Asia and the Pacific

Private philanthropic spending was up almost a quarter in 2020 in India, a report from Dasra and Bain & Company has revealed. Much of this increase has come from family foundations, the report found. In …

Before we can talk about sustainable investing, let’s examine the state of philanthropy The concept of philanthropy in Asia is new and evolving and quite unlike the level of philanthropic maturity you find in North …

On Adaptation Day at COP26, the China Environmental Grantmakers Alliance (CEGA) released the ‘CEGA Research Report on the Funding Strategies for Climate Change Adaptation’ at the China Corporate Pavilion in Glasgow, and held the 2021 …

In a recent episode of the Business of Philanthropy, Badr Jafar, Emirati philanthropist and Founding Patron of the Centre for Strategic Philanthropy at the University of Cambridge speaks with Sanjit Bunker Roy, Founder of the …

Engineers Without Borders Australia (EWB) and Arup Australasia have won the International Philanthropy award at the Philanthropy Australia Awards for their Emergency Sanitation Guidelines in Vanuatu project. The Australian Philanthropy Awards recognise and celebrate extraordinary …

BRACE is a charity in Hong Kong that’s putting climate action at the centre of all its efforts. BRACE Deputy Executive Director joined AVPN and the IPCCC to talk about what that looks like. As …

In a recent episode of the Business of Philanthropy, Badr Jafar, Emirati philanthropist and Founding Patron of the Centre for Strategic Philanthropy at the University of Cambridge speaks with Kathleen Chew, director of the YTL …

The Australian Environmental Grantmakers Network (AEGN) has released a new Climate Change Funding Framework for philanthropists. The Framework helps philanthropists consider change levers to secure emissions reductions, the sectors that need to be transformed, how …