Business for Good Workshop 8: Procurement Fundamentals

The Business for Good Sector Development Program is for social enterprises, First Nations owned businesses, B Corps and small businesses who are interested in intentionally embedding social and environmental impact into their businesses.

Our Business for Good workshop series will cover a range of small business fundamentals topics with an impact lens to help SA small businesses build key knowledge and capabilities to drive social and environmental impact through sustainable business development and growth.

Workshop 8: Procurement Fundamentals

Social procurement is a mechanism for businesses and governments to use their buying power to generate social and environmental impact above and beyond the value of the goods or services being procured by engaging social benefit suppliers. This workshop will provide an introductory overview for South Australian social enterprises and small businesses with an impact focus on social procurement as a strategy for impact-driven businesses to gain customers and drive business and impact growth through B2B procurement, covering topics and questions such as:

• What is social procurement
• Who engages in social procurement
• What are social benefit suppliers
• What are the key drivers for business and government to engage in social procurement
• How can social enterprises and small businesses engage with social procurement opportunities
• Examples of social procurement in action
• Tips and opportunities for social enterprises and small businesses to get procurement ready, and more!

This workshop will be led by Amy Orange, SA-based Social Procurement Lead for Social Traders. Arrernte man Marius Liddle, founder of MTL Consulting Services, will be joining the session to provide a much needed First Nations business lens to the topic.

Following Amy's session, you are welcome to stay on with us for an extra hour for an informal chat over light refreshments. 

Places are limited and registrations are essential so get in quick to avoid disappointment. We are eager to enable eligible businesses in regional South Australia who cannot attend in person to participate via Zoom.

Who is eligible to attend?

You are welcome to join the Business for Good program, including attending our workshops if you are:

• Based in South Australia, and
• Qualify as a small business (up to 20 employees), and
• Committed to learning and understanding how you can embed impact into your business.

Please note that attending the Business for Good workshops means participating in the Business for Good program and we will need to collect some data from you for reporting purposes. If you are not already a participant, the Business for Good Program Coordinator will be in touch with you shortly after your booking.

We have an Equitable Access Policy, please get in touch with Arianna via email hellosasec@gmail.com if this fee is a barrier to your participation.

About the Business for Good Program

The Business for Good: Social Enterprise Sector Development program is supporting South Australian (SA) social enterprises and small businesses with key business fundamentals to strengthen their knowledge, capacity and capability to deliver social, environmental and economic outcomes for SA with long-term business sustainability and growth. Delivered in partnership by the South Australian Social Enterprise Council (SASEC), Social Traders and Collab4Good, the 18-month Business for Good Program delivers activities through three streams:

1. Early advice, information and referrals.
2. Group workshops and a social enterprise conference.
3. An advisory support service, consisting of a social procurement readiness program and a business growth coaching program.

To stay updated on the Business for Good Program please sign up to the Business for Good mailing list at www.sasec.org.au/businessforgood 

The Business for Good Program is an initiative of the Government of South Australia’s Office for Small and Family Business and the South Australian Small Business Strategy 2023 – 2030.