Conversation Circles: Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for Social Enterprise

Join us for our online series Conversation Circles: Universal Impact

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for social enterprise

The pandemic has changed everything and nothing. The perennial challenges of inequality, homelessness, marginalisation, intergenerational injustice and the spectre of ecological catastrophe - they all remain. The underlying causes have not budged, they have gotten worse, as leaders and markets flail or exacerbate systemic problems. 

The push to achieve the UN agreed SDGs by 2030 will require leadership in all parts of our community.

Social enterprise is ahead of the curve with business innovation locked into creating a just, inclusive and sustainable future.

Now is the time for social enterprises to consolidate our strength and lead the charge to achieving SDGs by 2030. 

The SDGs provide common frames for us to identify, communicate and measure our impact.

This first in a series of virtual events will explore the SDGs - in particular SDG10 reduced inequalities - with:

• Sophie Arnold, Executive Manager of the United Nations Association of Australia 
• Tenille Gilbert, Co-Founder and Managing Director of For Change Co 
• Hosted by Nick Verginis, CEO of Social Enterprise Network Victoria (SENVIC) and member of Catalyst 2030.

This virtual event is shared through the Alliance of Social Enterprise Networks Australia (ASENA) and welcomes social enterprise from across the country to join the conversation circle.

Conversation Circles aim to:

• Create an opportunity for practitioner-led dialog, collaboration and problem-solving.
• Build a shared understanding of the features of a fair, inclusive and sustainable economy.
• Identify opportunities for social enterprise to shape the new economy today.