2023 Australian Impact Investment Awards

The 2023 Australian Impact Investment Awards offers a unique opportunity for organisations and individuals to showcase and be recognised for their expertise, commitment and outstanding activity in the Australian impact investing ecosystem.

Coordinated by the Impact Investing Hub, the Awards are designed around similar criteria and categories to the Global Steering Group’s (GSG).

Taking place on Thursday 30th November, the Awards are a hybrid event – both in-person at Canva's offices in Sydney and online from 6PM AEDT. Opening remarks will be provided by The Hon. Dr. Andrew Leigh MP, Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities, Treasury and Employment.

The Award Categories are:

• Impact Enterprise of the Year
• Impact Asset Owner of the Year
• Impact Asset Manager of the Year
• Impact Market Builder of the Year
• Individual Outstanding Achievement of the Year

Please join us to celebrate the achievements of the impact investment ecosystem! For those attending in person, there will be an opportunity to network after the awards with drinks and light snacks available from 6.00pm to 7.30pm

Thank you to the Impact Investment Awards sponsors Department of Social Services (DSS) and Alberts, and supporting organisations Impact Investing Australia, Social Ventures Australia, Centre for Social Finance Law, and Impact Investment Summit Asia Pacific.

Thank you also to our 2023 judges Andrew Tyndale, Jenna Farrell (nee Liang), Richard Brandweiner, Elyse Sainty, Emily Albert for sharing their expertise!

About Minister Leigh:

Andrew Leigh is the Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities, Treasury and Employment, and Federal Member for Fenner in the ACT. Prior to being elected in 2010, Andrew was a professor of economics at the Australian National University. He holds a PhD in Public Policy from Harvard, having graduated from the University of Sydney with first class honours in Arts and Law. Andrew is a past recipient of the Economic Society of Australia's Young Economist Award and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences.

His books include Disconnected (2010), Battlers and Billionaires: The Story of Inequality in Australia (2013), The Economics of Just About Everything (2014), The Luck of Politics (2015), Choosing Openness: Why Global Engagement is Best for Australia (2017), Randomistas: How Radical Researchers Changed Our World (2018), Innovation + Equality: How to Create a Future That Is More Star Trek Than Terminator (with Joshua Gans) (2019), Reconnected: A Community Builder's Handbook (with Nick Terrell) (2020), What's the Worst That Could Happen? Existential Risk and Extreme Politics (2021) and Fair Game: Lessons From Sport for a Fairer Society & a Stronger Economy (2022).

Andrew is a keen triathlete and marathon runner, and hosts a podcast called The Good Life: Andrew Leigh in Conversation, about living a happier, healthier and more ethical life. Andrew is the father of three sons - Sebastian, Theodore and Zachary, and lives with his wife Gweneth in Canberra. He has been a member of the Australian Labor Party since 1991.

The Department of Social Services is committed to recognising innovation and excellence in the sector, and we thank the Department for sponsoring the Awards. We are honoured that The Hon. Dr. Andrew Leigh MP, Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities, Treasury and Employment will speak at the Awards ceremony on 30 November 2023.

The Impact Investing Hub is an initiative of the Social Impact Hub. The Impact Investing Hub supports the growth of the Australian impact investing community by providing an inclusive platform that educates, inspires and connects.