The social impact bond (SIB) innovation is gathering pace around the world and here in Australia, but it is still very early in the development of this nascent market.

South Australia's University of Adelaide is researching the social structure of Eyre Peninsula communities to determine potential impacts from oil and gas exploration in the Great Australian Bight. It is part of a four-year, $20 million collaborative science program between oil giant BP, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), the South Australian Research...

Different parts of the SROI framework can be applied to understand the effectiveness and efficiency of any investment, program or organisation – without doing a full SROI report. In this article we outline some of the ways that the SROI framework and the principles of SROI have been used by our clients to support their...

‘Impact investing’ refers to investment with the intention to achieve both a positive social, cultural or environmental benefit and some measure of financial return. This article asks what will it take for the impact investing market to flourish in Australia? Despite large forecasts, the impact investing market in Australia remains fragmented and immature. Challenges exist...

This report presents the findings of a research project which assessed the social impact of the Warrnambool exchange fire. The fire occurred on 22 November 2012, and caused a telecommunications outage that lasted for about 20 days.