SRS partner programme

Scaling the signal through Trusted Partners.

SRS was built to travel. Practitioners deliver it to clients as a credentialled advisory service - across two accreditation tiers. Technology platforms embed the question into the tools organisations and investors already use. Data partners integrate SRS into their solutions and provide commercial data feeds. One methodology. Three routes in.

Become a partner How it works

Why partners

An accessible framework, not a walled garden.

SRS was built as a portable signal architecture - a living methodology, versioned and licensable. The firms closest to the client can deliver it under their own advisory or platform proposition. The methodology stays consistent. The relationships stay local.

Three tracks

One standard. Three ways in.

Practitioners

Deliver SRS to your clients.

For advisory firms, consultancies and sustainability specialists. Two accreditation tiers - Consulting Practitioner and Research Practitioner - depending on how your firm engages with the diagnostic. Accredit your team, run the assessment, and deliver the certification under your name alongside GMS.

Consulting Practitioner - for firms running the diagnostic with clients
Research Practitioner - for firms conducting sector or market-level SRS research
Access to the full 42-stamp framework and four-tier score
Co-branded certification marks for client use
Quarterly methodology updates from the GMS Institute

Enquire about accreditation

Technology Partners

Embed SRS in your platform.

For survey, research, ratings and insights platforms serving organisations, retailers or investors. License the SRS question and signal via API under a commercial agreement, and surface it inside the workflows your users already run.

API access to the SRS question set, scores, stamps and tier status
Embeddable widget with the GMS credibility treatment
Commercial tiers from read-only to full resale
Joint go-to-market with the GMS team

Enquire about integration

Data Partners Coming soon

Integrate SRS data into your solutions.

For data vendors, analytics providers and intelligence platforms that want to include SRS signal data in their products or provide commercial data feeds. Commercial data partnership agreements are being developed now - register your interest early.

SRS data feeds for integration into analytics and intelligence products
Commercial licensing for data redistribution
Co-branded data products and joint go-to-market
Priority access for early partnership enquiries

The programme

What partners get.

A methodology you can stand behind

Peer-reviewed, versioned, and published by the GMS Institute. The same framework used in every market - so your client never gets a different answer from a different partner.

Clear commercial terms

Licensing is transparent. Per-seat, per-certification or per-API-call models, depending on the tier. No revenue-share ambiguity - you know what you keep.

A credibility line you don't have to build

The SRS stamp, the Institute byline and the public-data policy do the trust work. You focus on the client; GMS underwrites the signal.

Who it's for

The shortlist.

Practitioner fit

Brand consultancies, sustainability advisors, ESG strategy firms, agency groups with a measurement arm, independent B-Corp consultants, and research houses running bespoke engagements for organisations or retailers.

Technology Partner fit

Ratings agencies, ESG data vendors, procurement and supplier-risk platforms, retail media and category-insights tools, investor screening tools, and brand-tracking SaaS that already serves enterprise clients.

Data Partner fit

Data providers, analytics vendors, market intelligence platforms, ESG data aggregators, and insight businesses that want to include validated sustainability signal data in their products or commercial data feeds.

Process

How it works.

Discovery call. We scope the fit, the market, and the commercial model.

Accreditation or integration sprint. Practitioners train; Technology Partners wire up the API; Data Partners formalise the data agreement.

Soft launch with a first client or cohort - with GMS support on methodology and messaging.

Full launch. Co-marketing if relevant. Quarterly partner syncs with the Institute.

Current partners

The first cohort is forming.

The inaugural group of SRS Partners - Practitioners, Technology Partners, and Data Partners - is being onboarded now. Names will be announced as each goes live.

Partner directory coming soon

Questions

A few common ones.

Can a firm be more than one type of partner?

Yes. Several early partners are both Practitioners and Technology Partners. The agreements stack cleanly - each track has its own commercial terms.

Do we share in the IP?

No. The SRS methodology stays with the GMS Institute - that's what protects the signal. You get a license to deliver or distribute, and full commercial upside on your side of the relationship.

Is there exclusivity?

In specific markets or categories, yes - typically for the first mover. Exclusivity is scoped and time-boxed, never indefinite.

What does it cost?

Licensing is modular. Fees depend on tier, geography and volume. We share a commercial deck after the discovery call.

Become a partner

Scale a signal the market is already asking for.

Tell us about your firm, your market, and the clients you're trying to serve better. We'll come back with a practical route - Practitioner, Technology Partner, Data Partner, or a combination - inside one business day.

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What to expect

Send your firm, market and partner interest via the contact form. We'll respond within one business day with a route - Practitioner, Technology Partner, Data Partner, or a combination.