2003 GRANTS MAIN INDEX • GRANTS & FINANCES   

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.

Shift public and private financial flows out of environmentally harmful investments and into projects and programs that encourage and contribute to environmentally and socially sustainable development

• 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 – $45,000
Continued support for ACCION's work in the area of commercializing microfinance and as Co-Chair of the Microenterprise Coalition. Together with FINCA, Accion will advocate for policy supportive of microenterprise and the clients it serves.

Bank Information Center (BIC) – $75,000
Continued general operating support for BIC, which works to influence how multilateral development banks carry out their mandate. They are an effective advocate for strong citizen participation, transparency, accountability, and adherence to environmental and social standards.

Corner House – $75,000
Continued support for their “Human Rights, Trade, Investment and Environment Project”, working to ensure that institutions that regulate and underwrite trade and investment, both North and South, abide by clear-cut, democratically-mandated, binding human rights, environment and development standards.

Environmental Defense (ED) – $40,000
Continued support for ED’s work to improve the environmental performance of multilateral development banks and export credit agencies. ED focuses on both institutional reform (getting the banks to adhere to high common international environmental standards) and specific projects around the world that, if completed, would have devastating environmental and social impacts on the areas in which they are located.

FINCA International – $45,000
Continued support for FINCA's work in the area of reaching the very poor with microenterprise and as Co-Chair of the Microenterprise Coalition. Together with Accion, FINCA will advocate for policy supportive of microenterprise and the clients it serves.

Friends of the Earth International (FOEI) – $62,000
Year 2 of support for FOEI's International Financial Institutions (IFI) Program, in which they are working: to phase out all IFI lending for fossil fuel and mining projects; to increase the control of civil society control over the operations of IFIs; and to replace the current growth-oriented development paradigm with an approach based on equity, human rights, and recognition of the limits posed by nature on all economic activity. FOEI acts in a Secretariat capacity in this program, coordinating the activities of all participating FOE national organizations.

Friends of the Earth International (FOEI) – $68,000
Year 2 of support for national group participation in FOEI's IFI program, described above. Funds will support the work of FOE groups in the Netherlands, Japan, France, and Australia.

Friends of the Earth – U.S. (FOE) – $70,000 a year for up to two years
Continued support for FOE’s International Program, “Promoting Sustainability in International Public Finance,” focusing on the reform of global institutions such as the World Bank and Export Credit Agencies, so that they take into account the potential environmental and social impacts of the development projects they finance.

Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) – $52,250
Year 2 of support for the Sustainable Energy and Economy Network (SEEN), which is working to reduce the amount of taxpayer money being invested by public institutions (such as the World Bank, U.S. Export-Import Bank, etc.) in coal, oil and gas projects around the world, and to reorient these investments towards clean, renewable energy.

Mani Tese – $70,000
Year 2 of support for Mani Tese's Multilateral Development Banks, Export Credit Agencies, and Foreign Direct Investment Reform Campaign. Mani Tese, a 40-year old Italian NGO, is dedicated to educating the public on how private sector interests relate to environmental and social justice standards set by the World Bank and other multilateral institutions, and how both sides deal with resulting inconsistencies in project financing.

Mani Tese – $3,000
Add-on grant to 2002 grant to Mani Tese, Multilateral Development Banks, Export Credit Agencies, and Foreign Direct Investment Reform Campaign, to enable them to take advantage of new opportunities for the campaign.

Pacific Environment (PE) – $35,040
Support for PE’s campaign on export credit agency (ECA) reform, which includes expanding their critical website, ECA-Watch, monitoring the U.S. government’s position with regard to U.S. ECAs, and carrying out specific project campaigning.

Urgewald – $65,000
Support for Urgewald’s work building a broad grassroots campaign for reform of Germany’s Export Credit Agency as well as their entire banking industry. As one of the world’s strongest economies, Germany wields considerable clout with regard to the decisions of international financial institutions.

World Resources Institute (WRI) – $90,000
Continued support for WRI’s International Financial Flows and the Environment (IFFE) program, to re-align rich country actions with their commitments to sustainable development. Investment flows from both public and private financial institutions could be a positive force towards sustainable development if appropriate mechanisms were in place to ensure that social and environmental issues were taken into consideration.

