Sustainability
Balancing growth and green
At The George Institute, we’re on an exciting journey to make sustainability a core part of everything we do. Our Sustainability Roadmap sets out how we’ll get there.
In 2024, we’re laying the groundwork by finalizing our sustainability plan, conducting a thorough audit to understand where we stand, and listening to our stakeholders to learn what matters most to them.
In 2025, we’ll start putting our plans into action—introducing initiatives to improve our performance, building better systems for tracking and reporting our progress, and tackling any gaps in the data we need to measure success.
By 2026, we’ll focus on refining our processes, ensuring our data is accurate and reliable, and aligning with global frameworks to prepare for external reporting.
Finally, in 2027, we’ll bring it all together by fully integrating climate reporting into our annual reporting cycles, ensuring sustainability is firmly embedded in how we work an
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Our multilateral relationships
Our multilateral relationships harness the power of combined action, collaborating with others to address the world's leading causes of death and disability.
WHO Global Clinical Trials ForumThe George Institute is a member of the WHO’s Global Clinical Trials Forum, a global, multi-stakeholder network to strengthen clinical trial environments and infrastructure at national, regional and global levels.Learn more
ECOSOC Consultative StatusAs an organisation with Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Consultative status, The George Institute has access to not only ECOSOC, but also to its many subsidiary bodies, to the various human rights mechanisms of the United Nations, ad-hoc processes and special events organized by the President of the General Assembly. Consultative status is granted by ECOSOC upon recommendation of the Committee on NGOs, which is composed of 19 Member States.Learn more
UNFCC Observer StatusAs a UNFCC Observer, The George Institute may be among other participa
Our civil society networks and partners
We work with civil society groups and networks at local, regional and global levels, sharing evidence and identifying opportunities to influence health-related decisions. Our collective advocacy aims to build momentum and drive changes that reduce inequities and improve the health of millions of people worldwide.
Action for Global Health UKLearn moreMore info about Action for Global Health UKAction for Global Health (AfGH) is a network of over 50 organizations working in global health. They connect members with key decision-makers, provide opportunities for joint advocacy and campaigning, and foster a collaborative community to drive progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 3 (Good Health and Well-being).Visit the website
UK Working Group on NCDsLearn moreMore info about UK Working Group on NCDsThe UK Working Group on NCDs is a coalition of over 20 UK-based civil society organizations focused on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) as a critical international development issue. Their
Centre for Operational and Research Excellence
The Centre for Operational and Research Excellence (CORE) is a global group and provides high-quality expertise as well as robust operations, systems and processes to deliver The George Institute’s research strategy.
CORE’s strategy is to:
Achieve and maintain quality and integrity in research
Build core skills and capacity in research operations
Build and maintain robust systems and processes to enable and support research operations
Knowledge management in research operations across The George Institute
CORE’s functional activities include:
Data Management: DM planning, database build and maintenance, quality data management practices, data cleaning, data sharing processes
Project operations: budget development for funding applications, project start-up, implementation and close-out to high quality standards
Quality Assurance: review, and assessment of project quality and risk, provision of guidance for project teams, devel
Health 10x Accelerator
Since 2019, the Health 10x Accelerator has supported Australia’s brightest health and medtech entrepreneurs in developing affordable and scalable solutions to the world’s most pressing unmet health and medical needs.
Delivered in partnership with UNSW, the 10-week program provides startups with funding, mentorship, and resources to navigate regulatory pathways, refine investment strategies, and scale globally. Key partners, including Australian Medical Angels, Virtus Health, and Luminary Partners - Ignite, offer additional support in coaching, investment, and specialised expertise.
In 2025, Health 10x will partner with the UNSW Tyree Institute of Health Engineering (iHealthE) to further drive innovation. Startups will gain access to state-of-the-art facilities, collaboration spaces, and commercialisation specialists, enhancing their ability to create impactful solutions that transform global health outcomes, particularly in underserved markets.
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Embracing technology
For over a decade, our award-winning digital platform SMARThealth has already been empowering frontline community health workers to identify, refer and manage early signs of cardiovascular disease in local communities in India and Indonesia. Over a decade later, our technology is evolving, now using a bespoke large language model chatbot to remove in-built gender bias in guideline-based advice for pregnant women.
