Analysis
Analysis of LGBTIQA+ business ownership, procurement, policy and corporate Pride in Australia. Each piece makes one argument a reader could disagree with.
PolicyBorrowed arguments do not survive changed politics
The case for supplier diversity has leaned on the language of business benefit for twenty years. That language is now the most exposed part of the model.
ProcurementFifty one per cent is where the question starts
The Commonwealth moved its definition of an Indigenous business by one percentage point this year. The reason should interest anyone who thinks certification is about a number.
ProcurementSocial procurement is growing. The question is who it reaches.
Social Traders reported 304 million dollars in member spending last year. The number is real. So is what it leaves out.
ProcurementThe category on the form is where the work begins
Recognition makes a supplier visible. Whether anyone looks is a different question, and most diversity programs never ask it.
Corporate PrideCorporate Pride has two invoices. Only one of them has been examined.
The retreat from visible corporate Pride has been discussed at length. The part of the relationship that involves supply contracts has barely been looked at, and the reason is uncomfortable.
PolicyThe Census has asked. The harder count is still to come.
For the first time, Australia has a reliable way to count LGBTIQA+ people. It still has no way to count what they own.