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 a New American Dream (CNAD) – $65,000
Continued general support for CNAD’s mission to build a movement of conscious consumers, to positively influence the culture, and to redirect American consumption patterns. Efforts include work to leverage institutional buying power, especially within local, state and federal government agencies, and to expand the market for greener cleaning products, recycled paper, and cleaner, more energy efficient vehicles.

Consumer’s Choice Council (CCC) – $80,000
Continued core support for CCC’s work to develop environmentally responsible procurement programs at the local, federal, and international levels, using the market to “green” production.

FERN – $67,596
In support of FERN’s work addressing the issues of illegal logging and investment regulations within the context of the European Union. The EU’s decisions have significant clout globally, as they provide just over half of the world’s development aid, and are one of the biggest importers of timber, paper and pulp.

Forest Ethics – $50,000
In support of Forest Ethics’ Paper Campaign, to protect forests by redirecting markets to ecologically sound alternative sources of wood and wood fiber. Following a victorious campaign to force Staples to end sales of all paper products from endangered forests, Forest Ethics is now working with Staples’ competitors as well as with their suppliers, such as International Paper, to obtain commitments from them as well.

Forest Stewardship Council - U.S. (FSC-US) – $100,000
Core Support for FSC-US which promotes environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of productive forests throughout the U.S. They continue to work to promote the highest standard of certification, which, given the size of the U.S. footprint, has tremendous clout with other fledgling certification efforts worldwide.

Forest Stewardship Council -AC (FSC-AC) – $75,000
Core Support for FSC-AC which is the umbrella for the network of certification bodies and national working groups worldwide. It sets the standards, builds and maintains the integrity and credibility of the FSC brand, accredits certifying bodies, ensures consistent operations in all parts of its network, and links the efforts of different organizations on different continents so that lessons learned can be shared and efficiencies achieved.

Forest Trends – $65,000
Natural resources are overexploited because society fails to include their value in economic systems. This grant supports Forest Trends’ work to create and capture market values for ecosystem services (water purification, carbon sequestration, biodiversity) and linking these to the livelihoods of local communities, thereby creating impetus for sustainable forest management and conservation.

Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) – $50,000
Continued core support for IATP, who is a leader in policy creation and advocacy in the areas of trade, agriculture and food systems at the local, national, and international levels. IATP works in issues as diverse as fair trade, food standards, right to water, organic issues, and antibiotic resistance, connecting what is happening globally to the local level, and working with civil society groups, the media, and developing country representatives to the World Trade Organization to advocate for a just agenda.

The Nature Conservancy of Pennsylvania (TNC) – $30,000
For their "Community Watershed Management at Podocarpus," a national park in Ecuador , which is under threat from agricultural and livestock development, pollution of its watersheds, depletion of its forests, and mining.

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) – $50,000
Support for NRDC's Forest Initiative, which focuses on a continuing effort to transform the forestry, paper, homebuilding, and energy sectors into industries whose practices are more efficient and environmentally sound.

Rainforest Alliance (RA) – $75,000
Core support for Rainforest Alliance, which works with indigenous populations, businesses, and governments to create effective conservation strategies that provide the people who live in and depend on the world’s fragile ecosystems with sustainable livelihoods. RA is a pioneer of the worldwide certification movements for forestry and agriculture.

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

Alliance for Justice – $50,000
Support for their "Judicial Selection Project," to ensure the preservation of a fair and independent federal judiciary. The Alliance seeks to identify judicial nominees whose records reflect a hostility toward civil rights, reproductive rights, civil liberties, environmental protection, etc., and to oppose their confirmation.

Aspen Institute – $70,000 a year for up to two years
Core support for Aspen’s Global Environment Program, a non-governmental, non-partisan educational program created to educate Members of Congress, providing lawmakers with a deeper understanding of critical public policy issues in the environmental arena.

Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) – $85,000
Continued core support to enable CIEL to work to protect the global environment and promote sustainable development through strengthening international law and institutions, which include providing analytical and legal frameworks for other organizations in the U.S. and in developing countries to use in advocacy efforts.

