The 2011 Kensington Swan Responsible Governance Award is a major category award within this year's 22nd annual Deloitte/Management magazine Top 200 Awards programme. It has been revised, enhanced and broadened in scope to reflect the changes that impact on local and global market acceptance and success.

Investors, employees, customers, suppliers and other stakeholders view responsible governance practices as a measure of organisational integrity. It is an expression of a board’s commitment to ethical and outstanding business performance and leadership. And for those enterprises that embrace, articulate and demonstrate responsible governance, it delivers competitive advantage.

Every successful, sustainable, responsible and future-focused enterprise should aspire to win this award. It reflects a company’s genuine understanding of our new world in which responsible, ethical and sustainable governance defines real success.

KENSINGTON SWAN RESPONSIBLE GOVERNANCE AWARD 2011

Vodafone New Zealand

"Vodafone's commitment to responsible governance is total and global and it is recognised also for its work on cyber safety, particularly txt bullying. Its global sustainability reporting is regarded as best practice and stakeholder commitment is driven from the top. The judges said Vodafone provides the benchmark in responsible governance to which other New Zealand businesses might aspire. Such is its commitment that it has been a finalist in this category six times since 2001, won last year and have now repeated that success. Congratulations Vodafone."