Our Sustainable Economy portfolio explores how to ensure economic prosperity, within the resources of one planet, addressing the issue of overconsumption of natural resources beyond their capacity to regenerate.

Measure What Matters

This project will accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Economy by ensuring key decision-makers at the corporate, national and global level share ‘core green economy indicators’ and see the benefit of coherence for their own activities.

Partner Duration (Months) Range of MAVA contribution in GBP Website
Green Economy Coalition (legal entity IIED) 36 between 500’000 and 1’000’000 http://www.greeneconomycoalition.org

Carbon Tracker

The project aims to align the capital markets with climate change objectives by changing how companies are valued and rated by the markets, which will shift capital away from fossil fuel extraction to sustainable economic activity.

Partner Duration (Months) Range of MAVA contribution in GBP Website
Investor Watch 36 between 50’000 and 100’000 http://www.carbontracker.org

A sustainable human niche? An integrated assessment modelling analysis of sustainable global land use

This scientific project examines the sustainability of various alternative global land use pathways – given the impact of land use on growth, systemic stability and resultant human welfare.

Partner Duration (Years) Range of MAVA contribution in CHF Website
The Graduate Institute Geneva 3.50 between 500’000-1’000’000  http://graduateinstitute.ch/

2052, the World in 40 years

The Club of Rome’s campaign will look 40 years back and 40 years forward. It will look at trends and developements over an 80 years period and it will identify desirable future options and define realistic means of transition into a sustainable future.

Partner Duration (Years) Range of MAVA contribution in CHF Website
Club of Rome 1.50 between 500’000 – 1’000’000 www.clubofrome.org

Develop and deploy the competitiveness framework

Highlevel lobbying camping animated by eminent personalities of the economic world and targetting top governmental and corporate decision makers.

Partner Duration (Years) Range of MAVA contribution in CHF Website
Global Footprint Network 1.50 between 500’000 – 1’000’000 www.footprintnetwork.org