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Erm Foundation Annual Review 2019 ERM FOUNDATION ANNUAL REVIEW 2019 Photo: Centre de Conservation pour Chimpanzés ©CCC – Gaelle Osswald ERM Foundation ANNUAL REVIEW 2019 CREATING IMPACT THROUGH OUR PEOPLE AND PARTNERSHIPS ERM FOUNDATION ANNUAL REVIEW 2019 ERM FOUNDATION ANNUAL REVIEW 2019 CEO MESSAGE “At the heart of our new approach is a more clearly defined purpose, which prioritizes working in partnership with smaller Next year we celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the ERM Foundation. We used this upcoming milestone to invite nonprofit organizations employees to provide input into our future direction, to ensure that we are continuing to meet the needs of all stakeholders and social enterprises, including ERM employees and the nonprofit organizations and social enterprises with whom we work. This employee for whom our level of consultation has contributed to a ‘refreshed’ approach, which we started to implement during FY19. funding and professional At the heart of our refreshed approach is a more clearly support can have the defined purpose, which prioritizes working in partnership with smaller nonprofit organizations and social enterprises, greatest impact” for whom our level of funding and professional support can have the greatest impact. We recognize that for smaller organizations in particular, the ability to access the breadth and depth of professional expertise that ERM offers can sometimes have greater impact than grant Each year I am truly impressed by the passion and ENVIRONMENT funding alone. enthusiasm that employees bring to the ERM Foundation. Our refreshed approach will ensure that we are achieving the PARTNER FOR We have also revised our focus areas to place greater maximum social and environmental impact in the communities emphasis on capacity-building, livelihoods and women’s where we live and work. OXFAM INDIA empowerment. These cross-cutting themes underpin our core focus areas, and are designed to guide the way we work. Thank you to all of the ERM employees who have contributed ERM employees in India have been working in a their time to the ERM Foundation during the past year. Our pro bono capacity with Oxfam India since 2013, to What hasn’t changed is that the ERM Foundation remains combined efforts really do make a difference. conduct environmental audits for Oxfam’s annual Archana Somasekharan from employee-led, which is one of the things that makes our “Trailwalker” fundraising events. The ERM Team ERM’s Bangalore office, Foundation so special. This year’s Annual Review catalogues produces an annual impact assessment report, conducting the environmental the impact that is delivered through the skills, expertise and KERYN JAMES which is used by Oxfam India to make environmental audit for Oxfam India’s annual donations of our employees. ERM Chief Executive Officer. improvements year-on-year, including how to minimize “Trailwalker” fundraising plastic waste from the events. events 2 Creating impact through our people and partnerships Creating impact through our people and partnerships 1 ERM FOUNDATION ANNUAL REVIEW 2019 ERM FOUNDATION ANNUAL REVIEW 2019 240 employee-led actions and initiatives ABOUT THE ERM FOUNDATION HOW WE WORK for Global Goals Week The ERM Foundation was established in 1995 to enable ERM and its employees to provide funding Grant funding Pro bono professional support and professional support for nonprofit organizations and social enterprises that share our commitment The ERM Foundation operates a grants program, comprising ERM employees can apply to undertake pro bono work with to creating a more sustainable and equitable world. employee donations and company matching funds. Many of nonprofit organizations and social enterprises. We recognize the grants we disburse are leveraged by pro bono professional that for smaller organizations in particular, the ability to access support, which is provided by ERM employees. Last year we professional and technical support on a pro bono basis can launched a new seed funding program, to develop longer term be critical. This approach also provides ERM employees with partnerships with local nonprofit organizations in each of our challenging and inspiring opportunities to expand their networks Business Units, particularly in geographies where employee-led and develop new skills, while making a positive contribution to fundraising is more challenging. the planet and society. Our purpose Contributing to the Sustainable Development Areas of technical support include: Putting an end to single-use We work in partnership with smaller nonprofit organizations and social enterprises. We blend Goals (SDGs) • Biodiversity and ecological services plastic bottles in Paris funding with professional support to maximise our impact and help our partners build local • Cultural heritage capacity, and scale their