By Zika Bobby
Project Management Institute (PMI) has signed an agreement to establish a new joint venture with Green Project Management (GPM).
Under the terms of the agreement, the assets developed by GPM to support project professionals with sustainable project management will be transferred to the new joint venture, in which PMI now owns a majority stake. These assets include standards, guides, tools, frameworks, learning, and certifications.
President & CEO of PMI, Pierre Le Manh, said: “Sustainability transformation is one of the biggest challenges of our time and it won’t happen without projects. This joint venture is about placing project professionals at the center of that transformation.
“With GPM’s certifications, learning programs, and standards now brought into a joint venture fully integrated into the PMI organisation. We are in a strong position to help our community turn good intentions into meaningful, measurable action across industries and on a global scale by leveraging PMI’s ecosystem of professionals, corporate partners, academic institutions, training organisations and governments. Our goal is to make sustainability practical at the project level and to equip professionals and organisations to lead their own sustainability journeys toward a more resilient and prosperous future.”
For George Asamani, Managing Director, Sub-Saharan Africa, Project Management Institute, “sustainability is not a luxury for Africa, it is essential to our growth, resilience, and future. The joint venture empowers project professionals across Africa to lead transformative change, embedding sustainability into every project and unlocking solutions that serve both people and the planet.”
Joel Carboni, founder of GPM and a pioneer in sustainable project managemen, said the future of project management must move beyond delivering outputs. “Projects must play a critical role in generating prosperity, restoring ecosystems, and building more equitable communities. This joint venture brings us closer to making sustainability and regeneration core to the profession,” he said.