Honolulu, Hawaiʻi — With the 2030 deadline for the Aloha+ Challenge approaching, Hawaiʻi Green Growth (HGG) today launched its 2026–2030 Strategic Plan for Collective Action. This roadmap amplifies HGG’s long-standing commitment to collective action, doubling down on execution to mobilize 500+ members toward closing critical gaps in Hawaiʻi’s environmental, social, and economic goals.



Since 2011, HGG has served as the steward of the Aloha+ Challenge—Hawaiʻi’s cross-sector commitment to clean energy, local food, natural resource management, waste reduction, smart, sustainable communities, and green workforce and education. After 15 years of building the framework and the Aloha+ Dashboard to track Goal progress, and earning global recognition as a UN Local2030 Hub “Center of Excellence”,  HGG is shifting its focus to high-impact implementation. 

“After fifteen years of building the foundation — the goals, the partnerships, the dashboard — we are now focused on one thing: closing the gap between where Hawaiʻi is today and where we promised to be by 2030,” said Kalani L. Kaʿanāʿanā, President & CEO of Hawaiʻi Green Growth.

A Strategy Built on Three Pillars

Developed through extensive statewide consultation led by Kaʿanāʿanā, the plan organizes HGG’s efforts into three "Pillars of Action":

Pillar 1: Leadership & Coordination – HGG will serve as the "Network Weaver," establishing dedicated Action Groups with clear accountability and launching a physical Hub space on Oʻahu with satellite presence across all counties to synchronize efforts between government, business, and community.

Pillar 2: Data-Driven Decision-Making – The Aloha+ Dashboard will be retooled from a progress scorecard into a "gap-surfacing" tool. This will provide policymakers and investors with real-time intelligence to answer the critical question: “How do we get there?”

Pillar 3: Pathways for Action & Funding – To move from awareness to implementation, HGG is launching the Aloha+ Goal Fund, a dedicated financing engine for cross-sector projects, alongside new on-ramps for youth and private sector engagement.

The 2030 Countdown

Despite meaningful progress across all six Goals, Hawaiʻi faces significant gaps in clean energy adoption, local food production, natural resource protection, and waste reduction. Closing these gaps will require more than good intentions — it demands coordinated investment, aligned policy, and the active participation of every sector of the state. The 2026–2030 Strategic Plan directly addresses these shortfalls by shifting HGG's role from tracking progress to driving it: retooling the Aloha+ Dashboard to surface what it will actually take to reach each Goal, establishing dedicated funding through the Aloha+ Goal Fund, and activating structured pathways for businesses, communities, youth, and policymakers to move from awareness into action.

By 2030, HGG aims to have transformed the Aloha+ Challenge into a fully coordinated statewide system that connects local leadership with global island economies through its role as a UN Local2030 Hub.

Kaʻanāʻanā added, “Hawaiʻi has something rare: more than 500 organizations and leaders across every sector who have already said yes to this work. Our job now is to connect them, focus them, and get out of the way so that collective action can do what no single organization ever could. If you are not yet part of this Network, today is the day to join us at our upcoming statewide virtual town hall to learn more.”

Virtual Launch Town Hall

HGG is excited to share this Strategic Plan publicly via virtual webinar on Wednesday, April 29 9:30-10:30am HST. We’ll share the Plan in greater detail and what this means for next steps, Network engagement, and closing Goal gaps. 

Register Here for the Town Hall:

bit.ly/HGGTownHall.

Read the full Plan here: 

bit.ly/HGGPlan.

About Hawaiʻi Green Growth

Hawaiʻi Green Growth (HGG) is one of three global United Nations Local2030 Hubs and the backbone organization for the statewide Aloha+ Challenge — Hawaiʻi’s statewide commitment to six sustainability goals. As a 501(c)3 nonprofit, HGG has built a network of over 500 members across government, business, and civil society, and connects Hawaiʻi’s sustainability leadership to a global network of islands and communities. For more information about HGG, visit: Hawaii Green Growth or follow @higreengrowth on Facebook, Instagram,  and LinkedIn.

Media Contact:

Mr. Kalani L. Kaʻanāʻanā

President & CEO, Hawaiʻi Green Growth

kalani@hawaiigreengrowth.org