UN
Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Established in 1964, the United Nations Conference
on Trade and Development aims at the development-friendly
integration of developing countries into the world
economy.
UN
Department of Economic and Social Affairs
(UNDESA)
The Department of Economic and Social Affairs
of the United Nations Secretariat is one of the
main interfaces between global policies in the
economic, social and environmental spheres and
national action.
UN
Development Programme (UNDP)
In more than 136 developing countries, UNDP promotes
the adoption of integrated approaches to managing
natural resources for the improvement of livelihoods
of people living in poverty.
UN
Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
UNECE strives to foster sustainable economic growth
among its 55 member countries. To that end UNECE
provides a forum for communication among States;
brokers international legal instruments addressing
trade, transport and the environment; and supplies
statistics and economic and environmental analysis.
UN
Environment Programme (UNEP)
UNEP works to provide leadership and encourage
partnership in caring for the environment by inspiring,
informing, and enabling nations and peoples to
improve their quality of life without compromising
that of future generations.
UN
Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO)
UNIDO aims at improving the living conditions
of people and promoting global prosperity through
offering tailor-made solutions for the sustainable
industrial development of developing countries
and countries with economies in transition.
NGOs
Blue
Moon Fund
Blue Moon Fund seeks to improve the human condition
by changing the relationship between human consumption
and the natural world. Specifically, it supports
new economic, cultural, and environmental approaches
to resource use, energy use and urban development.
BRASUS
Brasil Sustentável (“Sustainable
Brazil”, or BRASUS), is a not-for-profit
non-government organization (NGO) based Brazil
that seeks to improve the quality of life for
targeted populations in Brazil and elsewhere by
bringing national and international for-profit
companies together to implement sustainable development
projects.
Ceres
Ceres is a coalition of investment funds, environmental
organizations, and public interest groups that
seeks to move businesses, capital, and markets
to advance lasting prosperity by valuing the health
of the planet and its people.
Conservation
International
Conservation International’s mission is
to conserve the Earth’s living natural heritage,
our global biodiversity, and to demonstrate that
human societies are able to live harmoniously
with nature.
David
and Lucile Packard Foundation
The Packard Foundation provides grants to nonprofit
organizations in the areas of Conservation and
Science; Population; and Children, Families, and
Communities.
E+Co
E+Co is an independent company of entrepreneurs,
investors, strategists and mediators focused on
bringing together technology, people and funding
to create viable local enterprises that deliver
affordable and clean energy to those in need.
With a presence in Latin America, Africa and Asia,
E+Co provides business development services and
modest loans or equity investments to fulfill
this mission.
Energy
Foundation
The Energy Foundation is a partnership of major
foundations interested in sustainable energy.
Energy
Future Coalition
The Energy Future Coalition is a broad-based,
nonpartisan alliance of business, labor and environmental
groups that aims to bring about changes in U.S.
energy policy to address the economic, security
and environmental challenges related to the production
and use of fossil fuels with a new vision of the
economic opportunities that will be created by
the transition to a new energy economy.
Global Environment Institute
The Global Environment Institute (GEI), China’s
first professional environment organization, seeks
to encourage government agencies, private businesses
and local municipalities in China to explore the
integration of environmental principals into their
development plans and operations.
Pew
Center on Global Climate Change
The Pew Center on Global Climate Change brings
together business leaders, policy makers, scientists,
and other experts to bring a new approach to the
complex and often controversial issue of climate
change.
Pew
Charitable Trusts
The Pew Charitable Trusts serves the public interest
by providing information, policy solutions and
support for civic life. The Trusts makes investments
to provide organizations and citizens with fact-based
research and practical solutions for challenging
issues.
Rockefeller
Brothers Fund
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund promotes social
change that contributes to a more just, sustainable,
and peaceful world. Through its grantmaking, the
Fund supports efforts to expand knowledge, clarify
values and critical choices, nurture creative
expression, and shape public policy.
Shell Foundation
Shell Foundation's mission is to catalyze partnerships
that deliver sustainable solutions to those social
and environmental challenges in which the energy
industry and multinational corporations have a
particular role.
The
Nature Conservancy
The Nature Conservancy has been working since
1951 with communities, businesses and individuals
to preserve the plants, animals and natural communities
that represent the diversity of life on Earth
by protecting the lands and waters they need to
survive.
Turner
Foundation
Founded in 1990 by Ted Turner, Turner Foundation,
Inc. is a private, independent family foundation
committed to preventing damage to the natural
systems - water, air, and land - on which all
life depends.
Vekst Foundation
The VEKST Foundation is a small, independent,
private foundation which focuses on research and
development projects related for the most part
to energy efficiency.
Wallace
Global Fund
The mission of the Wallace Global Fund is to promote
an informed and engaged citizenry, to fight injustice,
and to protect the diversity of nature and the
natural systems upon which all life depends.
World Resources Institute
WRI is an independent nonprofit organization with
a staff of more than 100 scientists, economists,
policy experts, business analysts, statistical
analysts, mapmakers, and communicators working
to protect the Earth and improve people's lives.
World
Wildlife Fund
WWF works in over 100 countries around the globe.
Russell Train, WWF’s President Emeritus,
stated that the World Heritage Convention should
“not only assure the protection of the world’s
unique natural and cultural sites but should help
instill in the world’s peoples a new sense
of our kinship with one another as part of a single,
global community.”
Corporate Partners
American
Electric Power
With 36,000 megawatts of generating capacity in
the United States, American Electric Power is
the nation's largest electricity generator. AEP
is also one of the largest electric utilities
in the United States, with more than 5 million
customers linked to AEP’s 11-state electricity
transmission and distribution grid.
Canara
Bank
Canara Bank is one of India’s leading banks.
Founded as 'Canara Bank Hindu Permanent Fund'
in 1906, Canara Bank has a network of 2447 branches,
spread over 22 States and 4 Union Territories
of the country, and one oversees branch in London.
Domini
Social Investments
Domini Social Investments is an investment firm
specializing exclusively in socially responsible
investing that manages more than $1.8 billion
in assets for individual and institutional investors
who wish to integrate social and environmental
criteria into their investment decisions.
E7
Created in the wake of the 1992 Rio Summit, the
E7 gathers nine of the world’s leading electric
utilities from G7 countries to promote global
environmental protection while seeking to provide
developing countries with modern energy services.
Swiss
Re
Swiss Re is one of the leading global reinsurers.
The company offers a wide range of traditional
reinsurance products and related services, which
are complemented by insurance-based corporate
finance solutions and supplementary services.
Syndicate
Bank
Syndicate Bank is one of the largest banks in
India with correspondent relations with 400 banks
worldwide.
Worley International Ltd.
Worley is a leading provider of professional services
to the energy, resource and complex process industries.
