• Capacity Development Provider

World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)

WWF works to help local communities conserve the natural resources they depend upon

transform markets and policies toward sustainability

and protect and restore species and their habitats. Their efforts ensure that the value of nature is reflected in decision-making from a local to a global scale.

  • Stages of Support

    • Idea
    • Start-up
    • Early
    • Growth
    • Mature

Organization Programs

Cambodia: Partnership Programme to Support Forestry and Fishery Communities (PaFF), Darwin Initiative – Safeguarding a Critical Biodiversity Conservation Corridor in Cambodia's Eastern Plains

Indonesia: Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP), Signing Blue – Responsible Marine Tourism, Plastic Smart Cities (partnership with Rethinking Recycling Academy by McKinsey.org)

Myanmar: Climate and Energy Program, Freshwater Program, Tha Bar Wa (under Freshwater Program), Forest Program, Sustainable Business Program

The Philippines: Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP), AgriClima, Sustainable Farm to Table Program, PagSibol: Foodshed Farming Enterprise (extension of the Sustainable Farm to Table Program), Our City 2030: Youth Visions and Solutions, Plastic Smart Cities (with makesense, xchange and The Incubation Network)

Thailand: Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP), Forest Landscape Restoration Fund (FLR349 Fund

part of SCP)

Vietnam: Greening the Textile Sector in Viet Nam, Viet Nam Climate Action Alliance (VCCA), Viet Nam Corporate Energy Leaders (VCEL)

Regional Programs: No Plastic In Nature Initiative - Plastic Smart Cities, WWF & Impact Hub Global Partnership

  • Investment Instruments

    • Grant

  • Sectors of Focus

    • Green and Renewable Energy
    • Sustainable Agriculture and Aquaculture
    • Sustainable Infrastructure and Transportation
    • Water and Sanitation
    • Circular Economy and Waste Reduction
    • Ecotourism and Conservation
    • Sustainable Forestry and Reforestation

  • Services

    • Conduct research on the sector to disseminate publicly (such as an entrepreneurship research report)
    • Host events for entrepreneurs or entrepreneur support intermediaries
    • Manage an incubator or provide co-working space for entrepreneurs
    • Offer fellowships specific to the sector
    • Invest or provide direct financial support to SGBs or entrepreneurs
    • Run an accelerator program
    • Manage a crowdfunding platform

  • Nonfinancial Services

    • Capacity development services
    • Market linkages
    • Investment linkages

  • Capacity development services

    • Access to networks and partners
    • Business strategy and planning
    • Performance or impact measurement and management support
    • Value/supply chain development
    • Support on governance structure
    • Talent development/HR (including leadership)
    • Operations and technology development or adoption

  • Market linkages services

    • Access to new markets/customers
    • Meeting product standards
    • Access to infrastructure
    • Access to materials

  • Investment linkages services

    • Access to information/research
    • Pitch readiness
    • Technical support on term sheets or investment structuring
    • Access to investors

  • Program online

    • Primarily in-person

  • Focus Tech

    • No

  • Focus Population

    • Rural entrepreneurs
    • Youth entrepreneurs
    • Base of the pyramid population
    • Women entrepreneurs
    • Minority or disadvantaged populations
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