Have you been handed a sustainability mandate with no playbook?
GSF membership gives you the peer network, frameworks, and foundation resources to turn that mandate into measurable results
Members bring their hardest problems to the foundation, and together we build solutions that benefit the entire industry
These organisations don't just use our standards — they shape them.
Our steering members include some of the world's most influential technology organisations
Bring us your hardest problem
Steering membership isn't a subscription — it's a partnership. You bring the challenge your organisation is facing. We put the foundation's resources, expertise, and member network behind solving it.
Is membership right for your organisation?
Tell us about your challenges and we'll arrange a conversation to discuss how membership can help
Book a discussionSteering membership means shaping the agenda
As a steering member, you don't just participate — you lead. Here's what that looks like.
A bespoke plan for your biggest problem
We combine assemblies, policy work, standards proposals, networking events, and educational material into a tailored offering that addresses your specific challenge.
Direct the foundation's resources and projects
Steering members don't just participate — they set the priorities, approve the roadmap, and decide where the foundation focuses its energy.
Quarterly executive deep dives
High-bandwidth conversations with the GSF leadership team to surface challenges, discuss engagement, and refine your roadmap.
Guaranteed seats on the board, all committees, and assemblies
A seat on the governing board plus guaranteed places on every committee and assembly. You'll never be shut out of the room where decisions are made.
How members are solving real problems
Every story starts the same way: an organisation brings us a problem they can't solve alone
“Our engineers don’t know how to build green software”
Goldman Sachs, Avanade, and GSF members worldwide built and scaled the Green Software Practitioner course — now completed by over 130,000 engineers across the industry.
Members who Contributed
“Our pilots work but nothing scales across the org”
Pindy Bhullar, Sean O'Keefe, and contributors from eight GSF member organisations built SOFT — the first ratified standard for embedding green software practices across an entire organisation.
Members who Contributed
“We can’t shift workloads to clean energy”
Microsoft, UBS, Avanade, NTT DATA, and partners built the Carbon Aware SDK — the first open-source toolkit for carbon-aware computing, now deployed on production banking systems.
Members who Contributed
“We can’t measure software carbon”
11 organisations built the Software Carbon Intensity specification into ISO 21031:2024 — the first standardised way to measure software's carbon impact as a rate, not a total.
Members who Contributed
General membership — access the standards, training, and community that 130,000+ practitioners already use
General membership is the entry point for any organisation that wants to participate in the foundation's work, contribute to projects, and build internal capability.
Attend project and working group meetings
Participate in the development of standards and frameworks.
Propose projects
Bring ideas to the foundation for consideration.
Access to cohort-based training
Join structured learning programmes with peers.
In-house training licensing
Integrate GSF courses into your own internal training platforms.
Participate in events
Summit, Carbon Hack, and other member events.
Ability to chair working groups
Lead initiatives that shape the future of green software.
From first conversation to active member
1. Book a meeting
Meet with our Head of Partnerships to discuss your sustainability challenges and objectives.
2. We understand your problem
We extract the core challenges, connect the dots between your needs and existing projects, and identify members who might want to collaborate.
3. We build a bespoke proposal
Leveraging our ecosystem — projects, standards, assemblies, policy work, educational resources — we create a tailored plan that addresses your specific challenge.
4. We present it back to you
Review the proposal together, refine it, and agree on the path forward.
5. Application and approval
Complete the formal application. For steering-level membership, existing steering members approve new members — maintaining the calibre and exclusivity of the group.
6. Onboarding
An onboarding call with the Director of Operations. We onboard your key staff, walk through our systems, show how meetings work, and connect you to the community.
7. Quarterly touchpoints
Regular check-ins with the Director of Operations to discuss progress, surface new challenges, and ensure you're getting value from your membership.
8. Monthly reports
Personalised monthly reports showing where your organisation is engaging, surfacing important activities and opportunities — so you never have to worry about missing a meeting or email.
Membership fees
GSF operates under the Linux Foundation. Membership requires at least silver-level Linux Foundation membership. All fees are annual.
Already a Linux Foundation member?
If your organisation is already a Linux Foundation member, you only pay the GSF fee
| Membership type | Annual fee |
|---|---|
| Steering | $100,000 |
| General (5,000+ employees) | $30,000 |
| General (< 5,000 employees) | $20,000 |
| General (< 500 employees) | $10,000 |
| General (< 100 employees) | $5,000 |
| Non-Profits, Academic & Government | Free |
Not yet a Linux Foundation member?
If your organisation is new to the Linux Foundation, the combined fee covers both GSF and LF membership
| Membership type | GSF fee | LF fee | Total annual fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steering | $100,000 | $20,000 | $120,000 |
| General (5,000+ employees) | $30,000 | $20,000 | $50,000 |
| General (< 5,000 employees) | $20,000 | $15,000 | $35,000 |
| General (< 500 employees) | $10,000 | $10,000 | $20,000 |
| General (< 100 employees) | $5,000 | $5,000 | $10,000 |
| Non-Profits, Academic & Government | $0 | $0 | Free |
Steering
GSF
$100,000
LF
$20,000
Total
$120,000
General (5,000+)
GSF
$30,000
LF
$20,000
Total
$50,000
General (< 5,000)
GSF
$20,000
LF
$15,000
Total
$35,000
General (< 500)
GSF
$10,000
LF
$10,000
Total
$20,000
General (< 100)
GSF
$5,000
LF
$5,000
Total
$10,000
Non-Profits, Academic & Gov
GSF
$0
LF
$0
Total
Free
Ready to get started? Find out how to apply on our step-by-step application guide.