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Be recognised as a Social Trader’s certified social enterprise and assure business and government members of your social enterprise credentials. We make it easy.
Social enterprises are businesses that trade to intentionally tackle social problems, improve communities, provide people with access to employment and training, or help the environment.
ST certification assures stakeholders that a social enterprise has a social, cultural or environmental purpose as its primary objective, that a substantial portion of its revenue is derived from commercial trade, and that the majority of the organisation’s efforts and resources are invested into the social purpose.
By becoming Social Traders certified we’re able to connect social enterprises that can supply products, services and social impact with our business and government buyer members, as well as other stakeholders interested in working with social enterprises.
Becoming Social Traders certified attracts an annual fee of $500 (exGST) and makes it easier to be recognised as a social enterprise.
For your ST certification application, you need to provide evidence that you meet the ST certification criteria.
Use this simple checklist to help you prepare the correct documentation.
Various stakeholders, including government and other businesses, rely on third party certification when they work with social enterprises. It’s how they can manage the risks of suppliers misrepresenting themselves as social enterprises.
There are market advantages for social enterprises and so there is an increased significance in legitimate use of the label.
Benefits of being Social Traders certified:
When an enterprise is certified we provide them with access to a logomark that confirms this relationship.
By extending Social Traders brand equity to the trusted social enterprises we work with, this trademarked certification logo provides assurance to business and government buyer members that Social Traders has endorsed a business as a social enterprise.
Once certified, we provide social enterprises with access to the logomark and marketing guidelines.
Our certification standards have been developed:
Ensure that they meet the definition of a social enterprise
Social enterprises can provide various levels of evidence to verify they meet the criteria
Different levels of evidence allow flexibility in how social enterprises verify themselves as well as accommodating the various stages of a business
Different levels of evidence allow flexibility in how social enterprises verify themselves as well as accommodating the various stages of a business
Still have questions about certification? Check out the FAQs below or contact us
Level 1, 333 Exhibition St
Melbourne
VIC 3001
PO Box 24074
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