Esri’s Jack Dangermond Honored with Award from International Fund for China’s Environment

At the 2026 Shanghai Green Development Innovation Summit Forum, the International Fund for China’s Environment (IFCE) recognized Esri president Jack Dangermond with the 30 Years of International Green Development Influential Figures Award. Created to coincide with IFCE’s 30th anniversary, the award is presented to leaders who have made outstanding achievements in addressing climate change and advancing sustainable development over the past 30 years.

“I am humbled and honored to receive this award from such a distinguished organization,” said Esri president Jack Dangermond. “Since 1969, Esri has been focused on applying geographic analysis and computer mapping to more deeply understand the world and design a better, more sustainable future.”

The IFCE committee acknowledged Dangermond’s innovative perspective as well as his decades of rigorous contributions to the fields of sustainability and green development across the planet. The committee also noted Dangermond’s leadership in the growing field of geodesign and his work to curate and share global environmental data through ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World.