“It’s been fantastic. I could carry on all night. ” Senior Analyst at Just Share, at the end of a full-day facilitated strategy review.

In traditional Africa, leadership was dialogic and collective. The  shade of the Talking Tree made conversation possible no matter how heated the subject. Whether you are in Africa or across the world, dialogue plays a critical role in effective Sustainability integration. We offer process design and facilitation in support of Sustainable transition, at any level of the organisation, from the shopfloor to the Board, and beyond.

In addition to facilitation skills, Incite facilitators bring more than 20 years of Sustainability integration experience to support your team or the delegates to your meeting. We’ve helped:

• Shareholder activists Just Share conduct a strategic review with their board and team
• The Global Reporting Initiative scale leadership dialogues across the Middle East and North Africa region
• Shell and Deutsche Bank engage stakeholders more effectively.

To ensure effective participation and enjoyable Incite facilitators use embodied and systemic processes, including Constellation work.

Photo by Etienne Steenkamp on Unsplash.

Incite practitioners are always up for starting, convening or joining a sustainability-related conversation. We speak our minds and debate with requisite respect and humour as far as possible. Although Jonathon does most of our heavy lifting in this space, we have a core commitment to fostering greater alignment between business and the not-for-profit sector. In pursuit of this goal, we are open to discuss your ideas. In the recent past, we have:

• Delivered challenging keynotes e.g. for PPS, Woolies, Anglo American and the Green Building Convention.
• Designed and facilitated sustainability-related events e.g. Global CSR retreats in Geneva and Bangkok for UNCTAD and GIZ
• Facilitated expert discussions and academic engagements e.g. for Paris-based UNEP Industry and Environment Centre and UNRISD
• Moderated at conferences e.g for the Global Child Forum’s business partnership conference, hosted by Nedbank, together with the Global Compact Network South Africa and CRES (Corporate Responsibility to Eliminate the Sale of Children).

In 2005, Jonathon led the global multi-stakeholder negotiations for the development of the ISO 26000 Guidance on Social Responsibility. The process secured consensus – from more than 450 experts, 95 countries and 45 global organisations – on the principles and guidance for organisational governance, human rights, fair labour practices, the environment and consumer rights.

“Thank you for another outstanding workshop. You pulled together great minds to explore the issues we are working towards and provided useful tools with which to approach them.”
Vanessa Calvert | Partnerships Manager, Plan International Australia

Across Africa, Oceania, the European Union and Middle East, Incite has been training companies and teams on ESG and Sustainability since 2005. Our first Sustainability Practitioner Retreat, held in 2022, was a great experience all round. Our engagements with specific organisations are tailored to learning needs. They are highly participative and often called ‘inspirational’. We contribute to Executive Education and MBA programmes – currently working with UCT’s Graduate School of Business, Trinity College Dublin and University of Stellenbosch Business School. Jonathon and Nicola are both Senior Associates of the Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Practice. Over the years, we’ve come to love training and conversations more than anything. Please contact nicola@incite.co.za for details of master classes, open courses and retreats .