There has been a lot of conversation about donations and charities as Australians, and our friends overseas, respond to the bushfire disaster that we are experiencing.

Social enterprises are enterprises that ‘trade to intentionally tackle social problems, improve communities, provide people access to employment and training, or help the environment.’ (Social Traders).

I was intrigued by an invitation to a Society 4.0 Symposium for the Swinburne Innovation Research Institute (SIRI). Society 4.0 is the social and community perspective of Industry 4.0 – the fourth industrial revolution that we are already well within.

On the occasion of the fifth anniversary of Melbourne Women's Fund, CEO Catherine Brown delivered the following presentation at their annual grant awards celebration event.

I have just returned from the F20 Conference in Tokyo. The Foundations 20 Platform is a group of foundations from G20 countries working on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the transition towards a low carbon future.