"Established in 2003 by WWF, The Gold Standard is the only certification standard trusted and endorsed by more than 80 NGOs worldwide. Its 'results based finance' approach - in which individuals, corporations and governments buy credits against verified emission reductions and sustainable development outcomes – is channelling more than half a billion Euros into 900+ low carbon development projects that would otherwise not have gone ahead."

"The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) promotes measurable improvements in the key environmental and social impacts of cotton cultivation worldwide to make it more economically, environmentally, and socially sustainable. Established officially in 2009, BCI is multi-stakeholder, cooperating with organisations from across the cotton supply chain and other interested stakeholders.

"Oak Foundation commits its resources to address issues of global, social and environmental concern, particularly those that have a major impact on the lives of the disadvantaged."

"Zoï is specialized in analyzing (“know”) and communicating (“tell”) frictions between the environment and society, and hereby eventually contributing to resolving them (“act”). We design creative information products for decision-making and provide assistance to local, regional and national authorities, corporations and individuals who are ready to find solutions to these complex environmental challenges. A spin-off of UNEP/GRID-Arendal, Zoï operates at arm’s length from international organisations, in particular with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP)."

"The FGC, more than 45 years working for a solidary world! The Geneva federation for cooperation and development (FGC) has been active since 1966 and works with its member organizations (around 60 NGOs) and their partners in order to reduce inequalities in the world and promote the liberty of choice of societies and Peoples in their construction of a better life, be it economic, social and cultural."

"WWF is one of the world's largest independent conservation organizations. WWF’s mission is to stop the degradation of the planet’s natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature, by: conserving the world’s biological diversity, ensuring that the use of renewable natural resources is sustainable, and promoting the reduction of pollution and wasteful consumption."

"IISD contributes to sustainable development by advancing policy recommendations on international trade and investment, economic policy, climate change and energy, measurement and assessment, and natural resources management, and the enabling role of communication technologies in these areas."

"Firmly convinced that there can be no lasting democracy without economic progress, the Chamber of the Regions of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe organized the first "Economic Forum of the Regions of Europe" in January 1996, with the support of the Canton of Geneva and the Helvetic Confederation. It was attended by the representatives of the European Union, the Council of Europe, the United Nations and representatives of many organizations and States.

"The International Rainwater Harvesting Alliance (IRHA) is a Swiss based NGO, established in Geneva in 2002. Our association's mandate is to promote rainwater harvesting as an effective and sustainable solution in line with the Sustainable Development Goals and to increase human communities resilience to the risk of water shortage, natural disasters, including floods and droughts."

"The United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system, and serves as an authoritative advocate for the global environment."

Annual reports

UN Environment 2021 Annual Report