Global Impact Coalition
Enabling a net-zero chemicals future
Chemicals enable modern life – from medicine to food, automobiles to electronics. But with the industry generating 2 billion tonnes of CO₂ emissions annually, we need revolutionary change.
The Global Impact Coalition unites industry majors across the chemical value chain to co-develop breakthrough solutions, accelerating them to commercial scale. Our CEO-led platform doesn’t just talk about sustainability – we make it happen through tangible projects with measurable impact.
Our members collectively represent over $350 billion in annual revenue
Our community includes over 200 senior leaders working on business strategy, innovation, new ventures, sustainability, R&D and communications within our member’s organizations.
Our Why: We bring together industry leaders to co-build commercial ventures to advance sustainable transformation of the chemical value chain
We co-build real-world solutions:
Moving technologies from concepts to commercialized applications with measurable sustainability impact
We connect critical partners:
Bridging chemical innovators with brands and downstream users to create value chain solutions
We remove barriers:
Tackling complex challenges and sharing risks that no organization can successfully manage alone
We accelerate what works:
Scaling proven technologies and new business models to achieve industry-wide transformation
Global leaders share why GIC is needed to advance cross-industry collaboration
The challenge is too large and complex for any single company to solve alone. Transforming this vital industry requires unprecedented collaboration across the entire value chain.
Interview with Borge Brende, World Economic Forum President on the Global Impact Coalition one year since spinning out from the WEF.
Hear from Ilham Kadri, CEO of Syensqo and member of the Global Impact Coalition CEO Advisory Board on why collaboration is critical.
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Read moreJoin us at industry-leading events
Davos 2026
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting
Panel presentation on Jan 21: Driving Resilience: Circularity as Catalyst for Future Chemical Supply Chains
20-22 January 2026
Davos, Switzerland
Scope 3 Peer Group Strategy Days
- Meeting & workshop
- GIC will lead a workshop on advancing low carbon chemicals
- 2-4 February 2026
- London, England
ESF Europe 2026
- Energy & Sustainability Forum
- Panel presentation on 25 February at 16h: From Ambition to Action, advancing chemical industry projects to FID
- 24-26 February 2026
- Antwerp, Belgium
Economist Impact 11th Annual Sustainability Week
- Sustainability Summit
- Panel presentation on March 4th: Supply chains track: Nearshoring supply chains for climate and geopolitical resilience
- 2-4 March 2026
- London, England
PIAE Auto
- International congress for plastics in cars
- GIC will lead a workshop on Automotive Plastic Recycling with Plastics Europe
- 18-19 March 2026
- Baden-Baden, Germany
IARC 2026
- International Automotive Recycling Conference
- 25-27 March 2026
- Hamburg, Germany