CGF endorses Adventurous African Safari board game – Lessons in governance (2013-01-17)
February 17,
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CGF Research Institute (Pty) Ltd (‘CGF’) is proud to announce its endorsement of the newly released, Adventurous African Safari Board Game which was developed by Adventure African Safari entrepreneur, Larry Botes, supported by WESSA (the Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa), including various professional game rangers and environmental specialists in South Africa.
We are truly excited about this product, most particularly because the Safari Board Game supports a number of sound governance principles.
Besides the fact that a percentage of all the sales of the board game will go to WESSA, being a part of Adventure African Safari’s corporate social responsibility, importantly, all the components and materials used to manufacture the board game have been tested by the SABS (South African Bureau of Standards) and are environmentally friendly and safe. Because the product has been entirely manufactured in South Africa and has created local job opportunities, it also carries the Proudly South African stamp of approval. These are some of the main reasons behind CGF’s decision to endorse the product which will soon be launched in the national retail stores across South Africa, and hopefully also abroad.
The board game essentially allows the players to act as ‘tourists’, each of whom take an ‘Out of Africa Safari’ journey through Southern Africa, discovering the continent’s biodiversity richness, while they are managed and financially controlled by one selected player who is appointed as the ‘game ranger’.
Thanks to WESSA and the environmental specialist -- Dr June Meeuwis -- this board game is also perfectly positioned as an ideal and meaningful corporate gift which organisations can provide to their employees, clients and suppliers; this all being in a concerted effort to inform their respective constituents regarding the organisation’s commitment to protecting and preserving the environment. Of course, these are some of the fundamental principles which underpin sound corporate governance principles and which must be reported in the organisation’s annual integrated reporting.
Indeed, we expect this board game will not only become a “must have” and attraction in South Africa, but that it will also greatly support the image South Africa wants to maintain as a tourism destination for foreigners and their much needed foreign investments.
