Our Mission
Research and community engagement enabling the creation of one million sustainability careers, one thousand sustainability startups and organizations, and drive reduction of one million metric tons of carbon emissions by 2030.
What We Do
The Open Sustainability Collaborative is an open source global innovation movement focused on closing the gap between innovators and accountable organizations (AO) with sustainability development goals as part of their charter.
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Working with a diverse group of innovators not found in the usual places, we enable untapped innovators in underserved, under-represented and under-invested regions of the world, to deliver hyper local innovation to create community impacting opportunities in partnership with global AO's.
INVEST IN IMPACT
People
Bringing together bright minds from all walks of life from all over the world to create equitable opportunities focused on sustainability
Planet
Solving sustainability challenges that affect each and every one of us.
Outcomes
Generate results that materially and positively impact people, planet, and business
Perspectives
The OSC aligns projects and initiatives closely to the United Nations 17 Sustainability Development Goals. Using this common framework, the OSC works with AO's to build SDG specific outcomes though our unique innovation framework.
Be Part of Our Community
Innovators
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Open to anyone and zero cost to participate
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Learn and share with peers
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Compete for global opportunities
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Contribute to a global community
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Get discovered while showcasing your best
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Many of our sponsors, and participating accountable organizations are seeking talent
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Many of our investors are on the hunt for their next sustainability investment
Accountable Organizations
The OSC provides mechanisms to enable corporates and accountable organizations to :
Identify, experiment, and address roadblocks to meeting SDG metrics inclusively
Access a broader pool of sustainability-minded talent
Collaborate with a new pool of potential partners
Meet potential new candidates and see them in action
Work with a broad community to build solutions that map to business outcomes and SDGs
Investors
The OSC gathers innovators from all walks of life, with a focus on underserved and under represented regions
We match innovators with prospective customers/sponsors, partners, and other innovators to collaborate and create impact solutions
The OSC does not require equity in outcomes
Our Innovation Framework
Because there is innovation in every mind
Our innovation framework is designed to prove out viability of sustainability outcomes for our stakeholders, and at the same time, continually pressure test business objectives.