Our Vision
A planet where organisations turn
a healthy future into present values.
Our Mission
We make champions
by providing the platform
to leverage the transition
for future value now.
Champions
Pulse
Providing a regular global survey to evaluate the usability of tools and standards for transition progress.
No single sector or organisation can solve global challenges alone. By bringing together people from government, business, finance, academia, and civil society, we create the space for collective progress.
Knowledge
Exchange
Facilitating cross-sector networking and learning through webinars, roundtables, and collaborative sprints.
Diverse perspectives lead to better solutions. We make room for all who are willing and able to contribute. Each session builds on the Champions Pulse and results in executive briefs and expert notes.
Transition
Simulator
Giving leaders a safe space to test-fly their transition paths toward higher value and lower resource overshoot.
Our experiential executive education programme puts leaders in a cockpit powered by real impact data from high-integrity providers. This simulator brings them, as pilots of their organisation, to flight level and allows them to test different routes to transition progress.
The story so far
Greenings is an independent, not-for-profit network connecting executives and experts from across business, government, academia, civil society and finance to identify and overcome system-level barriers to progress.
Founded in 2009 as a student initiative at the University of Basel and ETH Zurich, Greenings was created by a group of undergraduates—among them our current Chair, Dennis West—who believed that real change requires collaboration across boundaries. Their early focus on climate change, biodiversity loss, and social inequality set the tone for a long-term mission rooted in purpose and ambition.
Over the past 15 years, Greenings has grown into a respected network known for driving cross-sector collaboration, influencing policy, and shaping practical solutions to global challenges. Our work has received support from leading institutions and has helped to build a more connected, coordinated approach to sustainability.
In 2025, Greenings entered a new chapter. With a newly established Board and Steering Groups, we’re expanding our reach and sharpening our focus on systems-level impact. What began as youthful idealism has become a powerful and pragmatic force for real-world progress.
Become a member: accelerate sustainability with Greenings.
Join a dynamic network of individuals dedicated to driving real impact across sectors for a sustainable future. Membership is open to leaders who share our vision for positive change, commit to collaboration, and uphold our core values of empathy, awareness, and courage.
Annual membership is just CHF20—with an optional donation.