At Chemonics, development is more than a passion or calling. It’s a profession.

Our Story.

Taking on the world’s toughest challenges has always been our core commitment.

At Chemonics, development is more than a passion or a calling. It’s a profession. Doing development well takes experience, ingenuity, and a stubborn insistence that tomorrow’s work must be better than today’s.

From our founding in 1975, we have worked in more than 150 countries to help our clients, partners and beneficiaries take on the world’s toughest challenges. Today, we reimagine global supply chains to deliver essential medicines to the right place at the right time. We take a promising new way of powering a village in Kenya and adapt it to a village in Colombia. We embrace project management as a discipline, not an afterthought, so our clients get maximum impact for minimum risk. And we think big, about applying lessons learned across all of our projects, about bridging the gap between segregated technical fields and about forging partnerships that unite the world’s best minds to solve its toughest problems.

Our global network of approximately 5,000 specialists shares an unwavering resolve to work better, driven by a conviction that the world must be better. We’re one of the world’s leading partners in international development, because where Chemonics works, development works. ​​

Our Mission and Values.

Our mission is to promote meaningful change around the world to help people live healthier, more productive, and more independent lives.

Chemonics Values, Attitudes, and Behaviors

Caring | Serve others

• Be respectful and humble.
• Listen, empathize, and be compassionate.
• Embrace teamwork.
• Give regular feedback (appreciative and constructive).

Excellence | Exceed expectations

• Provide dedicated customer service.
• Master skills and focus on details.
• Solve problems, admit mistakes, learn and move on.
• Set high standards and deliver quality results.

Innovation | Be entrepreneurial

• Be flexible and open-minded.
• Take initiative and introduce new ideas.
• Translate ideas to actions quickly.
• Accelerate change and be part of the change.

Integrity | Trust one another

• Be transparent (open door, open book).
• Do the right thing.
• Honor commitments and be accountable.
• Empower others to take action and make decisions.

Read more about our standards of business conduct.

Opportunity | Think big

• Be versatile.
• Continue to learn and develop self.
• Mentor and develop others.
• Take chances on people and partners.