In September 2021 Good Return partnered with the Good Business Foundation to increase access to local financial services and build investor readiness of SMEs in our region, with a focus on women-led SMEs. In our latest blog update, we take the opportunity to get to know Peter McMullin AM, Chair and Co-Founder of the Good Business Foundation.

Video and photos will be an important part of Good Return’s new reporting project in Cambodia and Indonesia.

The innovation and resilience of entrepreneurs is proving to be key to driving Fiji’s come-back from a pandemic-induced economic crisis.

The Maganda Makers Business Club continues to go from strength to strength, empowering women across the Kimberley and supporting new business ideas.

With the closure of garment factories across Cambodia during the pandemic, garment workers have struggled to maintain and protect their livelihoods. Good Return recently trained representatives from the garment workers trade union in our financial literacy curriculum, so that they can then go on and build savings and finance management skills with their members.

A new generation of young Fijian women like Payal Paddy are breaking down gender barriers to build their own businesses. They’ll be doing this with the support of a new partnership between Good Return and the Market Development Facility, an Australian Government initiative implemented by Palladium. The partners have a mission to develop sustainable and accessible financial products for women-led MSMEs in Fiji.

Ms. Meas Sarom is an entrepreneur at heart - always seeking further opportunities to build her business and create opportunities for her community around her. Thanks to the partnership between Cambodian microfinance institution Chamroeun and Good Return’s Impact Investment fund, women like Meas can access finance and technical support to build a sustainable business model and drive a women-led local economy.

Our new inclusive banking award will reward FSPs in the Asia-Pacific for their commitment to meeting the needs of their community of customers.

Good Return and The Good Business Foundation announce a three year partnership to reduce inequality, by investing in an inclusive recovery across the Asia Pacific.

Ethical investing starts with applying your personal ethical standards to your money decisions. It can help you ensure your money is invested in businesses that will help make the world a better place.

Good Return has signed a significant new partnership agreement with the Solomon Islands Central Bank to help build a strong, inclusive and stable financial sector.

Meet Aulia, a young agribusiness entrepreneur, who is determined to build opportunity for women in her community.

After struggling to access formal banking, Aminah is now building her farming business thanks to a loan and training from our Indonesian partner CROWDE.

Your donations to our Nepal appeal will help bring financial support and education to people struggling from the economic impacts of the covid pandemic.

Giving women an active role in the economy is not just an act of empowerment, but a crucial part of economic growth.

Confidence building and specialist skills training are key to the inclusion of people with a disability into the economy.

We need to take urgent action to ensure the positive efforts into reducing poverty over the past twenty years are not undone by the pandemic.

The World Bank estimates an additional 24 million people throughout the Asia Pacific will be affected by poverty as a direct result of the pandemic.

In Australia, we expect our governments to financially support us during covid. But what happens in places where this support is much more difficult to access?