Across the world, the Shared Value community continues to grow as more companies become aware of the importance of not just purpose but how an organisation is able to deliver on its purpose through Shared Value.
For nearly two years, we have not only seen and felt the effects of pandemic but also the demonstration by purpose-driven companies when they chose to respond and support the communities in which they operate.
The Africa Shared Value Leadership Summit is one such advocacy platform. In its fifth year this year, the Summit delivers on the core mandate of the Shared Value Africa Initiative — advocacy.
In the past five years of implementing this pan-African gathering, the SVAI, alongside its implementing partner Shift Impact Africa, has led a movement across the continent — premiering thought leadership engagements on issues relating to social impact and responsible business, while also entrenching key principles of how business can align its profit with purpose.
This year, the Summit returns to
Leading the charge and demonstrating their commitment to social and economic environmental impact are the Members of the SVAI, who have come on board as sponsors — Absa,
All these organisations, in addition to being members of the SVAI are long-time advocates of Shared Value across not just
This year is also 10 years since Shared Value Business Management concept was developed by professors
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"Business can no longer be a passive observer. Its sustainability and growth — indeed, its long-term survival — depends upon its ability to make the strategic shift. To think and work differently. To embrace profit with purpose," said Tabby Tsengiwe,
This year, the Summit, in reflecting the times we live in, focuses on: Economic Growth and the AfCFTA; The Agile African Entrepreneur; Gender Equality and Inclusion; and The SDGs and
Across the continent, if not the world, these are themes that have existed for some time but perhaps were made more urgent by pandemic and other environmental issues that affected the global community.
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For more information and to register for the Africa Shared Value Leadership Summit, please visit the website at www.AfricaSharedValueSummit.com.
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About Shared Value Africa Initiative:
The Shared Value Africa Initiative (SVAI), is a pan-African organisation with the mandate to advocate for the adoption of the Shared Value Business Management on the
About Shift Impact Africa:
Shift Impact Africa, the organisers of the e-Summit, is a Shared Value advisory, training and consulting firm assisting businesses to find the Shared Value strategy that works for them. Frequently, companies are not sure how to move from purely profit-focused to demonstrating their responsibility towards their environment and society. Shift Impact Africa assists clients to identify social challenges relevant to the business and help to implement the Shared Value Business Management strategy focussing on sustainability m social and environmental impact.
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