Overview
CGF Research Institute (Pty) Ltd is a private, Proudly South African company that specialises in conducting desk-top research on Corporate Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) related matters.
Our clients are progressive organisations who understand that Corporate Governance is the cornerstone of a sustainable enterprise and extends well beyond the boundaries of any individual profession, process, horizon or hierarchy. It is essential to understand Corporate Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) in all its breadth and depth.
Organisations of all sizes in South Africa need to develop and apply sound corporate governance principles and institute high ethical values for the benefit of investors, their stakeholders and the communities in which they operate. Accordingly, they require material and tools to assist them tackle the huge challenge of understanding its broadness and where to begin, as well as instilling a greater awareness of, and compliance to, good corporate governance amongst all stakeholders.
In early 2010, CGF was appointed by AllWorld Network as a Nominating Partner of the South Africa Fast Growth 100 (SAFG 100) in its inaugural year, where we help to identify some of the country’s entrepreneurial heroes who are driving the country’s next economy. Well-known Harvard Business School Professor Michael Porter is the Chair of the AllWorld Advisory Board, which also includes George M. Gendron, founding editor-in-chief of Inc. Magazine and founder of the Inc. 500 list. Finding these companies across industries and different parts of the country is a significant undertaking, and AllWorld Network relies on a network of Nominating Partners such as CGF, who have links to the entrepreneurial and business community. These partners play a pivotal role in identifying suitable candidates for the SAFG 100, and motivating their application to the programme. The SAFG 100 programme is partnered by Endeavor SA, the United Nations Office for Partnerships, Harvard Kennedy School and the Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU).
Products and services overview
CGF has developed a web-based Corporate Governance Framework® and Body of Knowledge® ('BoK') comprising feature reports that cover many aspects spanning a broad range of governance issues which we make available to organisations on a subscription basis. Within the 'BoK', CGF has developed additional governance sub-section products to assist large and smaller companies within this arena; providing the Director’s Fast Track Manuals, Policy Template Handbooks, governance monthly reports, various published articles, monthly newsletters and monthly legislative updates.
CGF’s research is designed in such a manner to create a high-level awareness and understanding of issues impacting a CEO through to all employees of the organisation and is presented in a simple, practical manner, offering guidelines and thought provoking insights that provide the opportunity for all levels of employees to familiarize themselves with matters they ordinarily wouldn’t become involved in.
Through CGF’s lead contractors, strategic partners and associates, the company’s capabilities extend to; Board and director evaluation, composition of Board committees and structuring, strategic management consulting, executive selection and appointments, executive learning and facilitation of GRC Awareness Workshop Interventions, through to Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) consulting. These services cater from large corporates to small and medium sized businesses.
The additional services CGF is able to provide, either directly and / or through our strategic alliances, include:
- director mentoring & coaching
- company secretarial services
- regulatory analysis
- independent governance rating services
- contracts / records management consulting
- strategy formulation, turnaround, facilitation & review
- market development in African markets
- business re-structuring
- Risk Management software
- IT governance and consulting (ITIL, Cobit, ISO 31000, SOA, etc)
- CSI / CSR strategy & consulting
- B-BBEE strategy & consulting
- reduced pricing on various business conferences, journals, publications, manuals