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Investors file climate change resolution at Barclays AGM
Lankelly Chase is one of 11 institutional investors and more than 100 individual shareholders who have asked Barclays to phase out its financing of fossil fuel companies that are driving the climate crisis. The first …
Nesta appoint Ravi Gurumurthy as chief executive
Nesta have announced the appointment of Ravi Gurumurthy as its new Chief Executive. Gurumurthy follows Geoff Mulgan, who left Nesta at the end of 2019. He joins Nesta from the International Rescue Committee in New …
Prince William launches Earthshot prize to inspire environmental action
Prince William has launched the Earthshot Prize – a multi-million pound prize which will initially be handled by the Royal Foundation – to ‘inspire a decade of action to repair the planet’. The new initiative will set …
Australia’s Paul Ramsay Foundation commits $30 million to bushfire relief efforts
The Paul Ramsay Foundation has set aside $30 million to support communities affected by the bushfires. ‘We are in this together,’ said Paul Ramsay Foundation CEO Glyn Davis in a statement posted on Twitter. ‘The …
Council on Foundations appoint new members to Board of Directors
The Council on Foundations has the appointed new members to its Board of Directors to help lead the Council’s strategic planning efforts. The appointments include Peter Laugharn who currently serves as President & CEO of …
Tokyo Joins Bloomberg Philanthropies’ partnership for healthy cities
Bloomberg Philanthropies recently announced Tokyo as the newest city to join the Partnership for Healthy Cities as part of a $12 million reinvestment to expand the number of cities in the programme from 54 to 70. Launched in …
Minderoo Foundation to support community philanthropy in Western Australia
The Minderoo Foundation – one of Australia’s largest philanthropic organisations – has made a three-year commitment to partner with Australia community Philanthropy (ACP) on ‘Supporting the development of community philanthropy in Western Australia’. The project comes under the …
Wolfson Foundation chief executive awarded an OBE
Chief Executive of the Wolfson Foundation, Paul Ramsbottom, has been awarded an OBE for services to charity in the Queen’s New Year honours list 2020. Paul began work in the Foundation as a Grants Assistant …
Tony Elumelu dedicates philanthropy award to young African Entrepreneurs
Tony O. Elumelu, founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) and Chairman, Heirs Holdings and United Bank for Africa Group, received the All Africa Business Leaders’ Awards (AABLA) this month in Johannesburg. In the acceptance …
New report from CEGA on nature based solutions to address climate change
China Environmental Grantmakers Alliance (CEGA) released its Case Studies Report at a COP 25 side event discussing nature based solutions to address climate change. The event was hosted by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment …
