Become a Partner
Global Footprint Network invites organizations with shared goals to partner with us in strengthening the Footprint and enhancing its value as a catalyst for sustainability. Through the participation of our partners we:
- Coordinate research;
- Update and strengthen the National Footprint Accounts,
- Standardize methodologies;
- Extend the Footprint into new domains;
- Share tools;
- Build the technical capacity of footprint practitioners and
- Develop strategic initiatives that benefit the entire sustainability community.
Benefits to Partner Organizations
Joining Global Footprint Network connects you with a growing group of leading organizations, gives you access to the latest Ecological Footprinting materials and tools, and provides opportunities for international collaboration.
Our Partner Network facilitates the exchange of ideas and resources among diverse organizations with shared goals. It offers a forum for innovation and adaptation while allowing the organizations invested in it to thrive in a fast-changing world.
Partners are recognized as leaders in ecological resource accounting and sustainability, and play a vital role in advancing the science of sustainability through collaborative Footprint projects.
Tangible Benefits Include:
- Recognition on the Network’s website. Your logo and a short description of your organization will appear on our website under the appropriate partnership category.
- Technical support. As a partner organization, you will receive guidance and advice from Global Footprint Network staff to support your Footprint strategy, analyses and/or campaigns.
- You will be eligible to be nominated to technical review and policy committees, helping to shape the future direction of the methodological standards and National Footprint Accounts research.
- Access to Footprint Forum, our partners-only intranet site. This will allow you to review draft standards, share strategies for using the Footprint more effectively, discuss approaches to technical questions, and develop strategic alliances with other organizations.
- A basic license to use the National Footprint Accounts. Participating and Sponsoring Partners receive a single use license for one country’s national accounts.
Partnership Categories
Partnership is open to organizations aligned with Global Footprint Network’s mission. Global Footprint Network offers three types of partnerships:
Endorsing Partners. Organizations without active Footprint projects, initiatives, or campaigns, but who are aligned with the mission of Global Footprint Network and want to support it.
Participating Partners. Participating Partners are organizations with active Footprint projects, initiatives, or campaigns. Participating partners commit to using the Ecological Footprint in accordance with the standards. They have access to the partner’s section of the Network website, that contains discussion drafts of key documents, and are eligible to be nominated to advisory committees. They receive 10 hours of technical support and campaign advice via e-mail. Participating partners receive a single user license for the most recent national accounts of one country.
Sponsoring Partners. Sponsoring Partners are organizations with active Footprint projects, initiatives or campaigns. Benefits include all benefits of Participating Partners plus being prominently featured on Global Footprint Network's website. They will be eligible for 15 hours of technical support or campaign advice by email or phone. Participating partners receive a single user license (data may be used for one project) for the most recent national accounts of one country plus historical data points for that country in ten-year intervals.
Global Footprint Network partners are required to comply with the most recent Ecological Footprint standards and our partnership agreement. Click here to learn more about partnership responsibilities.
If, after reading the above materials,your organization is interested in joining us as a partner, please fill out a PARTNERSHIP APPLICATION and email it to us at partner@footprintnetwork.org. Please also note that this is an application process and completion of the form does not ensure partnership. If you have any questions about partnership or the application process, please feel free to contact us.