The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) today announced that Open Supply Hub, Wikimedia Deutschland (the developer of Wikidata), and Wikirate International have joined the Global Open Data Integration Network (GODIN). GODIN is a GLEIF-led initiative launched in 2025 to enhance connectivity and interoperability across global open data ecosystems. Their participation increases GODIN's membership to eleven organizations, expanding its reach and applicability across sustainability, supply chain transparency, and open knowledge use cases.
Organizations increasingly recognize the need to connect data across different sources, jurisdictions, and systems to support compliance and operations. However, valuable information is often fragmented and siloed, which limits transparency, efficiency, and the ability to generate trusted and actionable insights.
GODIN addresses this challenge by uniting leading open data organizations and connecting datasets through trusted identifiers and recognized standards. Central to this approach is embedding the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) across different open data sources, which enables consistent, reliable linking of information about organizations. This reflects the growing applicability of the Global LEI System as an internationally recognized and standardized organizational identity management infrastructure and global Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI).
The three new members extend GODIN's practical application to support requirements across an expanding range of use cases, including supply chain management, open knowledge, and sustainability and ESG reporting:
- Open Supply Hub is a non-profit platform powering the transition to safe and sustainable production, with the world’s most complete, open and accessible global supply chain map. With their users, they have mapped more than 2.5 million production locations around the world, showing where global production is happening and who is connected to each location.
- Wikimedia Deutschland with their work and expertise in Wikidata, which serves as a central source of structured data used by Wikipedia and thousands of external applications. With over 120 million data entries, Wikidata is one of the most influential open data infrastructures globally.
- Wikirate International is a nonprofit that runs an open data platform enabling civil society organizations worldwide to collect, share, and compare data on corporate social and environmental performance.
Alexandre Kech, CEO of GLEIF, comments: "Open data is most valuable when it can be connected. GODIN is making this possible, and welcoming three new members demonstrates a shared commitment to making data more accessible and useful across the global economy. It also reinforces the increasing value of the Global LEI System beyond financial services, providing organizational identifiers that connect with authoritative data sources to build a more transparent, interoperable data ecosystem for all."
Natalie Grillon, CEO at Open Supply Hub, comments: "Every production location profile in our database becomes more useful the moment it's linked to other trusted sources of information. Joining GODIN lets us plug into a shared system of identifiers, vastly simplifying the work of advancing transparency across the global supply chain ecosystem."
Alan Ang, Senior Partner Manager at Wikimedia Deutschland, comments: "The value of open knowledge increases when it can be connected and reused across domains. Joining GODIN reflects our commitment to improving interoperability and helping users access more information."
Vasiliki Gkatziaki, Director of Data and Engineering at Wikirate, comments: "Wikirate joins GODIN to advance interoperability, accessibility, and genuine usability of open data for civil society, advocates, and the public."
GODIN offers a practical framework for collaboration, allowing organizations to enhance transparency and data usability without centralized dataset ownership. Open Supply Hub, Wikidata and Wikirate join existing GODIN members the Anti-Corruption Data Collective, Data and Research Center (DARC), Global Energy Monitor (GEM), Global Media Registry, Open Data Services, Open Ownership, and Open Sanctions.
Membership is open to organizations that publish open data or establish open data standards, including governmental bodies, non-governmental organizations, non-profit entities, academic institutions, and private organizations with public-facing data initiatives. For more information or to apply for membership, please visit: godin.gleif.org.
