I-Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) yasungulwa ngoMashi 1998 ngaphansi kwesinyathelo sikahulumeni wase-Japan futhi ngosizo lweSifunda sase-Kanagawa esisekelwe “KuSomqulu Wokusungulwa Kwesikhungo Samasu Omhlaba Wonke”. Inhloso ye-Institute ukufeza umbono omusha wempucuko nokwenza ukuthuthukiswa kwenqubomgomo entsha kanye nocwaningo lwamasu lwezinyathelo zemvelo, okubonisa imiphumela yocwaningo ezinqumweni zezombusazwe ukuze kutholakale intuthuko esimeme kokubili esifundeni sase-Asia-Pacific nasemhlabeni jikelele. I-IGES yenze ushintsho ku-Public Interest Incorporated Foundation ngo-Ephreli 2012.
Ngokuvumelana ne-Charter for the Establishment of the IGES, iSikhungo sizobhekana nezinselele ezibalulekile emphakathini wesintu, ezikhona ngenxa yobuhle bemvelo yomhlaba wonke, nokuchaza kabusha izindinganiso nezinhlelo zenani lemiphakathi yethu yamanje ezibangele umhlaba wonke. inkinga yezemvelo, ukuze kwakhiwe izindlela ezintsha zokwenza imisebenzi kanye nombono omusha wempucuko. Ngokusekelwe ezimisweni zalo mbono omusha, kuzokwakhiwa izinhlelo ezintsha zezenhlalo nezomnotho, ukuze kuqale inkathi entsha yendawo ezungezile yomhlaba. I-IGES iyakubona futhi ukuthi ukufezeka kwentuthuko esimeme esifundeni sase-Asia-Pacific kuwudaba olubalulekile emphakathini wamazwe ngamazwe, njengoba lesi sifunda siyikhaya labantu abangaphezu kwesigamu somhlaba wonke futhi sikhula ngokushesha komnotho. Ngakho isifunda sidlala indima ebalulekile ekuvikelweni kwemvelo yomhlaba.
Ngokubona lezi zindaba ezibalulekile, i-IGES izogqugquzela ukubambisana kocwaningo nezinhlangano zamazwe ngamazwe, ohulumeni, ohulumeni basekhaya, izikhungo zocwaningo, imikhakha yamabhizinisi, izinhlangano ezingekho ngaphansi kukahulumeni (NGO) kanye nezakhamuzi. Kanye nokwenza ucwaningo, iSikhungo sizokwabelana ngemiphumela yaso yocwaningo futhi sibambe izingqungquthela zamazwe ngamazwe kanye nemihlangano yokucobelelana ngolwazi.