“The Global Impact Coalition was founded by leading chemical and industrial companies to do what no one can do alone: turn shared net-zero ambition into bankable, cross-value-chain action — and at speed.”
Charlie Tan, CEO.
An industry that touches everything – Together, we are transforming It
Chemicals are the building blocks of 95% of everyday products — from smartphones to packaging, medical devices to electric vehicles. Yet the industry that makes all of this possible is responsible for around 6% of global greenhouse gas emissions: more than twice the entire aviation sector.
Ambitious climate commitments – can they be met?
Almost none of these commitments can be delivered alone – the supply chains are too complex, the risks too high, the investment too large for any single company to bear. The Global Impact Coalition changes that. We are a CEO-led execution platform, incubated at the World Economic Forum, that brings together the world’s leading chemical and industrial companies to build the projects and partnerships that no company can build by itself.
The Scale of the Challenge
A Collaborative Effort
The scale of the challenge — transforming feedstocks, closing material loops, decarbonising hard industrial processes — sits across competitive boundaries. No single company can solve it. The technologies are emerging. What the industry lacks is not ambition. It lacks the structured mechanism to turn ambition into investable, scalable action.
That is the gap the Global Impact Coalition was created to fill. We co-build the projects and partnerships that no company can build by itself — at a pace the industry has never managed alone.
Who We Are
The Global Impact Coalition brings together the world’s leading chemical and industrial companies — with a combined annual revenue of over $350 billion. Incubated at the World Economic Forum and now operating as an independent not-for-profit, we are directed by the CEOs of our member companies and backed by a community of senior executives, technical experts and sustainability leaders.
We are not a trade association, a think tank, or a discussion forum. We are an execution platform. Every project we take on has a clear path to spin-out — and the project companies take them forward independently from there.
Together, we’re creating pathways to net-zero emissions and circularity by:
De-risking investments
Building cross-sector connections
Scaling what works
Amplifying impact
How we Create Real-World Impact
We co-create breakthrough projects
We build cross-sector partnerships
We accelerate transformation through structured execution
How we work: a method designed to go from idea to spin-off at speed
Meet some of our Global Impact Coalition leaders
Charlie Tan
Chief Executive Officer
Davide Del Ben
Senior Manager