ENVIRONMENTAL PARTNERS

Partnerships with purpose

1% for the Planet Environmental Partners are vetted environmental organizations working toward a wide array of solutions, from climate justice and urban infrastructure to gender equality; indigenous land rights to supply chain sustainability; conservation policy to environmental education, and beyond.
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Our impact areas

Our vetted environmental partners are categorized into four impact areas.
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Rights to Nature

The rights to nature impact area focuses on four impact targets: renewable energy, land and water rights, community conservation, and nature access.
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Renewable energy

Increase and ensure access to affordable, reliable, efficient, and renewable energy services
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Land & Water Rights

Ensure the legal rights of Nature and of Indigenous Peoples and other stewards who use, enjoy, and care for Nature and its resources
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Community Conservation

Engage local communities and local knowledge in decision-making on land, water, biodiversity, and natural heritage site conservation and use
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Nature Access

Improve access and belonging to natural spaces and other nature-based activities for all people, particularly vulnerable, marginalized, or excluded communities
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Biodiversity & Wildlife

Support biodiversity and prevent the extinction of threatened species
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Marine Ecosystems

Protect, conserve, and ensure sustainable use of marine and coastal ecosystems
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Freshwater Ecosystems

Protect, conserve, and promote sustainable use of freshwater resources
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Terrestrial Ecosystems

Protect, conserve, and ensure sustainable use of forests, grasslands, deserts, tundras, mountains, and soils
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Conservation & restoration

The conservation and restoration impact area focuses on four impact targets: biodiversity and wildlife, marine ecosystems, freshwater ecosystems, and terrestrial ecosystems.
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Resilient Communities

The resilient communities impact area focuses on four impact targets: climate adaptation, sustainable cities, toxics and pollution, and environmental education.
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Climate Adaptation

Mitigate natural disasters and other climate risks through emergency responses and resilience planning, including family planning services and gender equality in education
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Sustainable Cities

Improve the livability and impacts of populated places through green and built infrastructure, safe housing, waste management, and alternative transportation
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Toxics & Pollution

Reduce human and ecosystem exposure to hazardous chemicals, pollution, and other contaminants
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Environmental Education

Support education on environmental issues, skills, traditional knowledge, and science that lead to environmental appreciation and sustainable lifestyles 
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Responsible Consumption & Production

Lessen the impacts and increase efficiency of consumer and industrial product value chains, from material inputs to waste and circularity
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Sustainable Livelihoods

Replacing hazardous, extractive, illegal or destructive economic activities and lifestyles with those that restore environmental quality
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Decarbonization

Reduce, eliminate, or offset the use of fossil fuels and other greenhouse gas emitting technologies and practices
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Food Systems

Improve food security, food sovereignty, and food production through sustainable agriculture practices, waste diversion, food banks, equitable distribution, and food system localization
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Just economies

The just economies impact area focuses on four impact targets: responsible consumption and production, sustainable livelihoods, decarbonization, and food systems.

Eligibility Guidelines

To determine eligibility for the 1% for the Planet Environmental Partners network, organizations must satisfy the following:

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Members recommend organizations to apply for the network. Members log in here.

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1% for the Planet team assesses an organization's eligibility for the network.
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Position statements

Position statements

We ensure all of our environmental partners align with our impact areas.

Read through the following eligibility determinations.

For more information and answers to other frequently asked questions, please visit our FAQ page.

Some carbon offsets are eligible as certified environmental giving.

Eligible offsets must be purchased through approved environmental partners, and must be verified, high-quality offsets according to a limited set of standards, including: American Carbon Registry, Gold Standard, Clean Development Mechanism, and Climate Action Reserve.


1% for the Planet recommends offset purchasers to research the benefits and critiques of carbon offsetting, including the history and likelihood for them to create environmental injustices for Indigenous Peoples, and to choose offset solutions that explicitly and transparently address the public health and human rights impacts caused by many carbon offset projects.


1% for the Planet also recommends following a "mitigation hierarchy," meaning to prioritize all possible carbon emission avoidance or reduction before resorting to certified offsets for any unavoidable emissions. More expert guidance can be found within the SBTI Net-Zero Standard.

Animal welfare organizations are eligible for the Environmental Partners network.

Animal welfare organizations include: facilities, such as sanctuaries, zoos, aquariums, wildlife parks, and rescue shelters, and animal welfare advocacy organizations. These facilities often provide critical animal services, including temporary housing, spay/neuter services, medical treatment, permanent habitat solutions, wildlife rehabilitation and reintroduction, the preservation of genetic diversity, and programs that lessen companion and farm animal impacts on local ecosystems. 

