We make data work
harder for net zero

Collaborate on the rules, compete in the game

IB1 enables trusted data sharing through three integrated services. Each builds on the last: connect with the network, co-design the rules, then implement them at market scale.

IB1 Constellation

Connect with an expert network of professionals across sectors. Free to join, no approval required. The entry point to IB1’s ecosystem and the community from which programmes emerge.

Icebreaking

Engage in governance-led discovery and co-design of Schemes (data sharing rulebooks). IB1 convenes organisations to define the rules, roles, and responsibilities that govern data sharing.

IB1 Trust Services

Implement Schemes in your business at market scale. The operational, legal, and technical infrastructure that makes safe, scalable, assurable data sharing possible between organisations.

These services never see, store or process the data: the rules are centralised, the data is decentralised (shared directly peer-to-peer). All services are ongoing processes: the rules of data sharing evolve and change over time.

Making data work harder to deliver net zero

IB1 is a non-profit facilitator that helps enable data sharing at scale. Based on a mandate from the market, we help organisations convene, co-design and implement data sharing Schemes using Trust Services. Collaborating on the rules makes it easier for everyone to share data, enabling scalable, trusted relationships that unlock efficiencies, innovation and competition.

Which sectors can this apply to?

Our approach is sector-independent. We work with you to design and operate solutions for any one sector, or across sectors. As each sector has its own needs, sector-specific Trust Frameworks and Schemes address their particular rules, while enabling cross-sector data flows.

Connect don’t collect

Data must be collected for analysis, but it is spread across millions of systems, organisations and billions of sensors. Our approach harmonises the rules, standards and governance first. This is a cost-effective, secure and scalable process that enables scale, security and proper controls.

What we mean by Net Zero

Today Net Zero is framed around carbon and greenhouse gas emissions, but as we face multiple crises including biodiversity collapse, ocean acidification, and systems-wide pollution, IB1 believes the definition should expand. We frame Net Zero not just as reaching zero current emissions, but as balancing today’s impacts, addressing historical harms, and ensuring the net sum of what we create does not bankrupt the ecosystems we rely upon. This requires continuous, real-time data flows throughout project lifecycles, not just after-the-fact reporting. Read more at ib1.org/net-zero