Amotai Online Workshop: Impact Evaluation

Turn your procurement spend into one of the most powerful levers for Māori and Pasifika equity in Aotearoa.

This webinar showcases fresh impact data and real-world stories that prove supplier diversity delivers extraordinary social and economic returns for communities – and strategic value for buyers.

Workshop overview

Demonstrating the impact of supplier diversity is no longer a “nice to have”, it shows how procurement spend can reduce risk in local supply chains caused by global economic uncertainty, close wealth gaps, grow local jobs and strengthen community wellbeing. The global evidence is compelling and so is the picture emerging from Aotearoa.

This session brings together three experts to present recent Aotearoa evaluations of supplier diversity. It provides buyers with practical ways to use recent reports as leverage with internal stakeholders, as well as advice on what and how to measure your own impact.

What you will learn

• Overview of social impact concepts relevant to procurement: outcomes vs outputs, wellbeing, economic analysis, types of impact evaluation (including SROI), intergenerational benefits, and Māori-centred impact frameworks.
• Key takeaways from the inaugural Amotai Impact Evaluation (forthcoming) conducted by independent evaluators.
• Review of the equity returns analysed through Auckland Council’s diverse spend data, and tips on how other buyers could replicate this report.
• Overview of the process and results of the first Aotearoa specific SROI in supplier diversity from Auckland Transport.

Speakers

Dr Jay Whitehead (Ōraka-Aparima | Ngāi Tahu | Kāti Māmoe)Founder - applied economist, Matatihi

Dr Tze Ming Mok Data and Insights Lead, Social Innovation, Auckland Council

Julie Youngman Kake Mai Programme Manager, Senior Social & Economic Specialist, Auckland Transport

MC - Francis Davy Membership Services Manager, Amotai