Environmental Grantmakers Association – $10,000
In support of the Sustainable Consumption and Production Working Group in 2003.

Global Legislators Organization for a Balanced Environment (GLOBE) - $40,000
General Support for GLOBE, which works to ensure that a bipartisan voice is heard in environmental policy debates in Congress. GLOBE USA's leadership is critical in demonstrating to the global community that more balanced perspectives than those in the current U.S. Administration exist within Congress on key environmental issues.

International Center for Global Communications/Media Channel – $50,000 over 3 months.
Support for MediaChannel.org, a global project seeking to engage, educate, and mobilize media professionals, activists, and consumers in a campaign to achieve a more accountable and democratic media. Media accuracy, accountability, and support for alternative media are critical strategies to achieving sustainable development.

New America Foundation – $100,000
Continued general support for New America, 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.

Sierra Club Foundation – $200,000
Support for the "Building Environmental Communities Campaign," to mobilize key constituencies in a number of states and to ensure these constituencies have the capacity to hold policymakers accountable for their actions on the environment. This is part of Sierra Club's long term goal of building a strong community commitment to environmental safeguards.

Worldwatch Institute – $50,000
Continued core support for Worldwatch, which – through its research, publications, and outreach on key global issues – is a key source of information to policymakers and civil society groups around the world on the interrelationships between people and environmental and social trends.

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

Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies (CERES) – $35,000
Continued support for CERES’ Sustainable Governance Project, in which they are working to persuade corporate boards to take specific and measurable actions to reduce greenhouse emissions and support policy solutions to global warming. Recent shareholder campaigns, where surprisingly large percentages of investors have voted pro-climate, have opened corporate America’s eyes to the effect that climate change could have on industry’s bottom line.

E+Co – $48,200
Support for their work developing small- and medium-sized sustainable energy service enterprises that provide clean, affordable energy. This grant allows them to step back from the business of helping to build energy enterprises on the ground and design a strategy for wider adoption of their successful methodology.

Ecologia – $25,000
In support of Ecologia’s work with the International Standards Organization (ISO) on creating a globally standardized greenhouse gas accounting system. The goal is to inject both environmental and developing country concerns into a traditionally industry-dominated and non-transparent process.

Better World Fund/Energy Future Coalition – $50,000
Core support for EFC’s groundbreaking effort to break the political gridlock that has stalemated U.S. energy policy for so long. The coalition consists of working groups made up of members of the traditional “warring factions” - from environmental groups to labor groups to energy companies - working together to develop a series of recommendations for a U.S. energy policy that would achieve three major goals: choose energy sources that are less vulnerable and more diversified; make energy production less polluting; and give the world’s poor access to modern energy services for social and economic development.

Environmental Defense (ED) – $10,000
In support of a Green Group/U.S. Climate Action Network strategic retreat to develop collaborative strategies to advance policies to address global warming at the state and regional levels and to also leverage these achievements to make global warming more prominent in the national policy debate.

National Environmental Trust (NET) – $80,000
Continued support for NET’s work to shift the U.S. position on climate change by: working to ensure that the next UN climate conference is meaningful and productive; building a U.S. interest in leadership on climate within Congress; working at the state level, thereby building momentum for progress on the national level; and by making climate a critical election topic during the 2004 campaign season.

Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) – $35,000
Continued support for PSR’s Energy and Global Climate Change Initiative, which garners the voices of more than 14,000 physicians and healthcare professionals to engage in the climate change debate and show the public and policymakers the negative effects of climate change on human health, and what policies can be implemented to reduce them.

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) – $50,000
Continued support for UCS’ Climate Solutions Campaign, which strives to win and publicize solutions to climate change by demonstrating to policymakers that they are feasible and affordable, showing the public and activists that they are politically winnable and thus worth fighting for, and accelerating climate solutions at the state, regional, national, and international levels.

U.S. Climate Action Network (USCAN) – $50,000
Core support for USCAN’s role as coordinator of a network of some 50 U.S. non-governmental organizations working on climate change within the global CAN coalition.