Impact Investment WA Alliance

Impact Investment WA Alliance

IIWA is a cross-sector alliance for market development, stewardship, and participation in impact investment in WA.

The Alliance seeks to provide trusted, experienced, and well-considered advice to Government, corporates, family and foundation offices, and the community service sector to accelerate development of the impact investment market in Western Australia. Alliance objectives are to:

Improve accessibility and literacy of impact investment, ensuring an accurate and complete understanding of the discipline
Develop innovative policy options that create positive social and environmental impact
Improve standards for impact measurement, simplifying the investment comparison process for investors
Provide a platform for sharing knowledge and expertise in the field of impact investment in Western Australia
Advocate and educate the wider community about the benefits of impact investment for all Western Australians

Social Enterprise Mapping Project & Council

Through July/August 2019 this project will map WA’s Social Enterprise Sector.

The Social Enterprise Mapping Project will seek to understand the current and potential capacity of the social enterprise sector in WA for imperatives such as:

Impact Investment
Social Procurement policy and enterprise accreditation
Development potential and capacity building
Measurement of the impact of the sector in the economy in terms of job creation potential and social/environmental outcomes

The project will also inform the creation of a WA Social Enterprise Council in conjunction with the Impact Investment Alliance of WA, launching in September 2019. The linkage of the Alliance and a new Council will create a link between funding sources and the sector, with the vision for the Social Enterprise Council being to:

Promote and grow the social enterprise sector in Western Australia
Provide a representative voice for the WA Social Enterprise sector
Trusted advice and advocacy to Government
Through IIWA affiliation, provide linkages between funders and sponsors including foundations, corporates, government agencies and the finance sector.
Support participation, collaboration, innovation and co-investment into social enterprises and social innovation in Western Australia.

If you are a WA headquartered AND primarily WA-focused social enterprise, or a not for profit organisation looking to build a new social enterprise, then we would love to hear from you.

Please complete the submission here BY FRIDAY 23-AUGUST. The form takes 3-5 minutes to complete, and we really appreciate your considered responses for this important project.

Founding Alliance Members:

If you’d like to learn more about IIWA please contact us at info@iiwa.org.au

Fast facts: Western Australian NFP’s hold over $4B cash on their balance sheets. WA State Govt spends over $13B per annum on procurement. Philanthropy & venture capital is over $1B pa combined and Superannuation funds under management in WA exceed $200B. These circumstances combined create an enormous un-tapped opportunity to bridge the gap between investment and grant-making for sustainable social impact investment and impact in WA

Aboriginal Enterprise

Wellbeing of Older Australians

Carbon & Sustainable Energy

Community Inclusion

Disability

Food Systems

Housing & Homelessness

Inequality

Regenerative Land Practices

Waste Systems

Alignment with UN Sustainable Development Goals

Impact Investment Alliance – WA

IIWA is Western Australia’s cross-sector alliance for market development, stewardship, and participation in impact investment in WA.

– Improve accessibility, literacy and definition of impact investment, ensuring an accurate and complete understanding of the discipline
– Develop innovative policy options that create positive social and environmental impact
– Improve standards for impact measurement, simplifying the investment comparison process for investors
– Provide a platform for sharing knowledge and expertise in the field of impact investment in Western Australia
– Advocate and educate the wider community about the benefits of impact investment for all Western Australians