Since 1993, Deploying Sustainable Solutions for Life to Thrive

We convenes and partners with governments, multilateral institutions, and leading corporations to translate macro sustainability challenges into actionable, bankable projects.

We deploy collaborative frameworks—our Programmes and Initiatives—to deliver measurable, systemic change where it is most needed.

Member of Green Cross International—founded by Nobel laureate Mikhail Gorbachev—with UN consultative status (ECOSOC, UNESCO), observer status at climate conventions (UNFCCC, UNCCD), and strategic partnerships including the Club of Rome, Earth Charter International, IFRC, WWF, and the World Bank.

As Green Cross United Kingdom, we are signatories of the UN Global Compact and members of the Climate Change Coalition. Operating across Commonwealth nations and Latin America, we integrate specialists, verifiers, and technology partners for independent, scientifically rigorous delivery.

Our Credentials

Our Perspective for

Navigating Global Change

The compounding crises of our era—from poverty and inequality to climate breakdown and biodiversity loss, among others —define what we recognize as Global Change. This convergence places unprecedented strain on planetary boundaries while breaching foundational social needs.

With the Doomsday Clock at 85 seconds to midnight and the potential to move Earth Overshoot Day by 93 days through carbon reduction, the scale of risk—and the scale of opportunity—has never been clearer. We operate precisely in this critical space.

Guided by the doughnut economics model, we deploy systemic responses that respect world biocapacities while advancing social justice, human security, and peace. Our work fosters regenerative, equitable systems within a safe and just space for humanity.

Our Founder's Legacy

Our mandate and unique perspective derive from our founder, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mikhail Gorbachev.

Established in the wake of the Rio Earth Summit, Green Cross was born from the conviction that environmental security is the cornerstone of peace and stability.

This legacy of high-level diplomatic engagement and systemic thinking informs our work today.

These projects exemplify our collaborative model in action, bringing together diverse partners under our Programmes or Initiatives to achieve shared objectives with verifiable outcomes.

Our Flagship Collaborations

Demonstrating Positive Impact with Standards & Frameworks

Aneya promotes controlled decentralisation and sustainable rural prosperity through the G3S storage system and a double carbon credit programme.

Pursuing:

• More income for farmers.

• More wholesome grain for people.

• More carbon credits for India

ANEYA (INDIA)

VITALES (PERU)

Vitales advances the sanitation and holistic restoration of Lake Titicaca's biodiversity—encompassing flora, fauna and socio-economics—through the Lazarus Initiative.

Pursuing:

• Cultural Heritage Preservation.

• Water Security for Puno.

• Sustainable Development in Peru.

Our Strategic Partner Role

In an era of geopolitical turbulence and conflicting sustainability practices, we serve as an independent, non-profit strategic partner for organisations committed to generating authentic positive impact. Our role adapts to each need—we may advise, audit, develop, integrate, mediate, or verify (without conflict of interest)—always grounded in rigorous ethical and scientific principles.

We operate through our programmes and initiatives, underpinned by a global network of trusted stakeholders focused on project execution, technology suppliers, and standard verifiers. Whether deploying our own methodologies, standards and frameworks, or integrating specialists from our ecosystem, every action we steward seeks to generate verifiable, lasting Positive Impact (π).

1 bn has

1 bn tCO₂eq Removed or Avoided through Decarbonisation

Our 2045 1 bn Challenge

We are channelling partnership and expertise toward three measurable pillars for systemic change by 2045:

1 bn Hectares of Large-Scale Ecosystem Restoration

£1 bn Mobilised in Financial Instruments for Nature

1 bn tCO2eq

1 bn GBP

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