The first instrument to map and profile where an individual is on their journey towards a Sustainability Mindset.
Become a 'Change Accelerator'
Assessing the readiness for shaping a better planet.
And developing it.
The Sustainability Mindset Indicator.
What is the
Sustainability Mindset?
The Sustainability Mindset is a way of thinking and being which results from a broad understanding of the ecosystem, social sensitivity, and an introspective focus on personal values and the higher self.
The dire challenges of our time are no longer in question. They call for resiliency, adaptation, creative innovation and much more. The foundation of all our ideas and behaviors lays in a mindset out of which we operate.
What is the
Sustainability Mindset Indicator?
The Sustainability Mindset Indicator (SMI) is the first instrument to map and profile where an individual is on their journey towards a Sustainability Mindset. It is a questionnaire consisting of 36 contrasting statements, exploring three dimensions of our mindset for sustainability: the cognitive, the behavioral and the affective.
The SMI provides participants with personalized reports that highlight their unique skills and opportunities to shape a better world. It includes questions for reflection to expand awareness and to leverage personal resources.
Our Mission.
We are here to promote the mindset transformation that leads to initiatives for shaping the better world.
We aim to develop ‘change accelerators’ who can multiply the impact on a greater scale.
Our facilitator Dr. Beate Klingenberg presenting the 12 Sustainability Mindset Principles and the respective 4 content areas.
Our Trainings.
Joining the SMI community provides you with resources, networking opportunties and multidisciplinary applications.
Our trainings include:
For Educators
Learn how to embed the Sustainability Mindset Principles into your teaching. In this online, hands-on Workshop participants alternate learning, trying out, exchanging and debriefing.
For Coaches
Workshop for coaches, facilitators, and talent development professionals to equip them with the tools and frameworks for more specific interventions, supporting your clients to manage the new sustainability challenges they face, and identify opportunities.
For Teams
While the mindset is individual, it is also connected to the groups with which we interact. In a group, there are different strengths, which many times are a hidden resource. Explore and develop your team’s collective sustainability mindset.
For Individuals
Explore the SMI and discover your unique strengths and the opportunities for creating a more sustainable world.
Empowering Mindsets for a Sustainable Future: Supporting the UN SDGs and IDGs.
The Sustainability Mindset Indicator (SMI) bridges the gap between outer sustainability goals and inner personal growth. It helps individuals and organizations understand, measure, and cultivate the mindset necessary to drive transformative change for a better world.
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
The SMI assesses the specific aspects of the mindset that allow and enhance engagement with the SDGs.
Rimanoczy & Klingenberg, THE MINDSET IMPEDING THE Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) AND HOW TO ADDRESS IT. Forthcoming paper 2025.
Inner Development Goals (IDGs)
The SMI assesses and develops the mindset required for 16 of the 23 skills of the Inner Development Goals.
Rimanoczy, Klingenberg & Boffelli. The Sustainability Mindset Indicator® : A tool to assess and develop the Inner Development Goals. In: Egel, Eleftheria and Campos Suarez, Mauricio. Inner Development Goals: Stories of Collective Leadership in Action, Volume 2: From “We” to “Systems Change”, De Gruyter, 2025.
Our Awards.
Reimagine Education Awards, known as “the Oscars of education” are organized by Wharton School, and QS, the Higher Education network (UK) to reward innovative approaches that enhance student learning outcomes and employability.
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"inspiring", " exciting", "stimulating"
tool for our CEMS Global Citizenship Seminar participants."
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