GeSI was set up in 2001 as a voluntary industry initiative supported by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). We became an independent legal entity as an international not-for-profit organisation in 2008.
GeSI members elected a new Board in July 2010. The Board includes four manufacturers and four service providers, with one additional director representing the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). Board members are elected for a two-year term.