Wild Dreams

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Company: Wild Dreams
Website: www.wilddreams.co.za

More about Wild Dreams

We offer a range of consulting services including vegan hospitality consulting, vegan hospitality training, vegan transition coaching, & vegan travel planning.

We also offer recruitment & are the only company in Africa that specialize in vegan recruitment.

Veganism

Which of the following best describes you (professionals and sole traders) or your organisation?: Plant based

Ownership

Is your organisation an independent business/brand or a corporate owned business/brand?: Independent
Are you a BAME (Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic) owned/run business/organisation?: No
What type of business/organisation are you?: Sole trader
Are you a woman-owned/run business/organisation?: Yes

Social, Economic and Environmental Justice

Which social, economic or environmental justice causes does your entity (business, brand, organisation) support or promote (e.g. through social media posts, donations, attending protests and other direct actions etc.)?

Animal rights

Other

What do you do to support or promote each of the causes you have identified?

We donate to a wildlife sanctuary, we offer free services to wildlife sanctuaries, we offer free advice for people on employment via online sessions & workshops.

Does your business/organisation have an ethical labour policy or code of practice (either formal or informal) which ensures fair labour practices?

Yes

Does your business/organisation have policies and practices which actively promote diversity and inclusion?

Yes

Giving Back

Does your business support or give back to the local community in any way?: Yes

Ethical Banking

Does your business/organisation use an ethical bank or building society?: No

What was the motivation behind your project? What did you want to change in the world?

I wanted to align my existing business with my passion for helping to create a vegan world. I figured it made sense to use my hospitality experience to become a vegan hospitality consultant as a form of activism & it just grew from there once I realized how great it felt to do values-aligned work.

Who is the team behind your project?

I have a great team handling the recruitment side of my company which includes ''vegan jobs Africa'' which is a branch of my company.

What one thing about your project would most surprise us?

That I am Africa's only certified vegan hospitality consultant & have created global first online trainings.

What would you wish for if your project could be granted one wish?

To be instrumental in changing the mindset of the entire hospitality industry to understand the need to cater for & attract vegans but also that this is how to be truly sustainable both in eco terms & in business terms.

Is there anything else you would like to share about your project?

My company has so many different services, so its hard to sum up, but we are excited to be pioneers in this movement & have many other projects coming up in the future.