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For-profit
Running Tide Technologies is a research, technology, and advocacy firm with a mission to “restore ocean health” and reduce the use of fossil fuels in global supply chains. To achieve this, the firm develops ocean diagnostic systems, grows biomass to consume carbon in the atmosphere, and restores aquatic and coastal
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Other Group
Oxfam France, alongside Friends of the Earth France and Notre Affaire à Tous, sued the multinational bank BNP Paribas in February 2023 due to its “massive support to fossil fuels and for its substantial contribution to climate change.”
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Other Group
Notre Affaire à Tous (roughly translated “Our Business to All”) is a French environmentalist organization that uses legal means to pressure companies and other organizations, including the French government, into following left-of-center environmentalist policies.
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For-profit
Sher Edling is a left-leaning, plaintiff-side law firm that sues alleged polluters as well as corporations it alleges contribute to climate change catastrophes, such as rising seas, droughts, and floods. Sher Edling represents business, public agencies, cities, and states in environmental legal cases, suing what it considers to be major
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Non-profit
Working Films is a left-of-center grantmaking organization that funds the production and promotion of films that promote left-wing political and cultural perspectives. Its aim is to “shift culture” through the creation of films that push left-of-center narratives around issues such as race, environmentalism, immigration, and abortion.
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Non-profit
The Watershed Institute is nonprofit organization that manages a 950-acre watershed reserve in central New Jersey. 1 It also advocates for environmentalist policies related to water conservation and banning conventional energy sources.
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For-profit
Oceankind is a grantmaking LLC founded in 2018 by Lucy Southworth, a geneticist and wife of Google co-founder Larry Page. The organization has distributed over $120 million in grants to organizations focused on oceanic conservation and the development of technologies that further that goal, including studying large-scale geoengineering
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Non-profit
The Social Impact Fund (SIF) is a left-of-center grantmaking organization and activism incubator backed by film and television actors and other wealthy entertainment industry players. SIF identifies “removing the common administrative burdens” to philanthropy as one of its main objectives, and it promises “discretion” to its donors and supporters, touting
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Other Group
ShareAction is a U.K.-based pressure group that uses relationships with left-leaning pension funds and other institutional investors to create shareholder activism campaigns that pressure companies around the world into adopting left-of-center environmental, social, and governance (ESG) policies.
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For-profit
Persefoni is a for-profit company that specializes in providing carbon-emissions measurement and reporting software for businesses. It has been noted for having close connections to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), specifically with respect to a rule that the agency proposed in 2022 that would require companies to
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Other Group
Slum Dweller International, also known as Shack Dwellers International or Shack/Slum Dwellers International (SDI) is an international non-governmental organization (NGO) headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa that conducts international development efforts and programs in many developing countries with a focus on African countries. The organization operates regional federations in many
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Non-profit
RAND Corporation is a think tank that aims to influence the policy and decision-making of the United States government, particularly its military. It is headquartered in Santa Monica, California but has locations throughout the U.S., Europe, and Australia and employs roughly 1,800 individuals.
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Non-profit
Common Defense Civic Engagement (CDCE) is a left-of-center nonprofit organization that claims to be comprised of U.S. military veterans that works to train its members to become leaders in political campaigns related to climate change, anti-militarism, and voting rights. It is the lobbying and electoral advocacy arm of the
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Other Group
Organizing Resilience is an effort within the Amalgamated Charitable Foundation, an ideologically motivated donor-advised fund provider associated with Amalgamated Bank, a financial institution associated with the Service Employees International Union’s Workers United division, that coordinates national and local networks to allow left-of-center organizations, government officials, and
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Non-profit
If Not Us Then Who is a conservation and indigenous peoples’ rights advocacy organization that produces media to promote indigenous communities and their local conservation efforts. 1 The organization has received grants
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Movement
There are more than 700 nonprofits and other advocacy groups in the United States that oppose the use of carbon free nuclear energy.
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Non-profit
The Society of Senior Ford Fellows (SSFF) is a networking organization made up of former Ford Foundation Fellows. 1 The purpose of SSFF is to provide networking opportunities to its members. Through
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Non-profit
Common Defense Education Fund (CDEF) is an effort led by veterans of the U.S. military who campaign for left-of-center values. 1 The organization cultivates left-of-center veteran leaders in the American peace movement, aims to embed
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Other Group
The Alliance of Religions and Conservation (ARC) was an organization that sought to use the influence of the world’s religions to promote environmental activism. 1 The organization was
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Non-profit
The Wexner Foundation is a private foundation founded in 1983 by Leslie Wexner, the creator of Limited Brands, the parent company of Victoria Secret, PINK, and Bath and Body Works which attempts to support Jewish leaders in religion and government in the United States and Israel. The group advocates for
