The OnTrackWorld Promise

For Organizations

Introduction

Humanity has reached a moment where every decision matters. Our economies, infrastructure, technologies, and institutions have given us extraordinary progress, but they have also created challenges that no nation or organization can solve alone. The future depends on our ability to work together in ways that allow people, communities, economies, and the natural world to flourish.

Every generation is asked one defining question: What kind of world will we leave behind?

If your organization's purpose includes a sustainable, peaceful, and prosperous world, we invite you to contribute your institutional power to a global movement dedicated to this magnificent dream by making the OnTrackWorld Promise.

The Promise

We promise that by December 31, 2030, collaboration and coordination for the sustainable well-being of all will be the fundamental operating principle of civilization, enshrined in every nation's constitution.

Your Part

A promise this big needs two kinds of signers: the people who stand for these principles and carry the invitation, and the enterprises and governments that will write it into their charters, plans, and laws. This page is for the organizations.

When your enterprise, agency, or government makes this Promise, you commit to the following ethics and Principles for Collaboration.

Ethics

Every organization that makes the Promise commits to these ethics. Please read them in full. Each one is part of what your organization is standing for.

Independence

We do not accept financial support that would require placing any single business agenda over the interests of the planet and its people.

Inclusivity

We convene dialogues on a level playing field, welcoming representation and perspectives from all affected stakeholder groups. Inclusivity is fundamental to our planning approach.

Nonpartisanship

We are politically nonpartisan. We work closely with officials and citizens of every party and persuasion because industrial and infrastructure systems serve everyone.

Sustainability

We hold ourselves accountable to future generations by working only on projects that align with a healthy environment and thriving communities. Return-on-investment analysis must account for all environmental and community impacts, while acknowledging that some worthwhile projects carry unavoidable negative impacts. We support investments that advance the transition away from the overuse of fossil fuels, petrochemicals, and water, and we respect the real-world challenges of that journey. We align our planning and investment horizons with the practical pace of these markets and help others do the same.

There are four steps to evaluating every project for alignment with these values and goals:

We catalog each project’s commodities, activities, and impacts.
We conduct thorough research to gain an understanding of all environmental and community impacts.
We share our findings with the team and stakeholders to invite all perspectives.
Together, we decide how to influence the project’s sustainability properly.

Principles for Collaboration

The Promise is embodied in these principles, which guide our day-to-day interactions within our organizations and communities.

Collaborate and Coordinate

Many believe that including more people slows progress. The opposite is true. Incorporating a wider spectrum of perspectives produces smarter solutions that win broad adoption and get implemented. We practice collaboration and coordination in balance with helpful competition.

Assume Responsibility

We are responsible for the quality of our relationships. In every conversation, we advance mutual learning and recognize others' strengths and perspectives.

Be Accountable

We make promises we intend to keep, and we set a completion time for each one. New undertakings face barriers. The challenges we encounter are a reflection of our commitment, not a lack of commitment. Stay in the game.

Engage in Integrative Dialogue

Integrative dialogue transcends conventional debate, in which either/or and right/wrong exchanges push valuable perspectives to the margins. We work together to synthesize new understandings, especially when seemingly opposing views are expressed.

Ask Questions

While statements frame concerns as intractable problems, asking questions immediately orients us toward solutions. Asking questions when writing and speaking opens up new ways of thinking and sparks new ideas.

Collaborate Across Every Divide

We work with people of every party, persuasion, and background, not because we abandon our convictions, but because a world that works for everyone is built with everyone.

Thrive at the Edge of Learning

This work is unprecedented and demands continuous learning and adaptation. External change begins when we expand our receptiveness to new ideas. Bring it on.

Share Knowledge

We share information, ideas, and wisdom rather than withhold them. Sharing accelerates productivity and progress. It is time to scale up our collective intelligence.

Celebrate and Energize

Sustained collective effort runs on positivity. We value each other's participation and express our appreciation.

Trust Collective Intelligence

IntelliSynthesis® is the logic and intelligence all around us, so often hidden by posturing, positioning, and politicizing. When we act in the community's best interests, collective intelligence naturally guides us toward solutions that work for everyone.

Your Opportunity to Promise

Indicate each promise that resonates with you, and leave blank any that don't fit:

We stand for collaboration and coordination for the sustainable well-being of all as the fundamental operating principle of civilization, and we add our name to the public count of those who stand for it.
We practice collaboration in how we operate, with our people, our partners, our communities, and the stakeholders our decisions affect, guided by the ethics and principles above.
We carry the invitation. We will bring this Promise to the organizations we work with, our suppliers, customers, members, and peers, and invite them to make it their own.
We will write this principle into our charter, plans, policies, and, where we govern, our laws, and we will operate by it.

Please express any questions, concerns, or caveats to specific Ethics, Principles, or Promises that you want to have answered or noted:

Organization Name — this is how your organization will appear in the public count

Your Name and Title — the person making this commitment on the organization's behalf

City and Country (optional)

Email — kept private; never shared or sold. We will send your organization the tools, language, and connections to practice and spread the Promise.

Sign Below:

When you submit, your organization's name joins the public count of those standing for the Promise, and you will receive a welcome message with your starting toolkit.