Epitome Global wins GeSI sustainability certification

Epitome Global received GeSI’s Digital with Purpose Committed certification at the group’s summit in Shenzhen, China, highlighting the company’s focus on workforce sustainability. The award puts Epitome Global in a small category of certified firms and could help shape a broader standard for measuring how organizations develop and deploy talent.

Why it matters: - Epitome Global is pushing workforce sustainability into the same measurement conversation as carbon and climate. - The certification could help normalize new metrics for how companies retain, develop and redeploy people. - Epitome Global says it wants to establish a globally recognized measurement standard for workforce sustainability.

What happened: - Epitome Global received GeSI’s “Digital with Purpose (DwP) Committed” certification at GeSI’s summit in Shenzhen, China. - Kevin Chan, Epitome Global’s CEO, accepted the certification on stage from Luis Neves, GeSI’s CEO. - Chan also joined a panel discussion on workforce sustainability. - GeSI stands for the Global Enabling Sustainability Initiative.

The details: - GeSI’s DwP Committed certification goes to organizations that commit to four principles: support for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, concrete climate action, transparent reporting and use of digital technology for positive social impact. - The certification recognizes Epitome Global’s focus on applying the same rigor to workforce sustainability that companies use to measure carbon. - Epitome Global says it is the only workforce intelligence and optimisation company to receive the certification. - The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Singapore. - Epitome Global describes itself as a workforce intelligence and skills analytics company. - The company uses data analytics, artificial intelligence and sector-specific expertise to support workforce planning, skills assessment and targeted upskilling. - Epitome Global says it has captured about 1.3 million user profiles to date. - Its platforms are used by public and private sector organizations globally for dashboards and workforce decision-making. - The company says its tools inform talent mobility, skills development and workforce transformation at scale. - The announcement includes a company website link for more information. - The announcement also includes a LinkedIn page at Epitome Global on LinkedIn.

Between the lines: - The award gives Epitome Global external validation for a niche but growing idea: workforce health should be measured as systematically as emissions. - Chan’s comments frame workforce sustainability as a management discipline, not just a human resources slogan. - The company is positioning measurement itself as the key product differentiator. - The GeSI certification may help Epitome Global market its approach to enterprises and governments that are already under pressure to show measurable sustainability progress.

What's next: - Epitome Global will use the DwP commitment to pursue a globally recognized workforce sustainability measurement standard. - The company is likely to continue promoting workforce sustainability as a core part of ESG and talent strategy conversations. - More organizations may look for similar frameworks if workforce sustainability gains broader adoption.

The bottom line: - Epitome Global now has a sustainability credential that backs its pitch that people metrics should matter as much as carbon metrics.