Twenty years of inquiry
Since 2004, GRLI has been catalyzing change in business education and leadership practice. This is the story of how a small initiative grew into a global ecosystem.
GRLI founded as a partnership between EFMD and UN Global Compact
PRME launched with GRLI catalytic support
50+20 Agenda published at Rio+20
Sulitest initiative catalyzed
AIM2Flourish and RRBM partnerships established
Governance restructured toward co-stewardship model
20+ year inquiry continues with renewed focus
From partnership to ecosystem
GRLI began in 2004 as a partnership between EFMD and the UN Global Compact, responding to a growing recognition that business education needed fundamental transformation. The founding question was clear: What does it mean to be globally responsible?
Over the next two decades, this inquiry catalyzed multiple initiatives—PRME, the 50+20 Agenda, Sulitest, AIM2Flourish, and RRBM—each addressing different aspects of the challenge. Rather than building a single organization, GRLI became a steward of an ecosystem.
In 2020, GRLI restructured its governance to better reflect this ecosystem reality, moving toward co-stewardship models and distributed leadership. Today, GRLI continues to hold the inquiry while enabling partner initiatives to flourish independently.