Our partnerships
Community partnerships
Our interest areas:
We see community investment as a way to demonstrate how we care about our people, customers and communities and how we impact their lives.
We form long-term, meaningful and measurable partnerships with a small number of groups so we make the greatest positive difference.
We focus our support on:
- Helping our customers reduce their impact on the environment
- Supporting people in financial crisis through social enterprise
- Keeping safe and building skills
- Supporting communities in major project areas
- Creating a rewarding workplace for employees.
Some of our current community partnerships:
- Our schools programs like the Switch Awards, the Home Energy Project, Energy Savers and Energy Safety Week are helping kids in Queensland, South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria to save energy and keep safe.
- We provideBig Issue vendors with uniforms to help them keep safe, stand out and walk a little taller on city streets.
- We’re helping learner drivers to be safer on country roads.
Brand and corporate sponsorships/partnerships
Our interest areas:
Sponsorship is an important part of our brand strategy, which provides an opportunity to support our position as Australia’s number one green energy provider.
Sponsorships can also offer networking, volunteering and development opportunities for our employees.
We use sponsorships as a way to:
- Demonstrate and build upon our leadership in sustainability
- Have conversations with our customers
- Create sales opportunities and increase customer retention
- Demonstrate that we're a brand who cares about the environment
- Provide opportunities for our people to learn about our industry
- Provide networking opportunities in a context that’s relevant to our industry.
Some of our current sponsorships:
- The Banksia Environmental Awards – We are the Gold sponsor of the Banksia Awards, which are Australia’s most prestigious environmental awards that promote environmental excellence and sustainability.
