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GPM Global · Updated April 2026 Strategic Alliances |
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GPM operates through a network of strategic alliances with organizations across the project management profession, sustainability reporting, and technology sectors. These relationships extend GPM’s reach, strengthen its standards, and connect its certification and methodology programs to the broader professional infrastructure on which practitioners depend.
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Strategic Partnership since 2022 · Joint Venture formalized 2025 Project Management Institute® (PMI®) PMI is the world’s leading professional organization for project management, operating in nearly every country and serving more than 700,000 members globally through standards, certifications, research, and professional community. In 2025, GPM and PMI formalized their relationship as a Joint Venture — PMI GPM Sustainability JV, LLC — which co-owns and governs the P5™ Standard, the PMI–GPM Practice Guide, the PRiSM™ methodology, and the CSPP™ certification program. PMI provides global standards governance, certification administration, technology platforms, and distribution infrastructure; GPM contributes sustainability intellectual property and domain expertise. Co-published standards: PMI–GPM P5™ Standard v4, PMI–GPM Practice Guide v4 · Shared certification: CSPP™ |
Since 2013
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Signatory · Since 2013 The UN Global Compact is the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative, aligning organizations to ten universally accepted principles across human rights, labor, environment, and anti-corruption. GPM has been a UNGC signatory since 2013, participating in Leadership Summits and championing initiatives including Caring for Climate. GPM attended both COP21 and COP22, has advocated for project management in UN business forums, and is a founding signatory of both Business for Peace and the Principle 10 Anti-Corruption Call to Action. GPM publishes an annual Communication on Progress reporting against all ten UNGC principles. Annual disclosure: UNGC Communication on Progress · Founding signatory: Business for Peace, Principle 10 Anti-Corruption Call to Action |
Since 2021
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Strategic Partnership · Since 2021 Agile Business Consortium (ABC) The Agile Business Consortium is an independent professional body dedicated to advancing business agility worldwide through defined professional standards, a code of practice, CPD pathways, formal certification, and a network of practitioners. The ABC partnership connects GPM’s sustainability methodology with agile delivery frameworks, supporting practitioners who operate across both disciplines. |
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Alliance Association for Project Management (APM) APM is the chartered body for the project profession in the UK, dedicated to developing and promoting project and programme management through qualifications, resources, and professional networking. As the chartered standard-setter for the UK profession, APM provides a key point of alignment between GPM’s sustainability methodology and the broader project management community. |
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Alliance Institute of Management Accountants (IMA®) IMA is one of the largest and most respected associations focused on the management accounting profession, supporting practitioners globally through the CMA®, CSCA®, and FMAA™ certification programs, continuing education, research, and advocacy. The IMA alliance connects GPM’s project-level sustainability methodology with the financial and governance frameworks that management accountants apply in organizational decision-making — a natural intersection as ESG reporting obligations grow. |
Since 2024
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Strategic Partnership · Since 2024 Greyfly.ai applies big data, cloud, and AI technologies to project delivery, with a particular focus on predictive analytics for project success. Founded in 2017 by project managers Lloyd Skinner and Marcia Williams, the company developed its Intelligent Project Prediction tool to give executives AI-driven insight into project performance. The GPM–Greyfly partnership integrates GPM’s sustainability methodology with Greyfly’s AI capability to advance both sustainability performance and project success outcomes. Joint research and white papers are published through GPM’s Library. |
Since 2022
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Strategic Partnership · Since 2022 Uruk PM (operating as SUKAD Project Portfolio Management Solutions) developed the Uruk Platform to advance project management practice beyond the waterfall, agile, and hybrid debate. Built on principles of agility, the Uruk approach is designed to be applicable across sectors, domains, and project sizes. The GPM–Uruk partnership supports the integration of sustainability considerations into agile and adaptive project delivery environments. |
Updated April 2026. Alliance inquiries:
