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Key Message

Our vision: Better living for all—sustainably

Our mission: To champion innovation, enabling societies to live sustainably

Contact us

  • IISD's head office
    161 Portage Avenue East, 6th Floor
    Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
    R3B 0Y4

    · Phone: +1 204 958-7700
    · Fax: +1 204 958-7710
    · E-mail
    · IISDnet
    · Linkages

  • Ottawa office

    Please note our new office address, effective October 5, 2009:

    75 Albert Street, Suite 903
    Ottawa, Ontario Canada
    K1P 5E7

    · Phone: +1 613 238-2296
    · Fax: +1 613 238-8515

  • IISD Reporting Services
    300 East 56th Street #11A
    New York, NY 10022 USA

    · Phone: +1 646 536-7556
    · Fax: +1 646 219-0955
    · E-mail

  • Geneva office
    International Environment House 2
    9 chemin de Balexert
    1219 Châtelaine
    Geneva Switzerland

    · Phone +41 22 917-8683
    · Fax +41 22 917-8054
    · E-mail

Strategic Institutional Directions

A commitment to impact

As part of the development of the IISD Strategic Plan for 2005–2010, the following statement of institutional directions was adopted. The statement sharpens our focus and positions IISD to achieve meaningful change in four key areas.

Our world is one of surprise, change and uncertainty. At IISD we build this appreciation into our efforts to enhance our interdependent environmental, social and economic systems—internationally, nationally and locally. Our mission is urgent, for both current and future generations, and our program activities will be designed to achieve significant progress in the following:

We recognize that our current understanding of these directions will evolve over time. The flexibility of these strategic directions, coupled with our willingness to adapt them to new challenges and conditions at institutional and program levels, will allow IISD to perform optimally in response to changes in our environment.

For further information about IISD's strategic institutional directions, contact William Glanville, Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer.