What we do

SBA creates opportunities for sharing knowledge, skills and best practice, through wider communication, industry talks, international speakers, case studies and advocacy.

SBA supports:

• Access to training and education for social business

  To get established and grow, social businesses need access to a range of learning opportunities, particularly in the technical areas critical to their commercial success including - market analysis, investment strategies, ownership structures, social impact assessment, governance, organisational development and membership planning.
  

• Greater capital investment in social business

  To encourage more enterprises to take up the social business option, SBA supports initiatives to grow the market for greater capital investment in businesses that have social purpose at their core. SBA encourages finance providers, such as credit unions, mutuals, CDFIs (community development finance institutions) and industry super funds to invest in social forms of business.
  

• Better industry profile

  Social businesses can grow their competitive advantage in the market by successfully communicating their differences. SBA activities raise the profile of all types of social business and help communicate the social business advantage.