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Shifting towards a regenerative economy that creates long-term value requires more than technical innovation. We also need a change in the mental models and time horizons informing our decisions.
As a joint initiative of the St. Gallen Symposium and the Club of Rome, we believe that a key dimension of this shift concerns the generational perspectives included in decision-making.
Together with diverse partners, we foster intergenerational leadership and learning for long-term, regenerative strategies in business and policy-making.
GUIDED BY SEVEN KEY PRINICPLES
What we owe each other
Based on global surveys, hundreds of student essays, and dialogues, seven interrelated principles of a New Generational Contract outline our vision for cross-generational relationships and commitments – developed in close partnership with the HSG St. Gallen Collegium.
Responsibility
We acknowledge our mutual responsibility between old and young, and for future generations.
Care
We seek to care for and about each other – and strive to truly understand each other’s perspectives.
Voice
By promoting voice, we ensure that different generations have equal opportunities to be heard in decision-making processes.
Collaboration
We can attain more than we would independently, by working together and joining forces and perspectives.
Hindsight and Foresight
Responsible actions build on both hindsight and foresight: looking back and understanding the past to see ahead and move forward.
Regeneration
In emphasising regeneration, we go further than sustainability, and seek to help restore and protect planetary ecosystems.
Openness
The generational contract is context-specific and constantly re-negotiated in light of future developments.
A GLOBAL & INCLUSIVE Platform
Our growing community
We are convening a global and inclusive platform for mutual learning and collaboration across generations – involving voices from policy, business, youth, research and society. Together, we co-create tangible projects for a New Generational Contract.
“Global challenges can only be solved by different generations working together to create a healthier, more prosperous future for everyone.”
Peter Voser
Chairman ABB-Group & Chairman SGS
“Ensuring that young people are able to meaningfully engage in political processes at all levels is critical when it comes to tackling the complex and interconnected challenges facing our world today.”
Felipe Paullier
Assistant Secretary-General for Youth Affairs, United Nations
“Each generation lives its responsibility with an eye on enabling future generations to do the same. We are in this together.”
Mamphela Ramphele
Co-President, The Club of Rome
“Done right, intergenerational co-leadership can stimulate solidarity between generations and help us face the social, environmental and economic challenges of the world today and tomorrow.”
Aya Chebbi
Founder, Nalafem; African Union Special Envoy on Youth (2018-2021)
“Resilience grows in an ecology of love and understanding. Resilience is an expression of trust in our humanity”
Karima Kadaoui
Executive President, Tamkeen Community Foundation
“Creating a Future Generations Commissioner can help countries exit the short-termism and silo thinking of politics.”
Sophie Howe
Former Future Generations Commissioner for Wales
A GLOBAL & INCLUSIVE Platform
Our expanding network
NGC SUPPORTING ACTIONS
Our Ongoing Projects
To drive our transition from vision to impact, we enact change together with diverse partners.
Young Leaders on Board
Fostering long-term thinking,
sustainability and diversity in business.
Developing systems-thinking
competencies.
NextGen Value Creation Barometer
Exploring intergenerational fairness on a global scale.
EXPLORE KEY PRIORITIES
Our Latest Thinking
Our initiative serves as a laboratory of ideas, where generations come together to explore key priorities to be piloted and scaled in business, policy and society. Find our latest thinking on ways to bring generations together below.
NGC at the UN Summit of the Future
On the occasion of the UN Summit of the Future in September 2024, the St. Gallen Symposium and the Club of…
NGC at the United Nations Civil Society Conference in Nairobi
Through our joint initiative on “A New Generational Contract”, we engage diverse actors and launch impactful projects to enable cross-generational leadership…
NGC Cross-Generational Labs at the 53rd St. Gallen Symposium
The recent St. Gallen Symposium showcased an array of impactful sessions, all organised within the framework of the initiative “A New…
Intergenerational decision-making can help build a regenerative economy. Here’s why
The World Economic Forum’s Global Risk Report in 2024 highlights that we live in times marked by multiple overlapping crises: extreme weather events,…
“A New Generational Contract” at the SDG Tent in Davos 2024
In today’s business world, the push towards a regenerative economy is urgent. Our high-level panel, co-organised by the St. Gallen Symposium,…
Our Latest Research on Intergenerational Leadership Published in HBR
Addressing global challenges like climate change, biodiversity loss, and rapid technological shifts demands new thinking and adaptability. Our latest research, published…
PARTNERING FOR A NEW GENERATIONAL CONTRACT
Join us
By sharing insights and analyses on inter-generational relationships and promoting long-term, systemic thinking through collaboration and mutual learning.
By partnering up to organise events that raise awareness around intergenerational equity while bringing generations together to identify shared
priorities and potential impact projects.
By launching and managing tangible projects that impact cross-generational relationships and foster transformation.