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‘Life on land’: the Lao Niu Wetland Protection Project
Established in 2004, the Inner Mongolia Lao Niu Foundation works mainly on environmental protection, culture and education, and industry promotion. Its work involves multiple SDGs. As of 2019, it has carried out 255 public welfare …
Mainstreaming children’s rights: an investment for a better tomorrow
Thirty-one years after the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, ‘progress has gone backwards on every key measure of childhood’ according to a report published earlier this month by UNICEF. As …
Today’s conservation challenges are bigger than any one solution – or funder
The world is experiencing two closely related crises that threaten our way of life: the climate and biodiversity crises. The immense scope and complexity of these challenges require innovation, multi-sector collaboration, and funding at an …
Big tech giants are the new polluters
Sustainability is what we want to achieve as investment funds, right? If so, shouldn’t we be leaving BigTech stocks – companies such as Facebook, Twitter and Google – out of our portfolios? We surely need …
Andrew Steer named President and CEO of $10 billion Bezos Earth Fund
Andrew Steer, who currently serves as CEO of the environmental non-profit World Resources Institute, will join the Bezos Earth Fund as President and CEO in the coming weeks, announced Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos yesterday. According …
How has global philanthropy changed month by month?
Over the coming months, SIX will be sharing our tracking and interrogation of how the discourse around philanthropy has shifted, or not, after the profoundly impactful events of 2020. We are looking for themes that …
Legal philanthropy needs to shift its focus onto the lived experience of people and communities
The small but influential percentage of funding for legal action needs to be less focused on courts and more global in scope. That’s the view of the guest editors of Alliance’s March 2021 issue on …
In profile: Funders and the law
Laws prescribe the rights and duties of citizens; the courts provide the means of upholding the one and enforcing the other. Too often, though, laws are inadequate to protect the rights of all citizens, or …
Can litigation achieve true social justice?
Commentators have argued over the value and effects of strategic litigation. What can funders learn about the issue from their analyses? In the 1954 case of Brown v Board of Education, the US Supreme Court …
Restrictions blot the landscape
Despite the growth of philanthropy in Europe and moves towards greater European integration, new research finds that foundations face ongoing restrictions A favourable legal and operating environment is crucial for the philanthropy sector to meet …