It’s heartening to see social impact playing such a key theme in the 2023 NZ Procurement Excellence Awards where Ākina has been a long-standing supporter and is a sponsor of the Social Impact of the Year Award.
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Meet WellStream, one of the Ākina Certified Impact Suppliers. Impact Suppliers are organisations that deliver a range of positive social, environmental, and cultural outcomes through selling their products and services.
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Meet Jobs For Mums, one of the Ākina Certified Impact Suppliers. Impact Suppliers are organisations that deliver a range of positive social, environmental, and cultural outcomes through selling their products and services.
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As official Impact Partners of Chapter Zero New Zealand, Ākina contributed to the recent Chapter Zero Resource, ‘Effective climate governance – climate scenario analysis.’ Understanding the role of the director in the development, analysis and review of climate scenarios.
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Our friends at the Seeds Podcast held the 2023 Seeds Impact Conference on 5 October 2023. The online event was spread across 27 sessions with about 100 speakers, and gave the chance to catalyse more impact as we reimagined the role of business and for-purpose organisations. Check out Ākina Director of Impact, Kristin Fanselow’s presentation.
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Meet Anew, one of the Ākina Certified Impact Suppliers. Impact Suppliers are organisations that deliver a range of positive social, environmental, and cultural outcomes through selling their products and services.
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The Ākina Impact Investment Readiness Programme is back for 2023. This is the seventh year that Ākina has run the programme, and is the only one of it’s kind in Aotearoa. Ākina's Impact Investment Readiness Programme (IIRP) is helping to solve the shortage of investable deals.
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How can the next government help impact-led businesses thrive, to benefit people and the planet? Check out Ākina Chief Executive, Nicola Nation’s Top Five Recommendations for incoming Government, featured in The Post.
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Ākina, Impact Partners for Auckland Climate Festival (ACF) proudly hosted a panel at the Sustainable Coastlines Flagship space on Tuesday, 12 September, in the Waitemataa Harbour catchment of Tāmaki Makaurau.
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Meet More Than Money, one of the Ākina Certified Impact Suppliers. Impact Suppliers are organisations that deliver a range of positive social, environmental, and cultural outcomes through selling their products and services.
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The Ākina tīma have been trying to unravel the answers to some big topics this week. Top of the list is: when is a burger a burger, and when is it a sandwich? Wellington On A Plate existential crises aside, here's the rundown on everything impact.
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Meet Te Ara Hiranga, one of the Ākina Certified Impact Suppliers. Impact Suppliers are organisations that deliver a range of positive social, environmental, and cultural outcomes through selling their products and services.
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The transition to a Regenerative Aotearoa New Zealand requires us to view the economic system in a different way. ”We have no time to lose. Our future generations deserve good ancestors" - Te Pūoho Katene.
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Bex, Lei and Nick attended the 2023 Inspiring Stories, Festival for the Future at the new Tākina exibition centre in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington.
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Meet Social Labour Supply, one of the Ākina Certified Impact Suppliers. Impact Suppliers are organisations that deliver a range of positive social, environmental, and cultural outcomes through selling their products and services.
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Dive into a thought-provoking Partner Perspective by Ākina Chief Executive Nicola Nation, for The Aotearoa Circle. Nicola emphasises the importance of transitioning from a Capitalist Economy to a Regenerative Economy, where economic, social, and environmental objectives are in balance.
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The Ākina Foundation is excited to announce that we have successfully met the four minimum requirements of the Climate Leaders Coalition Statement of Ambition!
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Meet Kind Face, one of the Ākina Certified Impact Suppliers. Impact Suppliers are organisations that deliver a range of positive social, environmental, and cultural outcomes through selling their products and services.
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Ākina and Thankyou Payroll hosted the Penn State University Sustainability Program 2023 at The Ākina office in Te Whanganui-a-Tara. Participants got to hear about social impact, environmental impact, social procurement, and impact investing.
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Team Ākina just pedalled their way to success on their seventh Tour of New Zealand to raise funds for Bikes in Schools. Former Ākina Trustee Rod Oram shares the inspiring journey of Team Ākina, and how you can support their kaupapa.
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