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Benefits for Business
Businesses may receive the following benefits from their involvement in school partnerships:

1. Goodwill towards businesses that make a positive contribution to the community.
2. Increased support from customers, suppliers, shareholders and other stakeholders.
3. Existing employees learning more about their community and thereby learning about their current and future customers.
4. New skills for existing employees from interaction with educators and students.
5. Enhanced ability to attract and retain the best employees because of demonstrated social responsibility.
6. Better relationships with Government because Ministers will appreciate business supporting their policy directions.
7. Skills directly offered by students through projects, activities and creative problem solving.
8. Assisting with the education of future employees, to build higher skills in a future workforce which will be better able to contribute to a sustainable New Zealand community.
9. Developing a competitive business advantage through being based in a better-educated, socially-healthier, clean and green New Zealand.