operations, sustainably. The ERM Foundation is committed to making a measurable contribution to the SDGs. These • Data analytics and visualization Global Goals provide a framework to focus the contributions we are making to the global • Due diligence EMPLOYEE HIGHLIGHT: sustainable development agenda. We have prioritized nine intersecting SDGs that align most • Energy and climate change Our focus areas closely with our focus areas. • Geographical Information Systems (GIS) Global Goals Week • Human rights We concentrate on three focus areas that align with the interests and professional expertise of • Impact assessment During FY19, ERM employees around ERM employees. • Information solutions the world participated in a week of • Marine systems action to contribute to the Sustainable Protecting Improving access Reducing carbon • Product stewardship Development Goals. This produced more the natural to clean water and emissions • Safety services than 240 actions and initiatives, with environment sanitation • Social performance common themes including sustainable commuting, community volunteering, In addition to these core focus areas, we have identified three cross-cutting themes, which guide reducing single-use plastics from home the way we work: Community volunteering and office, and active employee health and well-being initiatives. Some of these Providing Supporting Empowering education, training ERM employees are also encouraged to participate in themes are now being incorporated into sustainable women and girls and capacity- World Salmon Council © The ERM Foundation in the community volunteering activities, often aligned with the Sustainability Actions Plans that are livelihoods. building United States is providing grant funding and volunteer international days of action such as Earth Day, the International developed by employees in each of our support to engage children in hands-on learning about Coastal Clean-up and Global Goals Week. Business Units as part of ERM’s wider river ecosystems approach to sustainability. 1 All figures in this document are in US dollars 2 FY19 refers to financial year 1 April 2018 – 31 March 2019 2 Creating impact through our people and partnerships Creating impact through our people and partnerships 3 ERM FOUNDATION ANNUAL REVIEW 2019 ERM FOUNDATION ANNUAL REVIEW 2019 UNITED KINGDOM WHERE WE WORKED IN FY19 FRANCE In FY19, the ERM Foundation supported BELGIUM projects and programs in 30 countries THE NETHERLANDS and territories across Asia Pacific, North NORWAY RUSSIA Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, SWEDEN CANADA Europe and Africa. POLAND IRELAND GERMANY KAZAKHSTAN COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES ROMANIA ITALY $324,000 disbursed in grant funding HUNGARY WITH AN ERM OFFICE SPAIN UNITED STATES PORTUGAL JAPAN CHINA PROTECTING THE SOUTH KOREA NATURAL ENVIRONMENT DOMINICAN REPUBLIC SENEGAL TAIWAN MEXICO UAE MYANMAR NIGERIA THAILAND HONG KONG ETHIOPIA PANAMA PUERTO RICO INDIA VIETNAM REDUCING CARBON GUATAMALA EMISSIONS GUYANA COLOMBIA MALAYSIA KENYA GUINEA BRUNEI RWANDA IMPROVING ACCESS INDONESIA GHANA TANZANIA $227,000 TO CLEAN WATER AND BRAZIL SINGAPORE FIJI value of the professional pro bono support UGANDA SANITATION PERU MOZAMBIQUE PROVIDING EDUCATION, ZAMBIA AUSTRALIA TRAINING AND CAPACITY- SOUTH AFRICA BUILDING CHILE ARGENTINA EMPOWERING WOMEN NEW ZEALAND AND GIRLS 4 Creating impact through our people and partnerships Creating impact through our people and partnerships 5 ERM FOUNDATION ANNUAL REVIEW 2019 ERM FOUNDATION ANNUAL REVIEW 2019 Recipient of this year’s “Holiday E Card” fundraiser: The projects and programs supported by the ERM Foundation during FY19 Fundación Energía will make the following contributions to the SDGs Sin Fronteras https://energiasinfronteras.org/ FY19 AT A GLANCE PROTECTING THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT During FY19, the ERM Foundation disbursed $551,000 in grant funding and professional pro bono 7,000 support for 69 organizations working across 30 countries. seedlings, trees, plants and shrubs planted REDUCING CARBON EMISSIONS 35,000 Funds invested by focus area Funds invested by project location people with improved access to clean energy products or services $551,000 $551,000 IMPROVING ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION Creating healthy 12,500 cooking environments people with improved access to clean water and/or improved sanitation Protecting the natural for women and girls environment Africa in Peru, through 17% 28% 32% 9% Reducing carbon Asia Pacific fuel-efficient, PROVIDING EDUCATION, TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING 21% emissions smoke-free cook stoves Improving access Europe 6,000 to clean water and Each year, employees around the world vote people participating in education and/or training to support sustainable development
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