About
Conscious Companies

The conscious business evolution has begun.

Conscious Companies identifies organisations that align people, planet and profit in service of all stakeholders. It seeks to verify and celebrate South Africa’s conscious, visionary leaders who are committed to business as a force for good.

Brenda Kali, CEO of Conscious Companies, says that conscious leaders shape conscious companies and the Conscious Companies Awards showcases South Africa’s conscious leaders who effect tremendous social impact and strive for value creation beyond the bottom line.

ABOUT

Conscious Leadership Dialogues

Join us for breakfast and a panel discussion that examines Conscious Leadership in organisations.

Conscious Companies assembles some of the finest minds of the nation to unravel conscious leadership in action or the lack thereof in the Conscious Companies Leadership dialogue breakfast hosted quarterly.

A national conversation to cultivate an intuitive guidance to conscious leadership gains momentum in a panel discussion of highly influential leaders.

Contact us to find out more about the Conscious Companies Dialogues.

WHY?

Why do we
need Conscious Companies?

Conscious awareness, governance and ethics in business has never been more urgent or consequential as it is today.

Enough is enough!

Enough with the rhetoric and inspirational quotes.
Enough with the empty promises, captivating mission and vision statements. Enough with the gaping chasm between what leaders and organisations say and do.

When plunder and looting become the rule of law then we need a dramatic shift in consciousness, reason, justice, integrity and ethics. We also need to seek alliances between people and profit, reason and consciousness, integrity and effort.

For a nation to flourish companies must participate and evolve to become conscious and adopt a spirit of co-operative partnership, address societal imbalances, increase productivity and efficiency, maintain transparency, accountability and governance. It is imperative that they strive to become a Conscious Company.

Conscious Companies Awards 2018

Partnered by Liberty

The Conscious Companies Awards 2018 celebrated and recognized those South African organisations who endeavour to align people, planet and profit in service of all stakeholders.

BUSINESS CATEGORY:

FINALISTS:
IQ Business – Joe Public – Unilever – Different Life – iLearn – Edcon – Globaltrack – Hirsch’s

Business Category Winner: IQ Business – Adam Craker
Business Category Runner Up: Joe Public – Pepe Marais & Gareth Leck

NGO / NPO / NPC CATEGORY:

FINALISTS:
Phaphama Initiatives – The Winnie Mabaso Foundation – Dis-Chem Foundation

NGO / NPO / NPC Winner: Phaphama Initiatives – Vusi Baloyi

Conscious Companies Awards 2017

Business Category Winner: Strate – Monica Singer

NGO / NPO / NPC Winner: Afrika Tikkun – Marc Lubner

CONSCIOUS COMPANIES AWARDS™

To this end Conscious Companies South Africa has created a focus of the top Conscious Companies in South Africa with the

CONSCIOUS COMPANIES AWARDS™

The Conscious Companies Awards™ is in recognition of organisations that

  • understands what it takes to be authentic
  • operates with a sense of higher purpose
  • integrates the interest of all stakeholders
  • develops visionary leaders
  • builds a culture of trust, accountability, governance and caring
  • encourages creativity and innovation
  • is a responsible citizen in the communities that they operate in
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What is a Conscious Company?

A Conscious Company is lead by a courageous and visionary leader who is deeply aware of his actions and the impact he has on all of his stakeholders.

“Your profession is not what brings home your pay check. Your profession is what you were put on earth to do with such passion and intensity that it becomes a spiritual calling.” – Vincent Van Gogh

A Conscious Company is a transformational organisation. Its dominant ethos is:

  • Authenticity – creates a brand and operating culture that is steeped in integrity
  • Purpose – keeps its sights on a higher purpose that transcends the bottom line
  • Stakeholder Engagement – is always conscious of the needs of all stakeholders including equity owners, staff, customers and communities
  • Visionary Leadership – is run by a conscious leader and fosters future visionary leaders
  • Trust, Accountability, Ethics and Governance – maintains the principles of a moral code
  • Creativity & Innovation – is progressive in its outlook, driving disruption and new methodologies
  • Responsible Citizen – always recognises and exceeds its obligation in the communities it operates in effecting social impact
Criteria
Evaluating various corporate responsibilites

Social Responsibility
Communities
Human Capital
Leadership
Governance

Categories
Across various sectors of business

Basic Materials
Consumer Goods
Consumer Services
Financials
Health Care
Industrials
Oil & Gas
Technology
Telecommunications

THE CONSCIOUS BUSINESS REVOLUTION HAS BEGUN.

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