Mission & Vision

We are a leading, cross-industry sustainability initiative, creating and enabling digital solutions to address society’s most pressing challenges.

We enable our members to accelerate their sustainability journey and drive positive environmental, social, and economic tangible outcomes through our six tactical principles.

• Member Centric Purpose: Put the member experience first.
• Data-Driven Decisions: Leverage data and analytics for continuous progress.
• Global Industry Aggregator: bring together diverse parties from the public, private and social sectors.
• Outcome-Based Pilots: Deploy ambitious and tangible pilots with potential for scale, impact and business value.
• Collaborative Working: Create the space for innovation and partnerships
• Innovative Thought Leader: Continuously push the digital sustainability agenda

Our vision is to create digital innovation responsibly to transform our world for good

At GeSI, we envision a vibrant and sustainable future where technology serves as a catalyst for transformative action, addressing global sustainability challenges. We aim to drive a world where digital innovation fosters extraordinary social, economic, and environmental progress, enhancing the quality of life for everyone. By partnering with forward-thinking collaborators worldwide, we are dedicated to leveraging technology to solve the world’s most pressing issues. Together, we aim to ensure that the digital revolution uplifts every individual while protecting our planet for generations to come.

Our vision is driven by five core values we hold ourselves to:

• Purpose-driven
• Digitally-enabled
• Collaborative
• Accountable
• Evidence-based

GeSI’s mission is to harness digital innovation to tackle global sustainability challenges. We collaborate across the world with over one hundred partners including the European Union (EU), United Nations (UN), leading universities, small and medium enterprise business associations such as TCP in Taiwan, industry groups such as Connect Europe, and non-profits such as the Carbon Disclosure Project.

We have four key strategic focus areas to enable our mission:

• Cross Sector Engagement: Convene industry, government and society for action on sustainability challenges
• Strategic Partnerships: Set the stage for policy with critical voices from global, regional and local organizations
• Research Tools: Publish credible, standard-making and evidence-based thought leadership
• Sector Expansion: Focus on the enabling role of digital solutions, not just the providers of digital