Publications

A summary of The Impact Initiative recommendations to the Government, which outline targeted changes the Government could make to ensure the ongoing development of New Zealand’s social enterprise sector.

The Impact Initiative white papers provide the detail behind the programme recommendations to the government. Split across five categories, the white papers are a culmination of research, insights and other findings since the programme began.

The Business of Impact report looks at how social enterprises are contributing to government priorities across three areas of challenge: whānau wellbeing, mental health and waste minimisation. The report and appendix includes social enterprise case studies.

Insights reports from the third year of the Social Enterprise Sector Development Programme, published quarterly.

Insights and learnings from building a community of creators, innovators and entrepreneurs in South Auckland.

The ‘Regional Hubs’ pilot was a 10-month programme seeking to connect and equip a network of social enterprise champions – or Hub partners –across eight communities in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Insights reports from the second year of the Social Enterprise Sector Development Programme, published quarterly.

Read the Māori Social Enterprise engagement strategy.

This report examines our legal structures for business. What more can we do to enable businesses like social enterprises and Māori enterprises to deliver impact?

Read the insight reports from the first year of the programme.

All businesses need to unlock funding to start, to scale, or to deliver impact. This report is an exploration of the capital needs of social enterprises.

Learning from the past by reflecting on the history of social enterprise, Māori enterprise and community enterprise in New Zealand.

Enterprise consultan, MJ Kaplan looks at Aotearoa New Zealand’s enterprise communities. Can networks of communities help build the growing social enterprise movement?