Just Share

What Just Share does

Just Share is a South African non-profit organisation (legally Just Share NPC) that advances corporate accountability through strategic shareholder activism and responsible investment advocacy. The organisation works across three thematic pillars — climate change, inequality, and corporate governance — by filing shareholder resolutions, engaging at annual general meetings (AGMs), monitoring corporate boards for sustainability readiness, and publishing policy commentary. Its stakeholder base comprises institutional and retail investors, media, policymakers, and the broader South African ESG community. The organisation serves the Southern Africa region from its Cape Town headquarters, with a secondary office also in Cape Town (Kenilworth).

The organisation's outputs are research- and advocacy-driven rather than technology- or product-driven. Its public-facing deliverables include AGM activism resources, investor briefings, legal opinions, reports, comments on law and policy, and shareholder resolutions, all distributed through a website resource hub and news publications. Distribution channels include a dedicated website (justshare.org.za), an email mailing list, and social media profiles on LinkedIn, Twitter/X, and Bluesky, supplemented by earned media coverage. Just Share is registered as a public benefit organisation, meaning all activities are funded by tax-deductible charitable donations; no commercial pricing, products, or revenue streams exist.

Business model mechanics are donation-funded rather than revenue-generating: all work is supported by charitable contributions, with no disclosed donors, grant totals, or financial statements in the input. The organisation employs 1-10 people, operates without a parent company or institutional investors, and is independently structured as a non-governmental non-profit. Its commercial equivalents — customer concentration, ARR, pricing — are not applicable; the equivalent 'funder concentration' is undisclosed, and financial predictability rests entirely on donation inflows.

Name

Just Share

Legal name

Just Share NPC

Website

https://justshare.org.za

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Just Share is a South African non-profit organisation that drives corporate accountability through shareholder activism, AGM engagement, and policy advocacy on climate change, inequality, and corporate governance, serving institutional investors and the broader ESG community.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Corporate Governance Advocacy

NAICS

Public Relations Agencies (541820)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Stewardship & Active Ownership (Engagement, Proxy Voting, Shareholder Advocacy) (FSAAALAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Proxy Voting & Shareholder Meetings (AGM/EGM) (FSACAKAB), PR, Corporate Communications & Crisis Management (BPAFAAAL)

Keywords

• Shareholder activism
• Responsible investment
• Corporate accountability
• ESG advocacy
• Climate governance

Headquarters

HQ city

Cape Town

HQ country

South Africa

HQ region

Africa

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Just Share is a South African non-profit organisation that drives corporate accountability through strategic shareholder activism and responsible investment advocacy. It files shareholder resolutions, engages at annual general meetings (AGMs), monitors corporate boards, and produces research, investor briefings, legal opinions, and policy submissions focused on climate change, inequality, and corporate governance.

Product overview

Just Share is a non-profit organization focused on corporate accountability through shareholder activism and responsible investment advocacy. The organization does not offer a commercial product or service portfolio. Its work centers on research publications, policy commentary, AGM activism, investor briefings, legal opinions, and shareholder resolutions addressing climate change, inequality, and corporate governance in South Africa.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Business and Human Rights Resource Centre: Global NGO that tracks corporate human rights and environmental conduct and engages investors and companies — adjacent infrastructure that Just Share's investor briefings can leverage and that influences the same corporate behaviour-change conversation.
• Proxy Preview: Annual analysis of shareholder proposal trends and voting outcomes across major US and global markets — thematically adjacent to Just Share's AGM activism work and a useful proxy for the demand trajectory of ESG resolutions.

Direct peers

• ShareAction: UK-based non-profit that drives responsible investment and shareholder activism through investor coalitions, AGM engagement and corporate accountability campaigns — the closest international analogue to Just Share's model of using shareholder advocacy to push ESG change.
• EOS at Federated Hermes: Stewardship service provider that engages companies and votes proxies on behalf of institutional clients, with a strong focus on climate, governance and inequality issues that overlap Just Share's agenda and increasingly engages South African issuers.
• As You Sow: US non-profit that engages in shareholder advocacy and corporate accountability on environmental, social and governance issues via resolutions and investor coalitions — operates a near-identical model to Just Share but with a longer US track record.
• Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR): Coalition of faith- and values-driven investors that files shareholder resolutions and engages companies on climate, human rights and governance — directly comparable to Just Share's resolution-filing and AGM-engagement model.

Broad incumbents

• Glass Lewis: Major global proxy advisory firm whose voting recommendations and governance research shape AGM outcomes globally including on the JSE — operates in the same stewardship ecosystem Just Share influences but as a commercial incumbent.
• Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS): Largest proxy advisory and corporate governance services provider; competes for influence over South African AGM outcomes and ESG voting policy, making it the incumbent counterpart to Just Share's advocacy work.
• Oxfam South Africa: South African branch of a global inequality-focused advocacy NGO that engages corporates on wages, gender equity and responsible business — overlaps with Just Share's inequality agenda and donor base in South Africa.

Regional players

• Centre for Environmental Rights: South African non-profit that uses legal advocacy and strategic litigation to advance environmental rights and corporate accountability — a closely adjacent advocacy player with overlapping climate and governance focus but a litigation-led rather than shareholder-led toolkit.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/just-share-sa

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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