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We Will Rock You – Next Gen Leadership

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 23rd August 2012 - OPINION: Our young people’s way of thinking, organising and collaborating is leading to a new global conversation for anyone who cares to listen, says Jan Owen, CEO of Foundation…

Young Leaders in Social Change Announced

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 21st August 2012 - The Foundation for Young Australians (FYA) has a revealed the 18 young Australians who are to be part of the organisation’s 2012 Young Social Pioneers Program 2012. Selected…

Salesforce Defends Use of ‘Social Enterprise’

Staff Reporter, Monday, 20th August 2012 - Global cloud computing giant, Salesforce.com has defended its plans to trademark the term ‘social enterprise’ world wide, in an online company blog. The company chairman…

New Loo Design Wins With Gates

Staff Reporter, Friday, 17th August 2012 - An unusual competition by the Gates Foundation in the US to redesign the ‘toilet without water’ has come up with an equally unusual winner. The competition to design…

Australia & UK to Challenge ‘Hijacking’ of Social Enterprise

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 16th August 2012 - Not for Profits in the social enterprise space in Australia and the UK are challenging attempts by a multinational cloud computing company to trademark “Social Enterprise”.…

Social Investment Pioneer Awards

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 12th July 2012 - The Principles for Social Investment Secretariat (PSIS) is calling on businesses in Australia and worldwide to showcase best practice in social investment in 2012. Launched at…

Community Investors are the Original ‘Impact Investors’

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 7th June 2012 - “Community investment” and its renewed growth in Australia is an area of “impact investment” that appears to be overlooked in new research by the Federal…

Newest Batch of Social Entrepreneurs Celebrated in Sydney

Staff Reporter, Friday, 4th May 2012 - Social entrepreneur, Jac Torres Gomez’s work on a global campaign to tackle the inequalities women and girls face worldwide due to menstruation has seen her receive the accolade…

Social Enterprise Fund Grants Program launches in WA

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 26th April 2012 -
Image courtesy Social Traders. A new $10 million Social Enterprise Fund program has been launched by the West Australian to boost new or existing social enterprises. The Social…