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Our purpose lies primarily in addressing the socio-economic challenges faced in the supply and value chain. We aim to create a diverse and inclusive supply/value chain that is in alignment with the National Development Plan. We do this to unlock competitiveness by creating access to procurement markets for marginalized Black businesses through the development of a collaborative ecosystem of partners from business and government.

The SASDC will be the leading partner in providing innovative solutions and thought leadership to all stakeholders for the diversification of value chains by facilitating access to market and capacity enhancing opportunities for Black businesses.

By actively involving our Members in efforts that will increase and expand business opportunities and business growth for black businesses, the SASDC will:

1. We enable a collaborative supplier diversity eco-system of partners from business and government by leveraging Preferential Procurement, Enterprise and Supplier Development Interventions.
2. Through our due-diligence assessment protocols, we verify their key credentials before certifying Black Suppliers.
3. We connect our stakeholders to enable supplier diversity outcomes
4. We generate thought leadership, change management and develop and enhance stakeholder capacity and competitiveness through supplier diversity
5. We celebrate and promote the benefits of Supplier Diversity and its best practice.

The following core values express the SASDC culture and "the way we do business":

1. Professionalism: We provide a quality and reliable service, responsibly and with pride
2. Agility: We are innovative and quick to respond to change
3. Compassion: We put ourselves consistently in another person's shoes, to feel his or her pain as though it were our own, and act on our desire to alleviate or reduce the suffering of another.
4. Innovation: We generate thought leadership, change management and develop and enhance stakeholder capacity and competitiveness through supplier diversity
5. Respect: We treat all stakeholders with compassion, respect and dignity.
6. Courage: We deal with challenges to our Vision, mission and values without fear or favour

Trust and linkages are inextricably intertwined within a supply chain. Organizations without linkages have little reason to “trust” each other, even if they do not “distrust” the other party. Conversely, trust might not be important if re-enforcement mechanisms exist to ensure compliance with a given set of rules governing their relationship (for example, contracts and other legal regulations). However, in the absence of an effective mechanism of enforcement, linkages without trust are invariably weak.

At the SASDC, we understand that “learning to trust is one of life’s most difficult tasks” (Isaac Watts: 1674 – 1748). and As a result trust can be a major barrier for black businesses seeking to provide competitive solutions to new procurement decision-makers. Research has shown that sustainable business relationships are more than just a transaction. Building trust requires investing time and resources into getting to know your prospective business partner. One of our primary objectives is bringing together corporates and black-owned suppliers under the best possible circumstances to explore opportunities for doing business with each other. To this end, and in line with the “Connect” principle of our business model, we facilitate events and interventions that are aimed at cultivating trust as a conscious relationship development strategy that will enable the delivery of value-adding supplier diversity outcomes.

Black supplier undergo a rigorous certification process that is approved by the SASDC’s members.  It is a collectively endorsed methodology and standard for assessing and certifying black suppliers with whom they would be prepared to transact. This database:

• Is owned, managed and maintained by the Council.
• Only contains bona-fide black suppliers that have been certified as “transaction-ready” to do business with Council members.
• Is aligned with the supplier assessment and vetting processes that Council members would normally undertake with all their new suppliers.
• Is aimed at reducing the cost and time that would be expended independently by each of the council members in the absence of such a database.

By developing and promoting a culture that understands how to celebrate its supplier diversity successes, people will remain motivated, achievements will be valued more completely, and deeper relationships will be forged amongst interested and affected parties. Celebrating success motivates you to achieve more, creates a cumulative record of accomplishments, and it becomes almost effortless to generate the positive momentum you need to move forward. When our members and supplier celebrate their success, they are not only acknowledging their own success, they are also acknowledging all those that work with them and contributed to achieving their goal.