2001 GRANTS MAIN INDEX • GRANTS & FINANCES

Environment

Scientists, policymakers, and citizens are increasingly voicing alarm about the environmental toll of human activity on the planet as unsustainable patterns of production and consumption degrade the renewable natural resources base, exacerbate economic inequalities, and threaten human health. At the same time, globalization is posing new challenges and opportunities for environmental activists and policymakers. The Wallace Global Fund's environmental grantmaking seeks to deepen society's knowledge about environmentally sustainable development and to build a popular and political base of support for the economic and political transformations required to achieve it.

The Fund seeks initiatives which integrate environmental objectives into public and private economic and policy decisions of global significance. It also supports efforts to strengthen civil society participation in international economic and environmental governance.

• Support targeted and broad-based advocacy and outreach efforts which promote environmental reforms and accountability at public bilateral and multilateral economic institutions, such as export credit agencies, multilateral development banks, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Trade Organization

• Support initiatives which integrate environmental issues into private investment and business decisionmaking at private financial institutions and which build demand for information on such opportunities within the mainstream financial services industry

• Promote innovative financing approaches-- with a focus on regulatory reform and the increased involvement of commercial banks-- which promote environmental sustainability and the reduction of poverty

ACCION International - $49,250

Support for Expanding Microenterprise in Collaboration with Microfinance Regulators and Policymakers, part of ACCION’s efforts to institutionalize microfinance through appropriate regulatory frameworks.

Bank Information Center (BIC) – $75,000 per year for up to two years

Core support for BIC’s programs aimed at reforming the World Bank and the other Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs): the Early Warning System, a monitoring program for grassroots groups in borrowing countries, and the Program to Democratize Development, a policy advocacy program.

Centro Internazionale Crocevia
(Reform the World Bank Campaign) – $21,000 

Add-on grant for the Italian MDB (multilateral development bank) and ECA (export credit agency) Reform Campaign to convene an NGO workshop in March 2001 in Italy to develop a common strategy on ECA reform and the G8. This additional funding will also support, in part, a Campaign media officer, who will coordinate better structured media outreach and visibility.

Centro Internazionale Crocevia
(Reform the World Bank Campaign) - $70,000 

Continuing support for the Italian Reform the World Bank Campaign. Crocevia will continue to focus on the impact of World Bank-funded development infrastructure projects, such as dams and oil operations, as a way to expose the corporate interests behind public multilateral aid, the policy inconsistencies at the World Bank level, and the need for greater accountability in the international financial institutions.

CUSO/ Halifax Initiative - $30,000

Support for the Initiative to raise awareness of the relationship between public financing and the environment through research, outreach, and policy-maker engagement to ensure high standards for export credit agencies domestically and internationally.

Ecological Foundation/The Cornerhouse - $73,000 a year for up to two years 

Support for The Trade, Investment, and Environment Project, an effort to highlight the need for stronger environmental and social standards at international financial institutions and to work with civil society worldwide to press for their adoption.

Environmental Defense (ED) - $100,000

Support for ED’s International Program and its focus on strengthening the environmental performance of the Export Credit Agencies, as well as its efforts with the World Bank to make a priority the implementation of, and compliance with, its own key environmental and social policies.

FERN - $11,165 over four months

A planning grant for FERN to develop a campaign on ECA reform within the European Union. A European-wide campaign would press the EU for binding environment and development standards for all European ECAs.  

Finance Institute for Global Sustainability (FIGS) - $50,000

Support for the start-up phase of FIGS, and effort to provide a wide range of constituents in the NGO community with needed information on the correlation between environmental and financial issues.

Foundation for International Community Assistance (FINCA) - $50,000

Support for efforts to advocate for and further the creation of a global infrastructure to facilitate the provision of financial services to a larger percentage of the world’s poor.

Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development (FIELD) - $40,000 per year for up to two years 

Continued support for FIELD to launch several new initiatives under its Programme on Trade, Investment and Sustainable Development (TISD), including the development of amicus curiae briefs as part of the WTO’s dispute settlement process; research on the role of corporations, multinationals, and international trade associations within the WTO dispute settlement process; and collaboration with governments and NGOs in the design of trade-related environmental measures to be implemented in conjunction with international treaties.

Friends of the Earth, International (FoEI) - $90,000 

Core support for FoEI’s program on reform of the international financial institutions.

Friends of the Earth, International (FoEI) - $85,000 

Program support to FoE country campaigns on reform of the export credit agencies in France ($45,000), The Netherlands ($20,000) and Japan ($20,000).

Friends of the Earth US (FoE US) - $40,000

Second-year support for “Making Public and Private Financial Institutions Work for Public Good,” a project of FoE US’s International Program which focuses on the role of the World Bank, Export-Credit Agencies, and private capital in promoting beneficial environmental and social investments.

The Ilisu Dam Campaign - $25,000 over four months

Support for the Ilisu Dam Campaign and its effort to stop British involvement in the Ilisu Dam in Turkey and ensure changes to export credit policies and standards at an international level.

Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) - $52,250 

Support for Sustainable Energy and Economy Network (SEEN) in its work to reduce the investments by public institutions like the World Bank, US Ex-Im, and OPIC in coal, oil, and gas projects around the world, and to reorient these investments toward clean, renewable energy, energy efficiency, and energy for sustainable livelihoods.

Pacific Environment - $59,300

Support for Pacific Environment’s work to maintain US government leadership in the intergovernmental negotiations for export credit agency reform.

Tides Foundation/Global Greengrants Fund - $25,000 

Support for the development of an International Financial Institutions (IFI) Small Grants Fund, specifically aimed at increasing support for Southern organizations’ efforts to influence the projects and the policies of the IFIs.

United Nations Development Project (UNDP) - $75,000 over sixteen months

Support for “Trade and Sustainable Human Development” project, which seeks to assist developing country governments and their organizations of civil society in ensuring that their countries can selectively and strategically seize the opportunities of global economic and trade integration, and in strengthening their participation in the debates and negotiations on the emerging global trade regime.

Urgewald - $50,000

Year 2 of support to Urgewald’s program “Promoting the Reform of Germany's Multilateral Aid and Export Credit Policies.”

Weltwirtschaft, Oekologie & Entwicklung (WEED) - $50,000 per year for up to two years 

Support for WEED’s Responsible Governance of Global Finance for Development, an initiative of their Private Sector Program, which aims to enhance the democratic control of the international financial institutions.

Reorient the steadily expanding international flow of goods and services away from environmentally damaging products and processes towards those that are supportive of environmentally and socially sustainable development

• Support efforts to reduce and/or shift institutional consumption and procurement patterns

• Support efforts to harness consumer pressure for environmentally sound products through certification, eco-labeling, other socially responsible product initiatives, and codes of conduct for industry

• Support innovative policy instruments, including the development and adoption of new indicators, that help point international economic activity in an environmentally sound direction

Center for the New American Dream (CNAD) - $100,000 second year of three-year grant 

Core support for the Center’s work to help individuals and institutions reduce and shift consumption to enhance quality of life and to protect the natural environment.

Consumer’s Choice Council (CCC) - $100,000

 Core support for CCC’s activities to deepen and broaden consumer’s ability to positively impact both the environment and human rights concerns through their purchasing of third-party labeled products. CCC is a coalition representing over 60 organizations which help direct and support the Council’s programs on federal relations and government procurement, forest trade and procurement policy, and sustainable coffee.

Coop America - $40,000

Support for the PAPER Project (Printing Alternatives Promoting Environmental Responsibility), a coalition involving Coop America’s WoodWise Program, Conservatree, and Independent Press Association aimed at reforming environmentally damaging practices in the magazine industry.

