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News - 5 April 2019

EFC Funders’ Forum on Sustainable Cities Annual Conference – Sustainable Technology  = Sustainable Cities?

View the programme The Funders’ Forum on Sustainable Cities (FFSC) is hosting its annual meeting on ”Sustainable Technology  = Sustainable Cities?” on…
News - 3 March 2019

Take part in an online survey on sustainable diets for the Su-Eatable LIFE project

In support of the Su-Eatable LIFE project an online survey has been launched so as to provide a better understanding of what people know about sustainable diets.
News - 1 March 2019

Environmental Funding by European Foundations: Volume 4 (2019)

News - 20 February 2019

The fruits of funder cooperation: learnings from the EFC’s European Foundations for Sustainable Agriculture and Food (EFSAF) network

EFSAF is an EFC network of European foundations who cooperate at European level to empower civil society engaged in shifting European agricultural and food policies towards more sustainability. EFSAF members…
News - 12 February 2019

Press release: EFC’s latest mapping provides the most comprehensive study to date of environmental funding by European foundations

Fourth volume of the mapping analyses over 4,000 grants worth €583 million and highlights key findings from both the supply side and the demand side On 12 February 2019 the European…
News - 10 February 2019

Call for proposals from Fondation BNP Paribas – ”Climate and Biodiversity Initiative”

Fondation BNP Paribas have launched a 4th call for proposals for their ”Climate Initiative” program to support research on climate change and biodiversity. The program, now renamed…
News - 7 February 2019

Social Economy for the Future of Europe

”Social Economy for the Future of Europe” was the final hearing of the Social Economy Intergroup of the European Parliament, held at the EESC on the…
News - 11 January 2019

Human-animal relations increase collaboration between humanities, social sciences and environmental sciences

Kone Foundation, based In Helsinki, Finland, funds research in humanities, social sciences, environmental sciences, as well as artistic research, but since we appreciate crossdisciplinarity, we consider…
News - 23 October 2018

The EFFIO Group autumn meeting advances investment peer-learning and topical exchanges on current issues

The European Foundation Financial and Investment Officer Group (EFFIO) met in Hilversum, the Netherlands, on the 4th-5th of October to delve into a variety of issues and topical debates. Hosted…
News - 5 October 2018

Climate change is an ‘everything’ problem – philanthropists can make it an ‘everyone’ solution

Jules Kortenhorst is the former CEO of the European Climate Foundation, and current CEO of the Rocky Mountain Institute Ten years ago, Europe’s first philanthropic organisation devoted solely to cutting planet-warming…