The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) has 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.
The participation of the companies increases GODIN’s membership to eleven organisations, expanding its reach and applicability across sustainability, supply chain transparency and open knowledge use cases.
Connecting data
Organisations increasingly recognise 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 addressed this challenge by uniting leading open data organisations and connecting datasets through trusted identifiers and recognised 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 organisations.
GLEIF said that this reflects the growing applicability of the Global LEI System as an internationally recognised and standardised organisational identity management infrastructure and global Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI).
Expanding use cases
GLEIF said that 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 non-profit that runs an open data platform enabling civil society organisations worldwide to collect, share and compare data on corporate social and environmental performance
“More accessible and useful”
Alexandre Kech, CEO of GLEIF explained: “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 organisational identifiers that connect with authoritative data sources to build a more transparent, interoperable data ecosystem for all,” Kech concluded.
“Simplifying the work of advancing transparency”
Natalie Grillon, CEO at Open Supply Hub, highlighted: “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.”
“Improving interoperability and helping users”
Alan Ang, Senior Partner Manager at Wikimedia Deutschland said: “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.”
“Genuine usability”
Vasiliki Gkatziaki, Director of Data and Engineering at Wikirate, commented: “Wikirate joins GODIN to advance interoperability, accessibility and genuine usability of open data for civil society, advocates and the public.”
