The Global Wellness Institute (GWI) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a mission to empower wellness worldwide by educating the public and private sectors about preventative health and wellness. GWI’s research, programs and initiatives have been instrumental in the growth of the USD $4.4 trillion wellness economy—and in uniting the health and wellness industries.
Through its five pillars—Research, Initiatives, Roundtable Discussions, wellnessevidence.com and The Wellness Moonshot: A World Free of Preventable Disease—the GWI informs and connects key stakeholders capable of impacting the overall wellbeing of our planet and its citizens. The GWI makes all of its valuable information and resources available at no cost, which allows anyone, anywhere, access.
To learn more, read our At A Glance brochure.
Who We Are
A 501(c)(3), nonprofit organization with a mission to empower wellness worldwide by educating public and private sectors about preventative health and wellness.
Mission
To empower wellness organizations by facilitating collaboration, providing global research and insight, triggering innovation, and advocating for growth and sustainability.
Vision
To be the recognized global wellness authority and resource for businesses and organizations dedicated to ensuring optimal well-being for our planet’s citizens.
Researchers, journalists, academia and industry leaders look to the GWI as the leading global research and educational resource for the $4.5 trillion spa and wellness industry.
The GWI leads international roundtables to foster communication and create a forum for conversation about today’s most pressing wellness issues. These events bring together leaders from the medical, science, business, technology, research, media, workplace wellness and hotel/spa worlds to help shape the future of the industry.
The GWI supports a variety of industry initiatives, furthering the international conversation about wellness in its many and varied forms. Each GWI initiative is led by an initiative chair, who is a renowned thought-leader in his or her particular area of focus.
The GWI launched the first website to provide direct access to current medical evidence for the most mainstream wellness approaches. By providing access to thousands of clinical studies evaluating the effectiveness of approaches from chiropractic to weight loss, wellnessevidence.com makes it easier for the millions of people seeking alternative health solutions to research and evaluate wellness alternatives at the most authoritative sources of evidence-based medicine.
The Wellness Moonshot: A World Free of Preventable Disease is a call to action to eradicate chronic, preventable disease worldwide by uniting the health and wellness industries. GWI’s goal is to aggregate information on a global scale, collaborate to share knowledge and eliminate silos, and accelerate the pace of change to achieve significant results.