GSM Global Sustainable Management GmbH, founded in 2003, was in the first years focused initially in textile and apparel industry. A lot of pioneering work and awareness building were necessary, because in these years, business strategies were rarely guided by ideas of sustainability or corporate social responsibility, yet. gsm started to develop individual monitoring and safeguarding systems for the compliance of standards and for the traceability of product components, which were refined continuously. Still today these systems work succesfully for several international trading concerns.

The transparency of value chains and the improvement of production processes and fabric organisation are issues close to their heart. They see themselves as link between brands, retailers and their suppliers and producers. They know from practical experience that preventive and holistic approaches which consider safety, social and environmental criteria through all stages of a products's value chain and which, at the same time, inspire the individual responsibility of each member of the chain, is the only way to ensure continuous improvement and sustainability in supply and production structures.