Eligible facilities-based organizations must prioritize animal well-being and not operate for the primary purpose of entertainment, commercialization, or education at the expense of animal welfare. US-based zoos, aquariums, parks, and sanctuaries must hold current accreditation or certification of animal welfare best practices, such as an Association of Zoos & Aquariums, American Sanctuary Association, or Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries accreditation, as appropriate.

Organizations operating for the primary purpose of tourism, boutique grooming services, domesticated species breeding operations, voluntary pet boarding facilities, or any purpose that does not prioritize the management of environmental impacts of animal populations or the welfare of individual animals or species are not eligible for the network.

Family planning and associated reproductive health services are eligible for the Environmental Partners network.

Family planning services include programming directly related to family planning education, voluntary access to contraceptives, advocacy for reproductive health rights, and increasing access to reproductive healthcare for women and girls. 

Family planning services are proven to be critical climate adaptation strategies that allow communities, families, and individuals to be resilient to changing needs and pressures brought about by climate change, as well as being one of the most impactful carbon reduction strategies available.

Eligibility for the network is not inclusive of other unlisted public health campaigns, disease prevention or research, or other medical causes not associated with female reproductive rights, services, or advocacy.

Some youth education organizations are eligible for the Environmental Partners network.

Eligible youth education organizations include any organization specifically driving equity within primary or secondary education for marginalized groups, particularly women and girls globally, as well as other educational institutions operating for public benefit that lead to better youth understanding of, relationship to, or support of the environment and environmental solutions. 

Eligibility is inclusive of diverse knowledge systems, including the natural sciences, social sciences, other STEAM programming, and traditional ecological knowledge (TEK).

Broader general education programming outside of what is described above is ineligible, including programming that does not clearly relate to environmental connections, understandings, or behaviors.

Some recreation organizations are eligible for the Environmental Partners network.

Eligible recreation organizations include those which operate for the public benefit and have programming directly tied to improving access to and stewardship of the environment, including outdoor recreation, summer camps, and community parks and outdoor playgrounds.

Ineligible organizations include those whose programmatic activities center on athletics, competitions, competitive training camps, sports leagues, or social clubs/country clubs and do not explicitly lead to environmental targets as defined by 1% for the Planet Impact Areas.

Some emergency response organizations are eligible for the Environmental Partners network.

Eligible emergency response organizations include those which attend to the immediate response to, or long-term resilience against, natural disasters and the worsening impacts of climate change for both human communities and ecosystems around the world. This includes all short-term and long-term services, such as emergency medical attention (including blood services), infrastructure repair or improvements, search and rescue, fire fighting services, and housing repair.

Organizations primarily attending to human conflict, diplomacy, peace efforts, or pandemic disease prevention are not eligible for the network unless these works are also tied to direct environmental outcomes, services, or targets as listed in our Impact Areas.

Some poverty and development aid organizations are eligible for the Environmental Partners network.

Eligible development organizations include those attending to:

  • Sustainable livelihoods, such as helping people to transition away from extractive industrial practices towards safer and more resilient employment opportunities that mutually benefit people and planet.
  • Material provisioning, such as securing food, water, wood, clothing, and other natural resources through sustainable and equitable practices, (e.g. food banking);
  • Sanitation, such as reducing human exposure to biohazards, pollutants, and waste;
  • Housing security, such as creating sheltering solutions that reduce vulnerability to or contributions to climate disasters, or increase tenure and long-term connection to place
  • Finance, such as assisting people-in-need towards livelihoods, provisions, sanitation or housing security solutions listed above.

Poverty and development aid organizations that are generally ineligible for the network include those working on general health/well-being and disease prevention; general economic, industrial and infrastructural development; and governmental institution development that does not tie explicitly to environmental goals as defined by our Impact Areas. 

Other ineligible work includes anything deemed exploitative, inhumane or leading to ecological degradation.

Some human health orgnizations are eligible for the Environmental Partners network.

Eligible human health organizations include those with programs drawing connection to environmental outcomes, or threats to human health from unsafe environments or other environmental factors. Examples include: chemical, pollutant, biohazard or waste exposure; drinking water treatment, sanitation, and access; environmental health programming which reduces exposure hazardous indoor or outdoor habitation or worksite environments; and mental health services or alternative therapies providing access to the healing benefits of nature, natural spaces or animal companionship.

Public health organizations ineligible for the network include those attending to: general health and well-being; infectious or chronic disease prevention and research; hospitals and primary physician care; general medical research; and broader healthcare infrastructure, insurance, and advocacy programming that does not tie explicitly to environmental goals as defined by our Impact Areas