Development Center for Appropriate Technology (DCAT) - $75,000

Year 2 of a core support grant for DCAT to continue its innovative and integrated efforts to reduce the negative global impacts of buildings by addressing needed changes in building codes and standards.

ForestEthics- $40,000

Support for ForestEthics in their work to protect forests by redirecting markets to ecologically sound alternatives and by transforming the wood, paper, and pulp markets in the US.

Forest Stewardship Council, US (FSC-US) - $100,000

Support for FSC-US to continue in its role as key a national initiative within the international FSC structure. FSC-US will concentrate on institutional strengthening, regional standards, high-quality environmental certifications, and demand generation in the marketplace.

Greenpeace Fund - $60,000

Support for Greenpeace’s Strengthening the Environmental Aspects of the Forest Stewardship Council project, which aims to support the FSC in its efforts to transform forest management practices. Specifically, Greenpeace will play a constructive role on the FSC Science Advisory Panel; will build alliances between the social and environmental chambers of the FSC; will increase public awareness of the relative merits of FSC vis-à-vis competing certification schemes; and will provide input to key policy formulation at the FSC international level.

 John Snow International (JSI) - $23,508 over three months

Support for JSI to undertake a comprehensive management and administrative systems review for Consumer’s Choice Council, a coalition representing over 60 organizations which help direct and support the Council’s programs on federal relations and government procurement, forest trade and procurement policy, and sustainable coffee.

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) – $50,000 per year for up to two years

Support for NRDC’s Forest Initiative and their work at the international level to address unsustainable forest management and excessive consumption of wood products. NRDC efforts are focused on three main market-based strategies: increasing the supply of and demand for FSC-certified wood products; achieving protection for endangered, old-growth forests; and promoting wood-efficient and forest friendly building practices in partnership with major builders.

Pacific Environment - $30,000

Support for PE’s Pacific Rim Forests and Trade program, which aims to reform trade policy in the forest sector by monitoring timber trade negotiations; coordinating critiques of proposed trade agreements; and defending forest protection from the threat of trade liberalization.

Rainforest Action Network (RAN) - $40,000 

Support for RAN’s Old Growth Campaign, aimed at shifting the forest products industry away from old growth wood and toward sustainable alternatives.

Rainforest Alliance - $75,000

Support for SmartWood’s International Program. SmartWood is a program of RA and an Forest Stewardship Council-accredited certifier of environmentally and socially responsible forest management. SmartWood is the only non-profit certifier and is dedicated to the training and education of small forest landowners, including land held by indigenous peoples, and to assisting certified landholders with marketing and outreach for their certified products.

Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition (SVTC) – $25,000 over four months

A planning grant for SVTC to develop, with its partners, a consumer-based “market” campaign to address the unsustainable life cycle of consumer electronics products.

Develop new information tools and international governance strategies that promote environmental sustainability

• Support the use of information technologies for environmental gain, while discouraging negative effects

• Support efforts to strengthen emerging international environmental governance structures by promoting effectiveness as well as accountability and transparency

• Promote international public policy partnerships that engage diverse stakeholders in efforts to forge solutions to global environmental threats

The Aspen Institute - $80,000 per year for up to two years 

Support for Aspen’s Project on the Global Environment, part of Aspen’s overall educational program designed to promote leadership, primarily on foreign policy, in the US Congress.

Environmental Enterprises Assistance Fund (EEAF) - $34,900

Support for EEAF, a non-profit organization that operates as a venture capital fund, providing long-term risk capital to environmental businesses in developing countries, to undergo a strategic planning process.

Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (ELAW) - $70,000

Year II of two years of core support to ELAW as they assist public interest lawyers and scientists around the world in gaining the skills and resources they need to protect the environment through law. ELAW serves as the Secretariat of a global alliance of grassroots environmental lawyers, helping them build a sustainable future through providing access to legal and scientific tools; strengthening existing organizations; hosting visiting fellows; reaching out to advocates; and building networks.

