At Genius Co-working, we believe businesses have the opportunity—and responsibility—to create positive impact beyond their own walls.
Rather than treating charitable giving as an occasional donation, we aim to build community impact into the way we operate every day.
Our Approach
We support New Zealand charities through purposeful purchasing, community partnerships and by creating opportunities for people and businesses to thrive.
As a proud supporter of Upstream New Zealand, we choose suppliers who contribute a portion of their revenue to organisations supporting young people across Aotearoa. This means many of the everyday products and services we purchase help generate ongoing funding for youth mentoring, counselling and wellbeing programmes—without increasing costs to our members.
How We Create Impact
Our commitment includes:
- Prioritising Upstream suppliers wherever practical.
- Supporting local New Zealand businesses that demonstrate strong social and environmental responsibility.
- Building partnerships that strengthen our local community.
- Providing an inclusive, welcoming workplace where entrepreneurs, charities and community organisations can connect and grow.
- Supporting local events, initiatives and organisations where our facilities, expertise or resources can make a meaningful difference.
- More Than Financial Giving
We recognise that creating positive impact isn’t limited to monetary donations.
We regularly contribute through:
- Discounted or complimentary meeting and event space for selected community organisations.
- Professional advice and mentoring for startups and small businesses.
- Community networking events that help local businesses collaborate and grow.
- Introducing members to purpose-driven suppliers and organisations that share our values.
- Continuous Improvement
As part of our commitment to becoming a Certified B Corporation, we continually review how our purchasing, partnerships and business decisions can generate greater social value.
We believe every business transaction is an opportunity to strengthen our community, support young people, and help build a more sustainable future.
We regularly review:
- The proportion of suppliers that contribute to social impact initiatives.
- Opportunities to increase procurement through purpose-driven suppliers.
- Community partnerships established each year.
- Time, resources and facilities contributed to community organisations.