The Estonian Model for an Economy in Balance

What happens when more than 300 leading companies – including direct competitors – come together to agree on a shared vision for their country’s economic future? Estonia’s Green Tiger (Rohetiiger) initiative has developed a unique Balanced Economy Model, demonstrating how businesses can move beyond competition and sectoral interests to jointly define a long-term economic vision and practical roadmaps for achieving it. The process brought together businesses, government, researchers and wider society, creating a shared direction for national transformation. The results have already influenced national policymaking, with Estonia’s Ministry of Climate drawing on the roadmaps to shape the objectives of the Climate-Resilient Economy Act. This session reveals how this unprecedented nationwide collaboration was achieved, how competing interests were turned into shared commitments, and how other countries can replicate Estonia’s tested bottom-up model to build consensus and turn a common vision into coordinated national action.