Implementation of projects in the Pacific region is challenging, not least because of the high transport costs and small markets.  The support of the business community is vital for the successful implementation of our projects and programs.  Corporate Partnership allows us to forward plan and reduce our administration costs, which in turn ensures that more funds are available for our programs and projects. It also allows us to tap into the wealth of resources available in Australia on a project or program basis. 

IHFA recognises that the business community plays an integral role in the ecologically sustainable development process. At IHFA we work with corporations, as well as foundations, universities and individuals, to help protect our Pacific region and those in need who live in the most vulnerable areas of our neighbourhood. IHFA works with our Corporate Partners to tailor our relationship so that it is mutually beneficial while achieving the tangible results for which the support was sought.

In today’s climate of global warming and accelerated environmental destruction, companies are increasingly incorporating environmental protection, advocacy and supporting environmental organisations to help protect the environment while also enhancing their staff, stakeholder and community engagement.   This provides tangible benefits to the organisation:

1. Increasing Brand Impact:  92% of Australians believe that a great brand comes from a company with values and ethics (Eye on Australia, Grey Worldwide, 2005).
2. Generating increase staff loyalty and job satisfaction:  82% of respondents would rather work for a company that supports good causes (Passion People, Cavill et al, 2004).
3. Building strong stakeholder and shareholder relationships.

In return for your support, IHFA provides media and electronic exposure, signage, exposure to the Pacific Region as well as the value and prestige that comes from supporting a worthy long term goal.  IHFA is a development aid agency that adheres to high standards of corporate governance, public accountability and financial management, ensuring that the donation dollar or service has gone to its stated destination. IHFA will work with you to understand your personal needs and corporate culture or business philosophy in order to develop innovative collaborations that both enhance your current commercial activities as well as your corporate giving traditions through a long term program strategy or on a case by case project or program.

IHFA works with international development aid agencies like AusAid, to ensure a coordinated approach to development.  Usually these aid agencies match their grants to funds the NGO raises in their own community and this can often be by a factor of three which helps make your donation dollar go much further.

To support these programs we seek a commitment of three years which can be renewed for a further three years after that. Programs can be funded in part or in full, and all supporters are provided with a report at the end of each year. This type of commitment from you makes you a long term partner and will give you the benefit of witnessing actual environmental change in our region.
 
To support this program or to receive further information, please contact Petra Campbell at corporates@internationalhelpfund.org

Corporate Pro Bono, or Services in Kind, has been key to IHFA’s success. Pro Bono can literally make the difference between the prompt delivery of a program or project or not, while substantially increasing job satisfaction. Because we deliver tangible results, engaged staff always appreciate the impact their work has had on the beneficiaries and our appreciation of the fact that they helped make our program work.

International Help Fund Australia will work with you to identify and provide opportunities for your staff to donate their expertise or services.

If you would like more information about the provision of Services in Kind, please contact us at corporates@internationalhelpfund.org

Workplace Giving provides the ideal vehicle to give staff the opportunity to support the charity they identify most with and want to support by making individual pre-tax contributions to an organisation directly from their pay. Work Place Giving helps makes you an employer of choice.

Workplace Giving with International Help Fund Australia can empower staff with the knowledge that they are helping to make our Pacific Region a clean, green and secure place to live. Workplace giving increases staff satisfaction and motivation, and improves loyalty and retention. If your company then offers a staff matching component to your Workplace Giving scheme, staff participation and belief in your organisation’s commitment to corporate social responsibility is greatly enhanced while so is your contribution to IHFA.

If your organisation does not have the capacity to run a Workplace Giving program that offers employees pre-tax deductions, you can still offer your staff the opportunity to make a difference through a Staff Deduction Program. Under this scheme, deductions are instead taken from the employee’s post tax salary while all the same benefits accrue to staff members.

Volunteering can enormously impact on staff motivation and organisational pride. Volunteers are very valuable to organisations such as ours because they provide services that we may not otherwise have the capacity for. They can make the difference between a project going ahead or not when the volunteers are expert or technical. Corporate volunteers help shape IHFA with their professional experience. At IHFA we equally value non corporate volunteers.

Current volunteer opportunities include:

- IT support
- Graphic design
- Website design and maintenance
- Administrative support
- Marketing
- Researchers
- Editors to edit short promotional DVD's of our films

 

For more information on Staff Volunteering opportunities, please contact us at info@internationalhelpfund.org

Visit other Corporate Social Responsibility resources:

Business Council of Australia  www.bca.com.au 
Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) www.bsr.org
Positive Outcomes: Corporate Social Responsibility  www.positiveoutcomes.com.au 
Reputation Measurement  www.reputex.com.au 
Ethical Corporation  www.ethicalcorp.com
St James Ethics Centre www.ethics.org.au 
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) www.globalreporting.org
The Prime Minister’s Community Business Partnership  www.partnerships.gov.au 
The International Institute for Sustainable Development  www.iisd.org
Asia Pacific Centre for Philanthropy and Social Investment  www.swinburnephilanthropy.net
Models of Sucess & Sustainability www.moss.org.au
Centre for Australian Community Organisations and Management  www.business.uts.edu.au/cacom/index.html 
SustainAbility  www.sustainability.com
The Corporate Citizenship Research Unit, Deakin University  www.deakin.edu.au/ccr
UN Division for Sustainable Development  www.un.org
Centre for Sustainable Performance (UTS)  www.csp.uts.edu.au 
World Business Council for Sustainable Development  www.wbcsd.ch
World Vision www.worldvision.com.au