Environment and climate change
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Agalean One Komyuniti (A1K) Association INC
The Agalean One Komyuniti (A1K) Association INC is an NGO in Papua New Guinea. The aims of the organisation are to promote community development, to act as a medium for dialogue between the community and all forms of government, CBO, NGO, development partners and other organizations, to promote...
Sub Sahara Conservation Network (Saconet)
The Sub Sahara Conservation Network (Saconet)is an NGO dedicated to conserving and preserving the environment of Uganda for development. Saconet establishes partnerships with groups keen on exploring lasting solutions to environmental problems and thus assist in reducing poverty.
ACDES (Alternatives Communes pour le Developpement Economique et Social)
ACDES (Alternatives Communes pour le Developpement Economique et Social) is a Togolese NGO that builds global partnerships to empower underdeveloped rural communities. The organisation works with local communities and international organisations to develop sustainable solutions to education,...
Creative Approaches for Development (CAD)
Creative Approaches for Development (CAD) is a Pakistani NGO established to introduce new ideas in development especially connected with the landscape of Chitral. The overall aim of the interventions is the utilization of indigenous resources in the most efficient and effective manner to...
Emmaus Greenwich
Emmaus Greenwich (EG) is a UK charity that offers an alternative approach to homelessness by using a social enterprise model. The organisation provides a practical approach to tackling homelessness by offering "Companions"( i.e. formerly homeless people living in the Emmaus community) a realistic...
Rotary World Community Service Resource Network
Rotary World Community Service Resource Network (WCSRN) is a global network of Rotarians with special expertise who can provide comprehensive information and advice to clubs and districts on successful approaches to carrying out international service projects.
The World Bank (Banque Mondiale) Burundi
The World Bank is one of the world's largest sources of development assistance. It is a development bank which provides loans, policy advice, technical assistance and knowledge sharing services to low and middle income countries to reduce poverty. The Bank promotes growth to create jobs and to...
Voluntary Integration for Education and Welfare of Society (VIEWS)
Voluntary Integration for Education and Welfare of Society (VIEWS) is an Indian NGO working in Odisha. The organisation aims to improve the living conditions of the poor and marginalized by adopting strategies through community collective initiative and people's participation. Interventions are...
Revolutionary Ideology of Voluntary Entrepreneurs and Realistics(RIVER)
The Revolutionary Ideology of Voluntary Entrepreneurs and Realistics (RIVER)is an Indian NGO that works on health, environment, social, economic and cultural issues with and for marginalised communities in the slums of Kolkota. Major projects in which the organisation has been involved include...
China CSR Map (CCM)
China CSR Map (CCM) is a joint project between GIZ, SynTao and China Credit Information Service (CCIS) that aims to promote CSR information exchange and help organizations and individuals seek suitable partners by providing an authoritative English-Chinese directory of major organizations and...
Technological Empowerment for Africa (TEFA)
Technological Empowerment for Africa (TEFA)is an NGO in Kenya established to help poor communities overcome the barriers of marginalisation through the provision of clean water (digging, deepening or repairing wells), capacity building, developing micro-finance, green energy, technology and...
Hakuna Matata Project
The Hakuna Matata Project is a community based organisation in Kenya. The Project aims to provide a home and shelter for women and children built in an eco-friendly way and to establish a permaculture-designed farm that will provide healthy, nutritious food for the residents. There are also plans...
SELCO makes solar-lighting accessible to poor families in India
SELCO India is a Bangalore‐based social enterprise that makes solar lighting technology accessible to economically impoverished people in India.
Profiles of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CRS) practices of Philippine mining firms
The increased awareness of environmental impacts, the socio-economic implications of mining and a downturn in productivity, have highlighted the need for mining companies to adjust their business management process.
UN-Habitat
The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-HABITAT, is the United Nations agency for human settlements. It is mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all. As the focal point...
Wumenu Community Farm Ho Volta Region of Ghana
The Wumenu Community Farm is a community development project aimed at helping the disadvantaged and poor of Wumenu village near Ho, in the Volta Region of Ghana, West Africa. The project is funded through fund raising events, donations from the general public in Scotland and through programs such...
Sustainability and Equity - A better future for all
The 2011 Human Development Report argues that the urgent global challenges of sustainability and equity must be addressed together – and identifies policies on the national and global level that could spur mutually reinforcing progress towards these interlinked goals.
Environmental Defense and DuPont develop a framework for responsible nanotechnology
Environmental Defense, an environmental advocacy organization, and DuPont, a science-based products and services company, have developed a comprehensive, practical, and flexible Framework for evaluating and addressing the potential risks of nanoscale materials.
Diageo publishes sustainable packaging guidelines
Diageo has published its first "Sustainable Packaging Guidelines". The Guidelines represent the company's global policy on ensuring that packaging is increasingly sustainable and reflect Diageo’s commitment to a holistic approach to reducing the company's overall impact on the environment across...
SEKEM: A Holistic Egyptian Initiative
After living in Austria for 21 years, Ibrahim Abouleish returned home to Egypt to do something about the difficulties he observed during visits. In 1977, he founded the Sekem initiative to promote social and environmental development through economic and cultural activities.