The Council is an independent, non-profit and strictly non-party political organisation, established to "give a voice to the growing environmental challenges that face us and the emerging solutions showing the way to the future".
Combined, these groups represent over 90,000 South Australians with the common goals being the conservation and protection of the environment and a sustainable future.
[4] The Conservation Council of South Australia presents the Jill Hudson Award for Environmental Protection annually.
Past recipients have included Jillian Marsh (1998) David Noonan, Joel Catchlove & Sophie Green,[5] Richard Owen, the Kupa Piti Kunga Tjuta Aboriginal Corporation,[6] Kevin Buzzacott,[5] Anne Daw (2013)[7] and Mark Parnell (2004).
[8] In early 2015 Conservation SA moved its headquarters to the disused former interstate bus terminal building in Franklin Street, owned by the Adelaide City Council, creating a community environment space called The Joinery.