Investec is a South African banking and wealth management company whose purpose, ‘to create enduring worth’, was brought into the spotlight the pandemic came along. How, exactly, did it deliver on that purpose during a global crisis? While Investec could point to good evidence, previous reports weren’t telling the company’s story in a way that helped audiences make easy connections between actions and impacts.
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