The first portfolio of diverse, effective and scalable not-for-profits directly regenerating the biosphere. Our experts apply a rigorous fund management approach to the evaluation of not-for-profit organisations.
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Portfolio Constituents
+20k
Potential Constituents Considered
44.3
Global Returns Rate
59%
Portfolio Diversity
7
Portfolio Constituents
+20k
Potential Constituents Considered
44.3
Global Returns Rate
43.6% Apr 2021
44.1% Oct 2021
44.3% Apr 2022
44.3% Oct 2022
44.4% Apr 2023
59%
Portfolio Diversity
Apr 2021
Oct 2021
Apr 2022
Oct 2022
Apr 2023
29%
Electricity
13%
Infrastructure
29%
Land sinks
7%
Coastal and ocean sinks
10%
Ecosystems (land)
4%
Tackling pollution (land)
3%
Ecosystems (aquatic)
4%
Tackling Pollution (aquatic)
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.
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:
LondonCharity Number:
1137209Employees:
46Countries active in:
23 regionsMain Office:
LondonCharity Number:
1053988Employees:
146Countries active in:
62Main Office:
OxfordCharity Number:
1089110Employees:
27Countries active in:
11Main Office:
LondonCharity Number:
1169111Employees:
41Countries active in:
93Main Office:
Virginia, USACharity Number:
EIN 27-1185128Employees:
133Countries active in:
4Main Office:
CambridgeCharity Number:
104125Employees:
12Countries active in:
60Main Office:
ChippenhamCharity Number:
1014705Employees:
99Countries active in:
14 regions
Blue Marine aims to restore the ocean to health by addressing overfishing, one of the world’s biggest environmental problems.
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.
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.
Places threatened rainforests under permanent protection through community engagement and local partnerships for the benefit of endangered species, local communities and the climate.
Solar Sister trains and supports women to deliver clean-energy directly to homes in rural Africa, providing essential services and training that enable women entrepreneurs to build sustainable businesses in their own communities, giving women the opportunity to earn an income while eradicating energy poverty.
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.
Protects whale populations: one of the most underappreciated but important nature-based climate solutions.
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.
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.
Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.
