At the Global Returns Project (GRP), we make it simple for you to take meaningful climate action.
We connect you directly to a portfolio of world-class climate and nature charities — selected and monitored by leading scientists — and show you exactly what your support achieves.
There are no fees, no deductions, and no guesswork.
Our model is built to unlock new philanthropy. Here’s how it works — clearly, transparently, and with impact at every step.
Expert-led: guided by the world’s top climate scientists
Transparent: fully evidenced and impact-measured
Efficient: 100% of donations reach the front line
Collective: each donor amplifies the effect of many others
Hopeful: transforming despair into action, and action into measurable progress
Our team of experts and scientists continually assess more than 20,000 climate and nature charities worldwide.
Using our proprietary assessment framework — built around impact, scalability, networks and co-benefits — we identify six outstanding organisations tackling the biggest environmental challenges across land, sea and atmosphere.
These charities include those protecting rainforests and oceans, enforcing environmental law, restoring ecosystems and holding polluters to account.
Every six months, we reassess their progress and publish updated impact data.
Our Technical Advisory Board includes world-class climate scientists such as Prof Joanna Haigh CBE FRS and Prof Yadvinder Malhi CBE FRS.
Our portfolio brings together complementary solutions across five categories of climate action:
– Reducing greenhouse gas emissions
– Supporting carbon sinks
– Protecting and enhancing life on land
– Protecting and enhancing life below water
– Advancing climate information and communication
This ensures your giving is diversified, balanced, and strategically targeted — spanning the full range of interventions needed to restore the planet.
Every six months, we measure our portfolio’s overall performance through two proprietary metrics:
– Global Returns Rate (GRR): a combined score of overall impact, scalability and co-benefits.
– Portfolio Diversity: the range of climate actions addressed, currently at 55.7% of all known effective interventions.
Whether you give as an individual, through your company, or via your financial adviser, GRP ensures that 100% of your donation goes directly to the charities in our portfolio.
We take no fees and make no deductions.
Our separate operating fund — supported by our core partners and donors — covers the running costs of our work, allowing your entire gift to go where it matters most.
Transparency is at the heart of everything we do.
We publish detailed Impact Reports every six months, showing what your donations have achieved across the portfolio:
– Rainforests protected
– Oceans restored
– Species saved
– Carbon emissions avoided
– Environmental laws enforced
These are real results — verified through our partner charities’ data and independently reviewed by our experts.
Every donor receives updates that make the impact of their giving visible and meaningful.
The more people who give through GRP, the faster we can accelerate change.
Our goal is to unlock £10 million for high-impact charities by 2028, supporting work across every continent and ecosystem.
Each donation, large or small, contributes to a growing movement for planetary recovery.
Support our carefully curated portfolio of high-impact charities. Every donation counts — from one-time gifts to regular contributions that sustain long-term change.
If you’re a business seeking to go beyond value chain mitigation or a wealth adviser helping clients align their wealth with their values, GRP provides the tools, training and transparency to make it happen.
Join a network of professionals and advocates championing climate and nature philanthropy across their industries.
Our unrestricted operating fund helps us scale our mission faster — unlocking £10 million for our portfolio charities by 2028. Every pound invested in GRP’s operations multiplies into many more for the planet.
All charity selections are reviewed by our Technical Advisory Board, chaired by Prof Joanna Haigh CBE FRS and including world-leading experts in climate science, sustainability, and philanthropy.
This ensures that every charity we support is effective, credible and evidence-based.
Our portfolio spans the full range of climate and nature solutions — from protecting rainforests and restoring oceans to enforcing environmental law and reforming market systems.
Collectively, our charities tackle 44 key actions across the planet’s most urgent environmental needs.
No. Every pound you give through GRP goes directly to the charities in our portfolio.
Our operating costs are covered separately by core funders and philanthropic partners.
We quantify impact through two key metrics:
1. Portfolio Diversity – how comprehensively our portfolio addresses the full range of climate and nature challenges.
2. Global Returns Rate (GRR) – a holistic measure of our portfolio’s performance, combining diversity and charity effectiveness.
Both are updated every six months and published in our Impact Reports.
Yes. We help companies deliver Beyond Value Chain Mitigation (BVCM) — a Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)-aligned way to fund high-impact climate action beyond their operations.
GRP’s approach complements net-zero strategies and provides credible, transparent impact reporting.
Yes. GRP is a registered charity in England and Wales (Charity No. 1186683) and a company limited by guarantee (Company No. 11882899).