Friends of the Earth US (FoE US) - $40,000 

Support for FoE US’s Legislative and Government Affairs Office.

Global Legislators Organization for a Balanced Environment USA (Globe USA) - $50,000 

Core support to Globe USA, a voluntary bipartisan association of senators and representatives from the US Congress, to carry out its core activities on international financial institutions, global dialogue, biodiversity conservation, and climate change and energy.

Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) - $50,000

Core support for IATP, with specific interest in its Global Governance Program. IATP is dedicated to the promotion of resilient family farms, rural communities, and ecosystems around the world through research and education, science and technology, and advocacy.

International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL) - $2,500 

Continued support for ICNL in the implementation phase of the “Database, Journal, and Support for International Grant Making” project.

Institute for Local Self Reliance (ILSR) - $40,000

Support for the New Rules Project, an effort to identify and advocate rules that build strong, sustainable communities by encouraging locally rooted and humanly scaled economies.

The Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainable Development – $100,000 per year for up to two years

Support for International Investment Rules: Building a Global Coalition for a “Sustainable Development” Framework. The project, a joint effort of Nautilus, The International Institute for Sustainable Development in Canada, the Singapore Institute of International Affairs, and Fundacion ECOS in Uruguay, aims to produce a draft framework for a set of global sustainable development investment rules, as well as to stimulate a global coalition to advocate its implementation.

New America Foundation (NAF) - $250,000

Year II of core support for New America Foundation, a non-profit public policy institute whose purpose is to bring new voices and new ideas to the fore of America's public discourse. The New America Foundation seeks to reshape the public debate by investing in individuals and ideas that transcend the conventional political spectrum.

Rockefeller Family Fund - $10,000

Support for the Environmental Grantmakers Association’s Annual Fall Retreat.

Rockefeller Family Fund - $5,000

Support for the Environmental Grantmakers Association and its work to convene a funders briefing on international policy.

Tides Center/ Environmental Media Services (EMS) - $100,000

Year II of two years of core support for EMS to help expand media coverage of critical environmental and public health issues. EMD builds relationships with top scientists, physicians, and other experts to bring journalists the latest and most credible information on international and domestic issues ranging from forests to trade to biotechnology. EMS partners with non-profits working to improve public understanding of these issues.

World Resources Institute (WRI) - $100,000 per year for up to two years

Support for International Financial Flows and the Environment project, which in its third phase will: analyze the role of MDBs and ECAs in the development of private markets and the implications for environmental sustainability; collaborate with LDCs on power sector restructuring ; and identify opportunities within formal and informal systems of investment rules to green capital flows.

Minimize the risks that global ecological flows pose to the health of people and ecosystems around the world

• Strengthen global political and popular support for efforts to address climate change through advocacy, outreach, coalition building, and policy analysis

• Support efforts to increase understanding and awareness of environmental risks to human health through policy analysis, technical assistance, and outreach

Greenpeace Fund - $40,000

Support for Greenpeace’s Global Warming: Seeking Solutions project, which aims to mobilize the United States, through public education, corporate lobbying, and constructive engagement at the policy level, toward the phase out of oil and other fossil fuels and the encouragement of  renewable energies.

Meridian Institute – $75,000 over 20 months 

Support for Meridian’s work toward a Dialogue on Establishing a U.S. Greenhouse Gas Trading System. Meridian will pull together a group of US companies from diverse sectors of the economy; several internationally recognized environmental NGOs; and a small number of emissions trading market service providers to discuss the basic building blocks to create a greenhouse gas emissions trading system.

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) – $75,000 per year for up to two years

Support for Global Warming Solutions project, part of UCS’s ongoing work to mobilize public and policymaker support for reducing carbon emissions; to promote specific policy and market solutions around renewables; and to strengthen support for building an international framework to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

World Resources Institute (WRI) - $150,000 

Support for Climate Protection Here and Abroad, a project of the Climate, Energy and Pollution Program at WRI.