About

The Corporate Leaders Group Africa (CLG Africa) convenes thought leadership platforms for corporate leaders in African countries to engage policy issues, with a focus on sustainable development in the local and regional context. The group carries out its work through chapters, with all chapters run in partnership with locally based organisations. There are currently two chapters: the Corporate Affairs Leadership Forum (CALF) in South Africa and the Sustainability Leadership Forum (SLF) in Kenya. In South Africa, the group has partnered with the Wits School of Governance and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange to co-convene CALF, a thought leadership platform for exchanging and driving private sector transformation for South Africa’s sustainable development. In East Africa, CLG Africa and Safaricom co-convene SLF, a group of senior corporate sustainability executives in Nairobi, to promote partnerships and innovation in policy to meet East Africa’s sustainable development goals.

By convening these platforms, CLG Africa builds on the rich heritage of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership’s expertise and foresight, enabling businesses to collectively drive Africa’s sustainable development agenda.

Mission

CLG Africa’s mission is to activate continent-wide leadership by convening business voices to engage on and actively promote policies that drive sustainable development. This is underpinned by business credibility, cutting-edge insight and foresight gained from harnessing CLG Africa’s global network.

Membership

Members of the Africa Corporate Leaders Group (CLG Africa) are leaders from a range of industries, including retail and consumer goods, transport and infrastructure, finance, the built environment, and power generation. CLG Africa is headquartered in Cape Town within the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership’s Africa Office and has sister groups, including CLG UK, CLG Europe, the Corporate Leaders Network for Climate Action (CLN) and the Centre for Sustainable Finance’s ClimateWise, Banking Environment Initiative and the Investment Leaders Group.

CLG Africa membership is defined by a willingness to share experience and lead from the front. Through high-level convening, quality research, and new partnerships, CLG Africa informs public policy and leads the wider business community by example.

With a wealth of experience and millions of customers, employees, and suppliers, the CLG Africa members’ collective perspective is informed by its continued commercial success and ability to innovate, adapt and thrive in a changing economic climate.

Members

CALF executives come from companies such as Absa, Anglo American Platinum, Coca-Cola Beverages Africa, Gordon Institute of Business Science, Heineken, Massmart, MTN, Nedbank, Old Mutual, PepsiCo, Rand Merchant Bank, South32, Standard Bank Group, Tiger Brands, Vodacom and Volkswagen SA.

SLF executives come from companies such as Absa Group, Bamburi Cement, Britam, CCBA Group, Dow Chemicals Kenya, East African Breweries, Google, IPS Kenya, KCB Bank Group, Kengen, Kenya Airways, Nairobi Stock Exchange, Old Mutual, Standard Chartered, Strathmore Business School, Total Energies and Unilever.

Corporate Affairs Leadership Forum in South Africa (CALF)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sustainability Leadership Forum in Kenya