Plastic Waste Makers index
Our new report shows that just 20 companies produce over 50 per cent of all single-use plastic.
Australia’s early learning system needs reform.
Bright Tomorrows App
Giving parents and carers world-class information on early childhood development.
The Bright Tomorrows Parenting App, produced by CoLab, provides learning activities, ‘in-the-moment’ advice and practical tips to parents and carers with children from birth to age five.
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Backing Black Business
New Report exposes the barriers faced by Indigenous businesses and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander entrepreneurs.
Transparency in plastics
New white paper shows a distinct lack of transparency through the entire plastics supply chain.
Efforts to change industry practice and collect more plastic waste suffer from a lack of data, information and intelligence.
Walk Free, Women and girls
Campaign launch
In collaboration with Leo Burnett Australia, Walk Free have created a series of powerful, emotive films that subvert popular YouTube formats to highlight the insidious nature of modern slavery – which is often hidden in plain sight.
New report launched
To coincide with the 2020 International Day of the Girl Child, we have released a report: Stacked Odds to examine why women and girls are more vulnerable to modern slavery throughout their lifecycle.
walkfree.org
Along with the new report and campaign launch, we have re-launched walkfree.org, the new home of our Walk Free initiative. Visit now to see their latest work.
Fire & Flood Resilience initiative mission launch
Watch the launch event
We launched the Fire and Flood Resilience initiative and unveiled of our first mission at 9am AEST, Tuesday 15th September.
ERADICATING MODERN SLAVERY IN THE COMMONWEALTH
One in every 150 people in the Commonwealth is subject to modern slavery.
Urgent action is needed to achieve Sustainable Development Goal Target 8.7 and the eradication of modern slavery by 2030.
How well do you think the Commonwealth is doing at eradicating modern slavery in 2020?
Commonwealth countries must act urgently to meet modern slavery targets
Commonwealth countries have made little progress towards their commitment to eradicate modern slavery by 2030.
COVID-19
Minderoo Foundation has committed up to $320 million in response to the COVID-19 crisis.
EXPLORE RESPONSES TO SOCIOECONOMIC
CRISIS DURING COVID-19
Exploring cash transfers in the time of COVID-19
How we think cash transfers can be used to reduce vulnerability to exploitation as a result of COVID-19, and how the lessons we have drawn from our policy paper might help current responses.
For many vulnerable families, there is no real choice between sending a child to school or putting the child to work or marrying them early to help lessen the economic burden on the family.
PROMISING PRACTICES
This policy paper is the first in a series of papers stepping out lessons learned in program design as part of the Promising Projects project. Through creating a searchable database of anti-slavery and counter-trafficking programs, stakeholders can quickly understand what works, and what doesn’t.
Our Values
The principles that guide everything we do at Minderoo Foundation.
Initiatives
Through a collaborative, evidence-based approach we strive to solve major global challenges through our eight key initiatives.
Connected, collaborative and creative communities
Together let’s make cancer non-fatal
Reducing harm caused by fire and flood
Returning oceans to a flourishing state
Building a digital ecology that empowers people
Creating parity for indigenous Australians
Eliminate the negative impacts of plastic on people and the planet
Research and innovation that enables change
Ensuring every child has a bright future
We can end modern slavery in our generation
OUR FUNDING
Our philanthropy is funded and supported by Tattarang and its portfolio of businesses.
