Change Award

For thriving businesses making a purposeful and positive impact for the Australian people, communities or the planet.
Open to eligible small and medium-sized businesses across Australia.

Is this category right for your business?

This award recognises businesses with these characteristics:

  1. Purpose‑led performance

    Your business balances a clear purpose with strong commercial performance.

  2. Meaningful action

    You take deliberate action to create positive social, cultural, environmental or community outcomes.

  3. Impact at the core of the business

    Creating impact is built into everyday operations, decision-making and strategy, with a view to scaling that impact.

  4. Clear change story

    You can clearly explain the change you set out to create, why it matters, and what difference it has made.

If making a purposeful and positive impact is at the heart of how your business works, the Change Award may be the right fit.

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What judges look for

Judges are looking to understand how your business creates positive change, using examples you already have.

The purpose behind the change

Why your business chose to create this change and why it matters.

The actions taken

The initiatives, decisions or practices you put in place to create that change.

Evidence of impact

Real outcomes or results that show what has changed, supported by examples or measurement where possible.

How change is embedded and sustained

How impact is built into everyday operations, strategy and decision‑making over time.