Governance – a multi-stakeholder structure

To ensure our independence from specific interests, we involve, at all levels, individuals or organizations with a wide range of activities and backgrounds in the environment and health field.

Four Stakeholder groups

GreenFacts is a formal Association of individuals, referred to as "Full Members". Our statutes classify these individuals into 4 distinct stakeholder groups depending on their background:

Academic Institutions;
Environment and Health non-profit organizations;
Business & Industry Groups;
Others (including media, government, ...).

These Full Members commit themselves on a purely personal basis and not in the name of other organizations they are affilated to.

Multi-Stakeholder Structure

Our statutes require that each stakeholder group enjoy similar voting rights in both the Board of Directors and the General Assembly, so that no single group can control the organization.

General Assembly

The General Assembly is composed of all the Full Members. It is the ultimate controlling power of the organization; it notably nominates the Directors and approves the accounts and the budget.

Board of Directors

The Board of Directors is the ultimate managing power of the organization; it notably nominates the management, defines our strategy and controls the decisions of the Staff.

Staff

The Staff is responsible for GreenFacts' operations, websites and fundraising activities. It ensures the production of our publications, but it is our Scientific Board that decides on their scientific content.
Our Staff members may have personal views, but they are not allowed to express them publicly or in our publications.

Scientific Board

The Scientific Board is composed exclusively of independent scientific experts from academic and scientific institutions. It takes its decisions independently from the rest of the organization.
Our Scientific Board is consulted throughout the publication process; it validates our drafts through a peer review process and authorizes the final publication.

Panel of Experts

The Panel of Experts is composed of scientific experts from all stakeholder groups. They are consulted for advice, or contribute to to the writing or reviewing process.

Multi-Stakeholder Approach

The multi-stakeholder approach also applies to the partnerships we build with different organizations and to the sources of funding we seek.