The Bench Marks Foundation of Southern Africa is committed to providing leadership and advocacy on issues regarding benchmarking of good corporate governance, ethical and socially responsible investment as well as linking people and institutions committed to these ideals.
The focus of the Bench Marks Foundation is two-fold:
- To promote a climate of ethical and sustainable investment choices in the church and religious communities
- To monitor corporations and encourage a climate of positive corporate social responsibility.
Guiding principles are set out in the Bench Marks document, which provides a comprehensive sets of social and environmental criteria and business performance indicators available. The document as well as other publications are availble from the website.