Corporate partnerships
Australian Red Cross is a powerful partner for business.
Partnerships are critical to our work.
We cannot solve problems in isolation.
Solving complex social challenges requires cross-sector commitment, expertise and innovation. Together with our partners we address and alleviate hardship in our communities in Australia and in the Asia Pacific.
Working together we can achieve measurable social impact through shared value, capacity building and cause-driven programs.
Australian Red Cross’ corporate partners have had a positive impact in communities across Australia and in the Asia Pacific region.
On behalf of all of the communities we support, we thank our corporate partners for their solidarity.
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Global partners
Since 2011, The Coca-Cola Company and the IFRC have enjoyed a global partnership. Together with Coca-Cola bottling partners, The Coca-Cola Company and the Red Cross Red Crescent are working together in over 50 countries. The partnership aims to better engage the public in disaster response, preparedness and the ongoing development and disaster management activities of the Red Cross Red Crescent network.
Land Rover Australia is proud to partner with Australian Red Cross, providing disaster relief to the most remote and at-risk communities. The strong and capable Defender is at the forefront of this partnership, supporting disaster recovery and emergency service efforts. Together, we will continue to help communities prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters – creating a more resilient Australia.
QBE Insurance Group Limited is working in partnership with Australian Red Cross in supporting communities in Australia and globally to build their resilience and save lives by improving their capacity to anticipate, respond and recover from disasters.
Major partners
Amazon Australia is a proud partner of Australian Red Cross and supports communities in times of crisis through its Disaster Relief by Amazon (DRbA) program. Amazon Australia works with its suppliers and non-profit charity partners to distribute thousands of items to communities in need quickly from its Disaster Relief Hubs around Australia.
One of Australia’s most trusted brands, Australia Post has been at the heart of Australian communities for more than 200 years connecting them with each other and the world.
Australia Post is a National Community Partner and the Official Postal & Logistics Provider of Australian Red Cross. With its local community experience and unrivalled national footprint, Australia Post supports Red Cross’ disaster preparedness, response and recovery programs to help ensure Australians get the help they need when they need it most.
Australia Post is a National Community Partner and the Official Postal & Logistics Provider of Australian Red Cross. With its local community experience and unrivalled national footprint, Australia Post supports Red Cross’ disaster preparedness, response and recovery programs to help ensure Australians get the help they need when they need it most.
We are pleased to welcome a new corporate partner for the Healthy Baby Health Community Program – Baby Hub, in Galiwin’ku East Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.
Bayer Australia has committed a three-year corporate donation to Baby Hub to support the health and wellbeing of pregnant women, mothers, children and families in the Galiwin’ku community.
Baby Hub is strongly aligned to Bayer’s vision – Health for all, hunger for none. Funding from Bayer will help to build local capacity and ensure the sustainability of this vital program in the community.
The BHP Foundation works to address some of the most critical global sustainable development challenges facing our generation. Australian Red Cross works in partnership with BHP Foundation in the Managing the Psychosocial impact of Drought on Australian Communities project which aims to support social development and sustainability in Australia.
As one of Australia's leading fully integrated property groups, Charter Hall understands that its business and footprint can be a catalyst for positive change. With the frequency and intensity of climate-related disasters continuing to escalate, Charter Hall is focused on delivering long-term support and capabilities through meaningful community partnerships.
In 2023, Charter Hall became a major partner of Red Cross’ disaster response and recovery program, enabling us to recruit, train and mentor 130 Red Cross Emergency Services volunteers each year, and in turn, strengthen our capacity to provide vital support to impacted communities. The partnership also provides 10 Charter Hall employees each year the opportunity to make a meaningful contribution, by becoming Red Cross Emergency Services volunteers themselves.
Coles has a long history of supporting the communities in which they operate by raising funds for disaster relief. Coles team members and customers support relief efforts by donating funds as well as essential supplies to communities in need. For many years, Coles has supported Australian Red Cross by donating and raising significant funds to various disasters and relief work.
IAG has committed resources and funding in a 10-year partnership with Australian Red Cross to motivate a change in individual and community attitudes towards disaster preparedness. With Australian Red Cross, IAG has researched and designed an app to help people Get Prepared for longer and more severe disaster seasons and other emergencies.
IFM Investors is partnering with Australian Red Cross to help people and communities impacted by disasters in our region and around the world. Through this partnership, IFM Investors provides funding annually to support faster, more efficient, and more effective humanitarian responses.
The long-standing partnership between INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG joint venture and Red Cross’ Safe Hangout for All Kids (SHAK) Youth Hub has contributed to the social and emotional wellbeing of at-risk Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders youth and other young people in the Northern Territory through positive role modelling, mentoring and continued support to develop and realise their aspirations.
We are delighted to announce a three-year strategic partnership with Kimberly-Clark who will be working together with the Galiwin’ku community in East Arnhem Land to support the Healthy Baby Health Community Program – the Galiwin’ku Baby Hub.
Australian Red Cross and Lendlease have joined forces in a three year partnership to support the Katherine community in the Northern Territory. Together, Lendlease and Red Cross will work closely with Katherine residents, harnessing their strengths and skills to tackle local issues. Katherine is one of ten locations around Australia, in which Red Cross and our partners are committed to bringing people together and supporting them with tools and resources so that they can build the communities they want: communities that are vibrant and strong.
Motion Asia Pacific and Australian Red Cross have partnered together to support elderly and isolated people across the country. Through the Red Cross Telecross program Motion are ensuring isolated people receive a daily wellbeing check from a friendly Red Cross volunteer, helping people to live independently in their own homes.
Australia’s largest private rail freight company, Pacific National, and Australian Red Cross have united to care for and create safer communities together.
We know that a connected community is a safe community and our partnership enables Red Cross to sustain our vital work in First Nations communities, adopting a placed-based community–led approach with First Nations Community Disaster Resilience Teams across regional NSW.
Red Cross First Nations Community Disaster Resilience Teams support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities when a disaster strikes, on the long road to recovery and on their journey to create safer communities for the future.
WORKPLACE GIVING
Your small change can make big change
Use your small change to create a big change in the lives of vulnerable people and communities. Red Cross Workplace Giving is an easy way to make regular pre-tax donations from your pay.
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CORPORATE VOLUNTEERING
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Corporate volunteers bring skills, knowledge and labour to expand the reach and impact of our community-based programs.
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Learn about the impact your business could make
Our charity corporate partners choose to:
- support our wide-ranging and far-reaching work in communities
- drive community support for our work through a targeted campaign or business activity
- support an identified community or place-based program
- work with us to co-design solutions to significant social problems
- engage staff members through workplace giving or corporate volunteering opportunities.
To learn about the impact your business could make, talk to an Australian Red Cross Business Partner Manager.
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