SRS was built to travel. Advisors and consultants deliver it to their clients as a credentialled service. Technology platforms embed it into the tools brands, retailers and investors already use. One methodology, extended through the network.
A single vendor can never cover 64 markets and every category at depth. SRS is built as a portable signal architecture - peer-reviewed methodology, versioned, licensable - so the firms closest to the client can deliver it under their own advisory or platform proposition. The methodology stays consistent. The relationships stay local.
For advisory firms, consultancies and sustainability specialists. Accredit your team, run the diagnostic, and deliver the certification under your brand alongside GMS. You keep the client relationship; we back the signal.
For SaaS, research, ratings and data platforms serving brands, retailers or investors. License the SRS signal via API and surface it inside the workflows your users already run - procurement, portfolio screens, brand dashboards, ESG tooling.
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.
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.
The SRS stamp, the Institute byline and the public-data policy do the trust work. You focus on the client; GMS underwrites the signal.
Brand consultancies, sustainability advisors, ESG strategy firms, agency groups with a measurement arm, independent B-Corp consultants, and research houses running bespoke engagements for brands or retailers.
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.
Discovery call. We scope the fit, the market, and the commercial model.
Accreditation or integration sprint. Practitioners train; platforms wire up the API.
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.
The inaugural group of SRS Practitioners and Technology Partners is being onboarded now. Names will be announced as each goes live.
Partner directory coming soonYes. Several early partners are both Practitioners (delivering certifications) and Technology Partners (embedding the signal in a product). The two agreements stack cleanly.
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.
In specific markets or categories, yes - typically for the first mover. Exclusivity is scoped and time-boxed, never indefinite.
Licensing is modular. Fees depend on tier, geography and volume. We share a commercial deck after the discovery call.
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, or both - inside one business day.