Business must re-evaluate its values and do all it must to enable society to unlock full potential

Values 20 seeks to aid SA's presidency of G20 to do good

- Bonang Mohale

Values 20 (V20) is a global community of values-driven experts and practitioners dedicated to engaging meaningfully with the G20 by raising awareness of values and fostering a consciousness of their role in shaping a just, inclusive and sustainable society, while developing actionable guidelines to integrate values into development initiatives.

Guided by the broader G20 themes of solidarity, equality, and sustainable development, it launched in 2020 during Saudi Arabia's G20 presidency, V20 is an informal engagement group that develops and shapes value-based, human-centred policy proposals for the G20.

The community's vision is to deepen the integration of values into public policy, embedding values-oriented approach to global governance, aiming to provide people-centred solutions to global challenges.

It focuses on how we, as global citizens, can collectively and conscientiously apply values to improve the well-being of people and the planet. I am absolutely humbled to be appointed the V20 2025 Sherpa after attending G20 meetings since 2015 and subsequently leading the V20 since 2017 in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan, as well as having accompanied the sitting president to the G20 in Toronto, Canada.