Just Share

Investor power for a fairer South Africa

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Just Share is a non-profit shareholder activism and responsible investment organisation. We promote the use of investor power for a fairer South Africa.

We use advocacy, engagement and activism to support active ownership and responsible investment which drives good corporate citizenship by South African-listed companies. Our work focuses on three key ESG issues, and the intersection between them: inequality, climate change and diversity and transformation.

Key ESG issues

What is shareholder activism?

Shareholder activism refers to the ways in which shareholders in a company can exercise their rights as partial owners of that company to influence management to behave in a particular way. The steps taken can range from engaging with management in private, to the use of shareholder resolutions and litigation to force changes in company behaviour.

What is responsible investment?

Responsible investment means making investment decisions with a focus not simply on short-term financial gain, but on long-term value creation. It involves an investment approach that integrates environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues into financial analysis and decision-making: i.e., it is premised on the belief that the concept of “value” in the investment system must extend beyond financial returns, to encompass the impacts of a company’s operations on the environment within which it operates and the people who work for it and who are affected by it.

News

19 August 2019

Introducing Just Share’s new board of directors

Just Share is proud to introduce our new non-executive directors, who will provide oversight of the work we do, our strategy, how we spend our funds, manage risk, comply with the law and ensure that we adhere to the highest standards of non-profit governance, including the practices set out in King IV. Our new non-executive directors* are:

Lauren Burnhill, Executive Director, One Planet Ventures LLC
Xolisa Dhlamini, Lecturer in development finance, UCT Graduate School of Business
Professor Dugan Fraser (current chair), Director, Centre for Learning on Evaluation and Results, University of the Witwatersrand
Sherman Indhul, Executive Manager, Corporate Sustainability, Transnet
Methuli Mbanjwa, Executive Director, Forethought Africa
Sbonelo Mkhize, iNkosi of the AbaMbo Traditional Council, Hlathikhulu, Estcourt
Mpho Mtsi, Investment Associate, Tamela Holdings

Executive Director of Just Share, Tracey Davies, says: “Each of our board members brings different and invaluable perspectives and experience, and will hold specific responsibilities designed to guide and support Just Share in our drive for better leadership by the custodians of South Africa’s private capital. Together, our board members are also legally, financially and morally responsible for our organisation and will, therefore, be performing a crucial role. I wish our board a very warm welcome, and thank them for the significant contribution they have already started to make to Just Share.”

* Non-executive board members receive no remuneration for their work as directors of Just Share

From left front: Lauren Burnhill, Mpho Mtsi, Methuli Mbanjwa, Professor Dugan Fraser. From left back: Xolisa Dhlamini, Tracey Davies, iNkosi Sbonelo Mkhize, Sherman Indhul