In Australia, we’re using machine learning to be able to predict the risk of cardiovascular disease in women using routine screening mammography, which could potentially lead to a low cost “two for one” screening test that may be more accurate than traditional methods.
SMARThealth ChatGPT : Supporting community health workers to provide guideline-based maternal care in rural IndiaLearn more
Predicting cardiovascular risk using routine mammograms
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The Workplace Gender Equality Agency’s Gender Pay Gap Report
The Workplace Gender Equality Agency reports the gender pay gaps of Australian organisations and employers are invited to provide a supporting statement.
We are committed to eliminating our gender pay gap with a structured, accountable program of measures across all our offices and welcome this opportunity to provide an update on our progress in Australia.
Please refer to our 2023 Employer Statement on this page for more information.
View the 2024 statement
View the 2023 statement
What is gender pay gap?
The gender pay gap is the difference in earnings between men and women in the workplace, expressed as a percentage over men’s earnings. It can be measured based on men and women’s average or median earnings. The gender pay gap is different from equal pay, whereby men and women are paid the same amount for the same, or comparable roles.
Our gender pay gap
The median gender pay gap refers to the difference between the median earnings of men
Emerging thought leaders - 2023 cohorts
Our emerging thought leaders are passionate about driving change and taking on current challenges to improve health worldwide. As early and mid-career professionals, they offer new perspectives and innovative ideas to push boundaries and make advancements in health research, treatments and policy. Meet our emerging thought leaders and discover how they are making meaningful change.
Allison GainesPhD candidate, The George Institute for Global HealthMore info about Allison GainesPhD candidate, The George Institute for Global HealthAllie Gaines is a non-communicable disease epidemiologist and a PhD candidate jointly at Imperial College London and The George Institute for Global Health, focusing on food policy and the sustainability of the packaged food supply. She is a member of the Grantham Institute’s Science and Solutions for a Changing Planet Doctoral Training programme. Her research primarily involves the use of large population databases connecting climate change information to food
Emerging thought leaders - 2022 cohorts
Our emerging thought leaders are passionate about driving change and taking on current challenges to improve health worldwide. As early and mid-career professionals, they offer new perspectives and innovative ideas to push boundaries and make advancements in health research, treatments and policy. Meet our emerging thought leaders and discover how they are making meaningful change.
Amanpreet KaurResearch Fellow, The George Institute for Global HealthMore info about Amanpreet KaurResearch Fellow, The George Institute for Global HealthDr Amanpreet Kaur is a registered clinical psychologist with M.Phil. and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from NIMHANS, Bengaluru. Her areas of focus at The George Institute are reducing stigma related to mental health, improving mental health awareness and care, and development and implementation of psychosocial interventions. Amanpreet’s research interests include mindfulness and mindfulness-integrated psychological interventions, tele-medicine, palliative car
20 years of impact
2019 marks 20 years since the founding of The George Institute for Global Health. During this time, our researchers have been profoundly impacting international treatment guidelines for a number of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and critical conditions, as well as devising new strategies and technologies for providing better primary care and contributing towards healthier societies.
As you’ll read in this publication, we have many achievements to celebrate during the last two decades. We have grown to more than 700 people globally, with partnerships and projects in 45 countries. Since 1999, we have raised $1 billion for research and generated more than 8,000 publications and other academic outputs, building much needed evidence to effectively and sustainably transform care and health systems globally.
However much work remains to be done. Each year, NCDs kill 41 million people and injuries claim 5 million lives, the vast majority of which are in low- and middle-income countries. Co
Past Distinguished Fellows
Carolyn A. ReynoldsDistinguished Fellow, The George Institute for Global HealthMore info about Carolyn A. ReynoldsDistinguished Fellow, The George Institute for Global HealthCarolyn Reynolds has been driving change in global health and development and US foreign policy for three decades. Carolyn is a Senior Associate with the Global Health Policy Center at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), where she is serving as an expert adviser to the CSIS Commission for Health Security. She is also a consultant to the World Bank Group and other international organisations.Read full profile
Corinna HawkesDistinguished Fellow, The George Institute for Global HealthMore info about Corinna HawkesDistinguished Fellow, The George Institute for Global HealthCorinna Hawkes is Professor of Food Policy and Director of the Centre for Food Policy at City University of London, Vice Chair of the London Child Obesity Taskforce established by the Mayor of London, and serves on a variety of intern