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Welcome to the Centre for Social Impact (CSI). We bring together the business, government, philanthropic and social (not-for-profit) sectors, in a collaborative effort to build community capacity and facilitate social innovation....read more

The field of 'Social Impact' is very broad, so we have filtered all our projects and initiatives by ten topic areas to help make it easier for you to access what you are looking for. Check out our news and events below, and make sure you visit our Knowledge Centre for the latest knowledge and information.

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Social Business News and Reports: Edition 21

February 16, 2012

Topics include business leaders celebrated for their wider commitment to social responsibility...

Spotlight

Enterprising Cafe Kulcha to support disadvantaged youth

February 21, 2012

CSI’s Director of Social Business, Cheryl Kernot, will help launch Cafe Kulcha this Friday, 24 February.

Recent Blog Posts

Gina Anderson:		"The role of the ACNC - February 17, 2012"

Richard Wilson:		"Aussie Rules Innovation"

Dr Fanny Salignac:		"Business ethics : Expectations and disappointments - February 6, 2012"

Event News

Social Innovator Dialogues February Festival: 2012 Changing the way we govern

What’s Working? A forum on young people, skills and jobs....register now

Education News

Skoll Centre Visit: Dr Alex Nicholls

February 3, 2012

CSI is excited to welcome Alex Nicholls MBA to Australia from February to April 2012.

Research News

Fairtrade: profits and ethics

January 23, 2012

CSI researcher Fanny Salignac has been awarded a PhD in Business Ethics from the University of Sydney.

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Read our new brochure to learn more about CSI; what we do and how we do it.

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KNOWLEDGE CONNECT ISSUE 12:

Social Entrepreneurship – The Revolution Matures

By Cheryl Kernot

The discourse around social entrepreneurship continues at a pace: more international conferences, research interest, journals and university courses are some of the identifiers. Alongside the continuing emergence of innovative start-up social enterprises and businesses is the reality that the field has matured sufficiently to begin to measure impact: some established social ventures have scaled up and succeeded and some have failed. WATCH VIDEO