customers and teams love, make money, and do great things for people and our planet while increasing wellbeing.

Levelling the legal playing field for socially-minded organisations: Ethical Law provides accessible and affordable legal consultancy services for social enterprises (Socents), Not-for-Profits (NFPs), and other community-based businesses, helping to bridge the access-to-justice gap that faces many socially-minded organisations, and to place them on a level legal-playing field with their competitors, suppliers, and clients.

The For-Purpose Alliance exists to build leadership capability in the Australian NFP and For-Purpose sectors. We provide Peer2peer support programs that bring leaders together to catalyse their collective wisdom, knowledge and experience. Our guiding principle is that true social impact begins with our leaders: - Stronger LEADERS - More robust ORGANISATIONS - Empowered SECTOR - Greater SOCIAL IMPACT. FPA brings together leaders who are united in creating a better world, who choose to work in unique but complex organisations which deliver social outcomes and who ultimately believe in their ability to affect meaningful change. The For Purpose Alliance (NPA) programs are developed and offered exclusively to for-purpose executives. Our flagship 'Leadership Hubs' are a full day monthly program where leaders meet in a spirit of trust, peer collaboration and shared learning. Our Coaching. Mentoring and Strength programs run continuously, all year round. The For Purpose Alliance (FPA) is part of The NonPorfit Alliance (NPA) Pty Ltd.

Forward Thinking Design is a certified social enterprise delivering built environment and fitout circular economy advisory and socially responsible design services, to help organisations save money, lower environmental impact, and create positive community outcomes.

FutureTech is a Social Traders certified, neurodivergent-led social enterprise with a mission to inspire the neurodivergent minds of the future to build a better world - for everyone. We do this through community capacity building as well as delivering programs that are neuro-affirming, focused on wellbeing and designed and delivered by neurodivergent people.

To turn Australia's use of telco products and services into a force for good. We do this by donating 50% of our profits to charities that help protect the planet and those in need.

Greatest Good is an Australia-wide one-stop hub that makes it easy for individuals and organisations to do their greatest good. We serve as a catalyst for meaningful impact and making confident, informed choices aligned with values. In turn, we create an environment where Australian social enterprises, B Corps, charities and not-for-profits can connect meaningfully with those who value their mission. We help you find for-purpose organisations aligned with your values, then support them in a way that is meaningful to you, including shopping, donating, finding courses and events, paid and volunteer jobs, asks/offers, resources, and more. We value our stakeholder relationships and remain a co-designed ecosystem. We wear our B Corp and People & Planet certifications with pride as they reflect our commitment to positive social change. We walk the talk by reinvesting at least 50% of our profits into our social purpose, actively demonstrating our dedication to making a meaningful impact in the communities we serve.

Greenacres' purpose is to be an innovative pioneer in disability services, constantly adapting and evolving with the needs of the people who used our services, enabling people to live the life they imagine. Our social enterprises employ just over 200 people with disability in the following areas: warehouse operations - manufacture of a homewares range, packaging, assembly and labeling, as well as industrial sewing, metal shearing and production of sandbags, mainstream enterprises in a retail store in Shellharbour, 4 Cafes in the Wollongong area and at Shellharbour Airport, a catering kitchen based at Shellharbour Airport, Parks & Garden Maintenance, Labour Hire Crews, and a Cleaning Crew. We also have ecommerce for IMAGINE Homewares and Hampers our homewares brand made in Wollongong, which we retail online and also wholesale to stockists throughout Australia and for corporate gifting.

GreenPay is the payments solution that pays the planet. We give 50% of our profits to help protect and restore the environment.

To create space for young people to grow. Through growing food and regenerating land, we offer engagement, training and employment opportunities to 12-24 year olds in a hands-on, project-based, supportive environment.

Tackling social inequality by increasing access to resources and opportunities for individuals and organisations that need it most.