The Green Tiger Foundation is a cross-sector collaboration platform launced in 2020, with a purpose to put together and implement a plan for a balanced economy.

The Green Tiger’s Mission

Green Tiger’s mission is to create and implement nature-friendly practices in all important sectors and develop a balanced economy. Our concept for balanced economy can be found here (in Estonian).

Vision of the Green Tiger

Green Tiger dreams of a sustainable world that preserves the well-being of society while preserving and restoring nature. Green Tiger is committed to making his dream come true!

Core values of the Green Tiger

Green Tiger is authentically courageous, competent, unifying and future-creating.

Green Tiger’s main activities and projects 

The Green Tiger is a representative organization that unites around 90 Estonian companies. We believe that a joint and coordinated green leap has a greater impact on society than individual steps by separate companies. The aim of the Green Tiger Sustainable Business Community is to share sustainability knowledge and tools and to provide a collaborative platform for sharing experiences, successes and lessons learned.

Sector-based roadmaps 

To reach a balanced economy, Green Tiger has prepared roadmaps in five different areas. Green Tiger has focused on five economic sectors that  have the biggest environmental impact: energy, construction, transportation, industry and circular economy and land use. All five roadmaps have been completed by 2026.

The roadmaps are sector-specific practical guidelines for actual steps for sustainability transition. The creation of the roadmaps has involved a large number companies operating in the sector, professional associations and representative organizations, researchers and state representatives. Around 300 organizations and experts were involved in the process. Roadmaps are input for the public sector: for example, some of the policy recommendations outlined in the Construction Roadmap were also included in the Estonian government’s coalition agreement and Energy Roadmap has been an important input for Climate Ministry’s Energy Sector Development Plan.  

In addition to sectoral plans, a synthesis of all the roadmaps was put together as the Sustainability Masterplan.

All these documents can be found here and here (in Estonian).

Impementing the Plan

By the end of 2025, the Balanced Economy Plan has been put together. This has been a major effort and is an important achievement for Green Tiger. However, having a plan does not mean that it will become a reality by itself. Beginning in 2026, Green Tiger’s main focus will go on helping to implement the plan so by 2040 the balanced economy will be a reality. Green Tiger will continue to remain a cooperation platform for public sector and businesses, but the emphasis will be on encouraging and assisting different organizations to take the actual steps of transition.

So far, Green Tiger’s main focus has been on Estonia. Beginning with 2026 Green Tiger is more systematically engaging with international partners and builds cross-border networks to promote international knowledge-share on sustainability practices and transformation.

Community of Sustainable Businesses

Green Tiger believes that businesses have an essential role in sustainability transition and balanced economy. The representative organization of the Green Tiger was founded on January 2021. The goal of the business community is to bring together Estonian companies in order to jointly work on making the economy more environmentally sustainable. The organization has around 90 members, 25 of them founding members. The full list can be found here. The founding members are:

Green Tiger actively organizes different trainings, workshops and seminars on sustainability. The range of topics is wide. Green Tiger has carried out events on topcis such as overview of European Green Deal directives, insight into developing sustainable business models, principles for fair sustainability communication, overview of available financial instruments supporting sustainability projects, digital footprint and cleanup, sustainable events organization etc. We also actively promote knowledge share between members through study tours and best-practice sharings.

Sustainability State of Play Reports

In order to monitor the progress of Green Tiger’s activities, we have prepared annual development reports. It is the voice of the Green Tiger member organizations and a description of the state of play of sustainability in Estonia. In the development report, we gather articles by various authors that help make sense of the journey of creating a balanced economy for Estonia.

Green Tiger’s development reports can be found here (in Estonian).

The Green Tiger Academy

Green Tiger Foundation has carried out a large number of different projects. One of the major projects was Green Tiger Academy, which was a management competence development program for companies and organizations that wanted to implement green innovation in their organization. The four-month intensive training program was created in cooperation with universities and offered participants a platform to go through the practical steps to reduce the environmental impact of their company. Around 40 Estonian companies have graduated from Green Tiger Academy.