What is the Fourth Sector Group Bhutan?
Fourth Sector Group Bhutan supports Bhutan’s efforts to build a more mindful and purpose-driven economy by helping strengthen the systems, partnerships, and capabilities needed for long-term impact.
Working alongside the Gelephu Mindfulness City Authority and Bhutanese partners, 4SG contributes international experience in ecosystem development, cross-sector collaboration, and for-benefit enterprise — adapted to Bhutan’s context and guided by the principles of Gross National Happiness.
A For-Benefit Enterprise
What is for-benefit?
For-benefit enterprises are businesses designed to create social and environmental value alongside financial sustainability. Rather than focusing only on profit, they aim to generate long-term value for people, communities, and the wider environment.
PROFIT
Financial
sustainability
PEOPLE
Social Values
PLANET
Environmental
Stewardship
PURPOSE
Embedded by design
PROFIT
Why Bhutan?
Bhutan offers a rare starting point for rethinking how economies can work.
Guided by Gross National Happiness, the country has long prioritised balance—between economic growth, cultural preservation, environmental protection, and overall wellbeing. Gelephu Mindfulness City builds on this foundation. It creates space to put these ideas into practice, shaping a forward-looking model for development that stays deeply rooted in Bhutanese values.
Our Focus Areas
We support ecosystem development through collaboration, knowledge sharing, and strategic support:
For-benefit
Translating fourth-sector principles, supporting for-benefit enterprises and innovation ecosystems practical models
Partnerships
Building values-aligned international partnerships
Coordination
Strengthening coordination across sectors and institutions
Learning
Contributing to GNH-aligned learning, research, and systems design
Feature
In this special conversation hosted by Bhutan Broadcasting Service, Heerad Sabeti, CEO of the Fourth Sector Group joins representatives from GMC, Druk Holding and Investments (DHI) and Pelsung to discuss the future of Bhutan’s emerging innovation ecosystem and the role of for-benefit enterprise in shaping long-term economic and social well-being.
Get Involved
Ways to Engage
For Governments & Institutions
Work with us on policy, systems design, and institutional development.
Organisations & Partners
Support the growth of for-benefit enterprises and innovation ecosystems.
For Practitioners & Researchers
Contribute to research, knowledge-exchange, and pilot initiatives.
