Ākina believes that every organisation in Aotearoa has the power and responsibility to create positive impact through their work.
Ākina supports clients to transform towards operating models that are both sustainable and impactful.
Working with Ākina
We bring together community, business and government partners to achieve greater outcomes for people and the planet. Ākina will help you move from measuring activities, to growing positive outcomes.
The good outcomes an organisation creates could be environmental impact like diverting waste from landfills, or perhaps social impact like employment for people with disabilities. Whatever the impact, Ākina is here to help you grow it.
Impact Measurement
We can support you to identify meaningful and practical metrics and indicators to measure your impact and tell a compelling, evidence based story of change to your stakeholders or potential funders and investors.
Impact Strategy
Ākina supports organisations to develop a strong impact strategy, by focussing on the best ways to create and increase positive outcomes.
Social Return on Investment (SROI)
SROI is about understanding the financial value of the outcomes you create, and evaluating them against the cost of delivering the service or programme. The output will be a value map capturing the key insights and data points, and report which states your social return on investment figure.
To do so, Ākina uses a range of frameworks and methodologies, including the Social Value International methodology and the Treasury's Cost/Benefit Analysis (CBAX) tool.
Impact Stories
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What is impact?
Impact is the positive social, cultural or environmental changes, or outcomes, that happen as the result of an action.
Impact could be delivered by social enterprises, charities, governments or any business that works to be impact-driven, in many different ways.
Our Process
Model →
Define your impact goals and develop an impact model that shows how your business activities lead to positive outcomes.
Measure →
Develop impact indicators, create a measurement framework, and gather data to track your impact.
Analyse →
Know what’s working and what’s not, and realign your activities to start growing your impact.
Report →
Share your journey and outcomes with your partners and stakeholders by reporting your impact.
The 2023 Ākina impact report
For the full story on the positive outcomes Ākina creates – including case studies from its inspiring clients – read the Ākina impact report.
Impact webinar
Interested in what to expect from Ākina’s Impact Consulting Services? Check out this webinar Ākina hosted for Jobs for Nature funded organisations: ‘Growing the impact and sustainability of your business’.
About the webinar
The Jobs for Nature fund has helped to grow many amazing organisations delivering impact across environmental, social, cultural, and economic domains.
With Jobs for Nature funding due to close in 2025, funded organisations will need to adapt their operating and financial models in order to become financially resilient and sustainable in the long term. The Ministry for the Environment are supportive of organisations utilising their funding on transition planning. Ākina is an approved Jobs for Nature supplier.
This webinar is for any Jobs for Nature funded organisations who are looking to reduce reliance on grant funding.
Tune into this free webinar to learn about how Ākina can support your organisation on it’s impact and sustainability journeys. The session will cover:
How to develop an Impact Model for your organisation - a strategic tool for organising your business functions around it’s impact goals, and telling the impact story to a range of stakeholders.
Showcase Ākina’s approach for expanding the revenue base for impact-led organisations, helping them to achieve greater financial resilience and long term sustainability.
Ākina previously supported several Jobs for Nature ventures on their impact and sustainability journeys. In this webinar, Environment Hubs Aotearoa (EHA) shares how their work with Ākina has helped them to grow their business and their impact.
