Environment Next
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Environment Next supports individuals, nonprofits and businesses around the world on solutions to complex climate issues. We provide leadership, outreach and communication support, grants, and investments to empower leaders and their ideas to solve our climate crisis.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Environment Next
Environment Next accomplishes it goals through:
Climate Leadership – supporting the ideas of global leaders and their work creating and implementing innovative solutions to climate change; providing technical, policy, programmatic and implementation advisory services; and assisting with complex financial analysis, investment options, and fundraising.
Climate Outreach – promoting ideas and best practices by networking globally and facilitating communications, connections, and partnerships among senior-level climate leaders – individuals, businesses, governments, and nonprofits.
Climate Grants and Investments– providing grants, debt and equity financing to organizations making a positive impact on climate change and who are determined to continue their work well into the future, across borders and at greater scale to maximize their climate impact.
Where we work
Awards
Gold Standard for Nicaragua Return to Forest Project 2008
Climate Community and Biodiversity Alliance
Gold Standard for Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge Reforestation Project 2009
Climate Community and Biodiversity Alliance
Triple Gold with Distinction Standard for the Envira Amazonia Project, a Tropical Rainforest Conservation Project 2015
Climate Community and Biodiversity Alliance
Gold Distinction Standad for the Purus Project, a Tropical Rainforest Conservation Project 2013
Climate Community and Biodiversity Alliance
Triple Gold Distinction Standard for the Envira Amazonia Rainforest Conservation Project 2018
Climate Community and Biodiversity Alliance
External reviews
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Evaluation documents
Download evaluation reportsPercentage of new business partners supporting Environment Next (formerly Carbonfund.org Foundation). Target is > 10% increase from previous year
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Environment Next
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Annual increases, expressed in percentages, in the number of businesses making donations to and supporting Carbonfund.org Foundation.
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Environment Next is a leading nonprofit organization working globally to tackle our most pressing climate challenges: finding the leaders and implementing the ideas that will make a difference and help solve climate change.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Environment Next accomplishes it goals through:
Climate Leadership – supporting the ideas of global leaders and their work creating and implementing innovative solutions to climate change; providing technical, policy, programmatic and implementation advisory services; and assisting with complex financial analysis, investment options, and fundraising.
Climate Outreach – promoting ideas and best practices by networking globally and facilitating communications, connections, and partnerships among senior-level climate leaders – individuals, businesses, governments, and nonprofits.
Climate Grants and Investments– providing grants, debt and equity financing to organizations making a positive impact on climate change and who are determined to continue their work well into the future, across borders and at greater scale to maximize their climate impact.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Over 47 billion pounds of greenhouse gases neutralized through 2022.
Almost 750,000 acres of pristine Amazonian Rainforest conserved and protected to date.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Environment Next
Board of directorsas of 03/01/2024
Paul Rowland
Eric Carlson
Environment Next
Paul Rowland
National Democratic Institution for International Affairs
Mark B. Rees
Office of General Counsel of the US International Trade Commission
Reed Spellman
Joseph Greenwald & Laake, PA
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? No -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No