The GIH Project is guided by a select group of experts, forming a Task Force. The GIH Project draws on the best practices of the growing number of countries and companies that have started to implement sustainability and corporate social responsibility, while collecting international research and practices around sustainable development indicators, which account for environmental and social values. The concept of GNH is meant to incorporate these values, yet it also transcends them by including values reflecting general well-being over a longer time horizon. A possible GNH Index could become the next level of innovation of indices, improving upon those measuring environmental and social values.

The GIH Project is a collaboration by the following institutions:

  • Bhutan Sustainable Development Secretariat (SDS) and Center of Bhutan Studies, Bhutan
  • Spirit in Business, USA and the Netherlands
  • Social Venture Network Asia, Thailand
  • ICONS, Redefining Progress & Implementing New Indicators on Sustainable Development, Brazil
  • Inner Asia Center for Sustainable Development, the Netherlands
  • The Government of Mongolia
  • The Values Center, USA
  • Society for Ecology and Culture, UK and Ladakh, India
  • Genuine Progress Indicators, GPI Atlantic, Canada
  • New Economics Foundation, UK