Turning Industry 5.0 from vision into practice.
Sustainable Intelligence ASBL, an Industry 5.0 Think Tank & Research Institute, and SUSTIN C.I.C. help organisations understand, assess and advance human-centric, sustainable and resilient transformation.
Sustainable Intelligence develops the ideas, evidence and frameworks; SUSTIN C.I.C. builds the technology and products that put them into practice.
More information does not always lead to better decisions.
Organisations are surrounded by sustainability frameworks, reporting requirements, operational data, stakeholder expectations and emerging technologies. Yet this information is often fragmented across departments, documents and digital systems.
Commitments can become disconnected from implementation. Reporting can describe activity without revealing organisational capability. Technology can accelerate processes without necessarily improving outcomes for people or society.
Industry 5.0 offers a broader direction: combining competitiveness with human-centricity, sustainability and resilience.
Our role is to help make that direction understandable, assessable and actionable.
We help turn fragmented evidence into shared understanding—and shared understanding into practical improvement.
An intelligence infrastructure for continuous improvement.
Sustainable Intelligence brings together research, methodologies, organisational evidence and AI-enabled tools within one connected ecosystem.
Research
Investigating how Industry 5.0 can be understood and applied across organisations, sectors, cities and regions.
Evidence
Structuring and interpreting information from policies, reports, systems, certifications, operational records and stakeholder inputs.
Assessment
Helping organisations understand readiness, performance, gaps and improvement priorities through transparent methodologies.
Technology
Sustin, its living sites and AI tools, built by SUSTIN C.I.C., put research and frameworks into practice.
Research
Evidence
Intelligence
Action
Learning
This is a continuous process rather than a one-time reporting exercise. Each application should create new evidence, strengthen future decisions and contribute to a deeper understanding of Industry 5.0.
Discover the ecosystem →Built for improvement—not reporting for its own sake.
Beyond compliance
Regulation and reporting matter, but transformation depends on the capabilities, decisions and behaviours behind reported outcomes.
Evidence before claims
We distinguish between commitments, activities, outputs and demonstrated outcomes. Important conclusions should remain connected to their supporting evidence.
Human purpose before technological novelty
Technology is an enabler—not the objective. We begin with the value created for people, organisations, communities and the environment.
From one-off assessment to continuous learning
Assessment should establish a basis for action, monitoring and improvement—not simply produce another score or static report.
We complement specialist consultants and implementation partners through shared methodologies, evidence intelligence and specialist research and responsible-innovation support, while enabling qualified partners to apply these capabilities across sectors and organisations.
One mission. Two complementary organisations.
The Sustainable Intelligence ecosystem brings together two legally distinct organisations with a shared mission and clearly differentiated responsibilities.
Sustainable Intelligence ASBL
A Belgium-based nonprofit think tank and research institute advancing Industry 5.0. Its work has two parts: Research & Standards, and Assessment & Services.
- Research & Standards: i5Benchmark and its Framework, Charter and Methodology
- Research & Standards: the Observatory and public consultation
- Research & Standards: the World Industry 5.0 Forum, initiated and led by the ASBL
- Research & Standards: the Scientific & Standardization Committee, being formed
- Assessment & Services: research and advisory services
- Assessment & Services: Evidence Assessment by Sustainable Intelligence, Industry 5.0 Rating by Sustainable Intelligence and ESG Ratings by Sustainable Intelligence, all in development (no rating has been issued)
- Assessment & Services: owner of the planned i5Certification scheme
The ASBL advances the field.
Explore the ASBL →SUSTIN C.I.C.
A UK community interest company. Technology & Products: Sustin, living sites, AI tools. It provides no consulting, assessment or applied-research services.
- Sustin at sustin.ai
- living sites and Sustin profiles
- AI tools
- the platform and its technical support
The CIC builds the technology.
Explore SUSTIN C.I.C. →Sustainable Intelligence develops the ideas, evidence and frameworks; SUSTIN C.I.C. builds the technology and products that put them into practice.
The organisations cooperate while retaining separate legal identities and engagement-specific responsibilities. The contracting entity is identified in the relevant proposal, agreement or service terms.
The principles behind our work.
Human-centred
We consider how transformation affects people, work, communities and human agency—not only efficiency or technical performance.
Evidence-led
Our methodologies and conclusions should be transparent, traceable and open to informed challenge.
Explainable
AI should strengthen human understanding and judgement. Important outputs should not depend on an unexplained automated conclusion.
Collaborative
Industry 5.0 develops through collaboration across research, industry, finance, government, technology and civil society.
Selected institutional participation.
Help shape what Industry 5.0 becomes.
Industry 5.0 will develop through the combined work of researchers, enterprises, public institutions, investors, technology teams and practitioners.
We welcome partners who want to contribute evidence, test methodologies, develop applications or participate in collaborative initiatives.
Partnership opportunities are available through Sustainable Intelligence ASBL, SUSTIN C.I.C. or jointly, depending on the nature of the initiative.