Partnership
Help shape what Industry 5.0 becomes.
Sustainable Intelligence works with academic institutions, enterprises, cities, financial institutions, technology organisations and delivery partners to develop, test and apply Industry 5.0 methodologies and intelligence products.
SDG Acceleration Action
Join the UN-recognised SDG Acceleration Action.
The Industry 5.0 Benchmark initiative is registered with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs as an SDG Acceleration Action. The action explores how human-centricity, sustainability and resilience can be translated into practical methodologies, organisational evidence, assessment and improvement.
Partner categories
Seven pathways for collaboration.
Academic and research partners
- Contribute
- Methodology validation, indicator research, evidence studies, student and doctoral projects.
- Value
- Access to applied Industry 5.0 research questions and a live evidence ecosystem.
- Format
- Joint research, proposals, publications, dissemination.
- Products
- SyncFrame · i5 Benchmark · Sustin AI research
Enterprise pilot partners
- Contribute
- Pilot environments, organisational evidence, implementation feedback.
- Value
- Early access to readiness mapping and benchmark interpretation.
- Format
- Structured pilot with defined scope and evidence review.
- Products
- i5 Mapper · i5 Benchmark · Sustin AI
Cities and regions
- Contribute
- Place-based pilots, stakeholder access, public-service data.
- Value
- Comparative intelligence and resilience mapping for local contexts.
- Format
- Research pilot or policy-implementation workshop.
- Products
- i5 Benchmark (place-based) · Sustin AI · SyncFrame
Financial institutions
- Contribute
- Portfolio context, evidence requirements, financial-market expertise.
- Value
- Evidence-based transition and impact intelligence pathways.
- Format
- Advisory discussion, pilot analysis, research collaboration.
- Products
- i5 Benchmark · Sustin AI · i5 Index (research stage)
Technology partners
- Contribute
- Technical integration, data infrastructure, responsible-AI expertise.
- Value
- Collaboration on explainable, evidence-based intelligence systems.
- Format
- Technical integration project or joint pilot.
- Products
- Sustin AI · i5 Mapper · SyncFrame
Delivery partners
- Contribute
- Sector expertise, client relationships, assessment delivery.
- Value
- Methodologies and products to apply with clients and sector networks.
- Format
- Co-delivery model, training, methodology feedback.
- Products
- i5 Benchmark · i5 Mapper · SyncFrame
Public and institutional partners
- Contribute
- Policy context, institutional collaboration, dissemination reach.
- Value
- Participation in a European and international Industry 5.0 network.
- Format
- Institutional collaboration or joint initiative.
- Products
- SyncFrame · i5 Benchmark · Industry 5.0 research
Potential contributions
What partners may contribute.
- Research
- Methodology development
- Indicator validation
- Organisational evidence
- Pilot environments
- Sector expertise
- Technical integration
- Data
- Stakeholder access
- Implementation capacity
- Dissemination
- Financial-market expertise
Partnership process
A transparent process.
Submit an initial partnership enquiry.
Identify the proposed contribution or use case.
Confirm the relevant participating entity.
Define scope, responsibilities and expected outputs.
Agree on evidence, governance and communication.
Conduct the pilot, research or implementation.
Review results and possible continued collaboration.
Not every enquiry will be accepted. Contributions are reviewed against ecosystem priorities, capacity and mutual fit.
[UN listing clarification]
Accepted contributors may potentially be included in the initiative's UN partnership record, subject to contribution review, mutual agreement, consent and applicable United Nations platform procedures. Registration as an SDG Acceleration Action does not imply United Nations endorsement of participating organisations, methodologies, services or products.