About us

Our mission and purpose

To provide strategic communication and digital marketing services to impact-driven organisations. To undertake business where excellence is the standard, and people and planet are at the forefront of our thinking and actions.

Our vision

Fostering long-term client partnerships as a global leader in ethical communication & digital marketing. Using effective communication and marketing expertise, we support our clients with tangible solutions they never knew they needed.

Our values

• Honesty and integrity
  • Operating with authenticity, honesty and transparency. 
• People & Planet First 
  • Driving operations that create positive impacts on people & planet.
• Unrivalled Quality
  • Holding ourselves to the highest standards of excellence. 
• Exceptional Value 
  • Providing affordable fees for high-value digital services.

How are we an ethical business?

We are leading by example in reducing our own footprint and making recommendations to help our clients and partners reduce theirs. In short, we undertake the following:

1. We follow the guidelines in our own sustainability and ethical policy
2. We are a carbon neutral business, and offset our carbon omissions
3. We offset all of our electricity usage by purchasing the equivalent in renewable energy from the Darling Wind Farm in the Western Cape of South Africa
4. We plant trees every month to further help offset our carbon and to actively give back
5. The Ethical Agency is a Level 4 EME exempted micro-enterprise contributor with 100% procurement recognition, and is registered on the national government Central Supplier Database (CSD).
6. ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING: We publish our annual efforts to help lighten our footprint and reduce carbon emissions

Diversity, equity and inclusion

The Ethical Agency is an inclusive company that doesn’t discriminate, and ensures an equitable balance of race and gender in our hiring policies. We provide equal employment opportunities for all, regardless of race, faith, sexual preference, gender, pregnancy, origin, age, marital status, or disability. All employment aspects, including recruitment, training, promotion, benefits, and pay, are fair and consistent.

Our core service offering