Education of stakeholders on use cases of inter- and intra-company execution of sustainability
Involvement in the development of international standards on sustainability
Alignment on common principles to allow for interoperability
Alliance of sustainability thought leaders across industries, NGOs and certifiers
Governs the ecosystem as an independent cross-company body
Initial tech-stack donated as open source by Siemens to kick-start activities
Application Layer
Third party providers offer solutions that allow industrial companies to communicate with supply chain partners and certifiers via the shared ESTAINIUM protocol
Protocol Layer
Open source technology provides a common basis for trustworthy data exchange
Governance Layer
The ESTAINIUM Association ensures compatibility and independence from unilateral interests
Implementation and operation of technical networks, in particular for the creation and exchange of certificates for the sustainability of products, processes and production infrastructure, as well as all certifications and accompanying activities in this context
Owning, and managing intellectual property and distributing source code for common standards and interaction logic to ensure interoperability and scalability within the network
Founding and steering of a partner ecosystem, in particular with regards to the alignment of shared sustainability accounting and calculation standards, public relations and marketing
Establishment and fostering of international cooperation, in particular involvement in the development and introduction of international standards on sustainability
Research and development in the field of technical networks for sustainability and related technologies that promote or support sustainability
Education of stakeholders on use cases that establish and execute methodology and technology in best practices of inter- and intra-company execution of sustainability
Driving industrial decarbonization holistically in a pre-competitive, cross-industrial, cross-functional ecosystem that includes academia, SME and large corporations alike
GOVERNING
the ESTAINIUM Network as an open and independent infrastructure
ENABLING
companies to drive decarbonization today and share best practices
SHAPING
the future of sustainable industry together with a source-to-sink perspective
Initial tech-stack donated as open source by Siemens AG