THE GLOBAL RETURNS PORTFOLIO
A ‘fund management’ approach to climate philanthropy. Donate today to the first portfolio of diverse, effective and scalable not-for-profits tackling climate change.
6
PORTFOLIO CONSTITUENTS
+20K
POTENTIAL CONSTITUENTS CONSIDERED
44.3
GLOBAL RETURNS RATE
59%
PORTFOLIO DIVERSITY
PORTFOLIO DIVERSITY
59.0%
A ‘FUND MANAGEMENT’ APPROACH TO PHILANTHROPY
Our ‘fund management’ approach to climate philanthropy curates a portfolio of effective solutions in the style of an investment fund.
Investors expect diversification, rigorous research and regular performance reporting. We’re reintroducing those values to charitable giving. Climate philanthropy does not generate financial returns. It directly regenerates the planet. It enforces environmental law, combats deforestation, defends ocean ecosystems and more. You might say it delivers ‘Global Returns’: the enhancement and protection of our planet which makes all our investments less risky.
OUR PORTFOLIO CONSTITUENTS
The climate organisations in the Global Returns Portfolio are the not-for-profit equivalents of blue-chip companies. They are among the world’s most impactful philanthropic organisations mitigating the Climate Crisis.
MAIN OFFICE:
LONDON
CHARITY NUMBER:
1104153
EMPLOYEES:
24
COUNTRIES ACTIVE IN:
11
MAIN OFFICE:
LONDON
CHARITY NUMBER:
1053988
EMPLOYEES:
146
COUNTRIES ACTIVE IN:
62
MAIN OFFICE:
OXFORD
CHARITY NUMBER:
1089110
EMPLOYEES:
27
COUNTRIES ACTIVE IN:
11
MAIN OFFICE:
LONDON
CHARITY NUMBER:
1169111
EMPLOYEES:
41
COUNTRIES ACTIVE IN:
93
MAIN OFFICE:
CAMBRIDGE
CHARITY NUMBER:
104125 (BIRDLIFE INT’L)
EMPLOYEES:
12
COUNTRIES ACTIVE IN:
60
MAIN OFFICE:
CHIPPENHAM
CHARITY NUMBER:
1014705
EMPLOYEES:
99
COUNTRIES ACTIVE IN:
14
ASHDEN
Finds, funds and supports organisations delivering new, affordable and sustainable energy solutions around the world.
CLIENTEARTH
A team of lawyers using the power of the law to ensure existing environmental laws are respected and to help governments develop effective environmental policies.
GLOBAL CANOPY
Targets the market forces driving the Climate Crisis and the destruction of nature. Its data platforms enable and increase pressure on companies, investors and governments to halt their impacts on tropical forests and other vital ecosystems.
RAINFOREST TRUST UK
Places threatened rainforests under permanent protection through community engagement and local partnerships for the benefit of endangered species, local communities and the climate.
TRILLION TREES
A joint venture between three of the world’s largest conservation organisations (Birdlife International, Wildlife Conservation Society and WWF), Trillion Trees aims to ensure one trillion trees have been re-grown, saved from loss and better protected by 2050.
WHALE AND DOLPHIN CONSERVATION (WDC)
Protects whale populations: one of the most underappreciated but important nature-based climate solutions.
THE FUNDAMENTAL SDGs
Among the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), four ‘Fundamental SDGs’ underpin all the others. Failing to achieve them would leave the other 13 impossible to achieve. The Global Returns Portfolio addresses three of these four Fundamental – or Environmental – SDGs associated with enhancing and protecting the biosphere.
SDG 13: CLIMATE ACTION- SDG 14: LIFE BELOW WATER
- SDG 15: LIFE ON LAND
SDG 13
CLIMATE ACTION
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.
SDG 14
LIFE BELOW WATER
Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.
