The FY23 Ākina Impact Report, highlights the dynamic partnership between Ākina with Canon, a company providing hardware, software, and tailored document management solutions. Explore the details of this impactful collaboration.
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Learn about our collaboration with the Ministry for the Environment (MfE) Community Investments Team, Whakamanahia te Hapori, overseeing over $400 million in Jobs for Nature funding programs.
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Ākina collaborated with Te Puni Kōkiri, to champion government supplier diversity for Māori businesses. Ākina contributed to progressive procurement, focusing on the Dunedin Hospital Extension in Te Waipounamu.
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Critical, a Māori-owned company based in Aotearoa, New Zealand, is dedicated to addressing the urgent issues of climate change and plastic pollution had previously missed out on funding, applied for the 2022 Ākina Impact Investment Readiness Programme (IIRP) and secured a spot in this programme for the first time.
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The Westpac Government Innovation Fund (WGIF), established eight years ago with a total investment of $10 million, selected Ākina to measure the effectiveness of its funding. With 18 months remaining, the aim was to provide an independent view, share insights with stakeholders, and communicate the value created.
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Bloom Pukekohe offers a transformative horticultural and craft-based programme for adults with intellectual disabilities. This innovative initiative not only enriches the lives of its participants but also serves as an invaluable educational platform. However, the path to success has been marked by challenges, and this is where Ākina’s capability building services have played a pivotal role
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Every year, we look back at the work that’s been delivered and the change we helped our clients and partners to create. This report is a story of their successes as much as our own.
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Case study: How Ākina supported Kāinga Ora to help them identify the social and environmental impact they were achieving through their progressive procurement activities, and map this to their organisational purpose.
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Case study: Creating a Just Transition for Whānau through Waka Aronui with The Manukau Urban Māori Authority (MUMA), Toyota, supported by The Tindall Foundation, Auckland Council and Waka Kotahi.
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Case study: Growing Indigenous Entrepreneurs Ministry of Social Development (Auckland region).
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Working with Ākina, the Ministry for the Environment (MfE) has adopted an impact management approach with their Community Investment Funds.
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Ākina is the official impact partner of Chapter Zero New Zealand (hosted by the Institute of Directors). Ākina CEO Nicola Nation was interviewed by the IoD for the winter print edition of Boardroom magazine.
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Case study: How Ākina supported Beca’s journey to progress and implement social procurement.
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Leaft Foods are striving to reduce the environmental impact of agriculture by creating a new economy that taps into the global shift to plant-based eating, having developed a model that extracts a highly nutritional plant protein called Rubisco from green leafy crops.
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Every year, we look back at the work that’s been delivered and the change we helped our clients and partners to create. This report is a story of their successes as much as our own.
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How Kāinga Ora is pushing to deliver sustainable and social outcomes alongside its organisation’s goals.
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Ākina knows business is the best vehicle to achieve positive sustainability, and we are urging companies to act now on climate change. Read our plea to business leaders.
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How construction firm McConnell Dowell is delivering a socially responsible procurement strategy.
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The Warehouse Group are one of New Zealand’s largest retail groups, and are walking the talk on sustainability.
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