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Empower (again: blockchain plastic credits)
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Alternative Finance |
Crowdfunding |
🕷️ Scrape |
Norwegian! Blockchain tracking for plastic collection. Already listed above but also fits here as innovative finance mechanism. |
Alternative & Innovative Finance |
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FundingCircle Green
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Alternative Finance |
Crowdfunding |
🕷️ Scrape |
Business loans for green enterprises. If your value chains have revenue → access to capital. |
Alternative & Innovative Finance |
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GlobalGiving
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Alternative Finance |
Crowdfunding |
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Largest crowdfunding platform for NGOs. Waste/environment category. Raises $5K–$100K per campaign. Your org can register as a vetted NGO. |
Alternative & Innovative Finance |
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GoFundMe Charity
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Alternative Finance |
Crowdfunding |
🕷️ Scrape |
Simpler crowdfunding. Good for emergency/specific campaigns. Less structured than GlobalGiving. |
Alternative & Innovative Finance |
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InsuResilience Global Partnership
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Alternative Finance |
Crowdfunding |
🕷️ Scrape |
Climate risk insurance. Coastal communities. G7/G20 initiative. Protection gap funding. |
Alternative & Innovative Finance |
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Kickstarter / Indiegogo (Product Launch)
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Alternative Finance |
Crowdfunding |
🕷️ Scrape |
If your value chains produce consumer products from recycled plastic → crowdfund the product launch. Not for operations but for specific products. |
Alternative & Innovative Finance |
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Kiva
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Alternative Finance |
Crowdfunding |
🕷️ Scrape |
Micro-loans. 0% interest to borrowers. Your waste collector partners in developing countries could access. |
Alternative & Innovative Finance |
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Lendahand
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Alternative Finance |
Crowdfunding |
🕷️ Scrape |
Dutch. Crowd-investing in developing country enterprises. Loans at fair rates. Circular economy enterprises eligible. |
Alternative & Innovative Finance |
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Munich Re Foundation – Climate
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Alternative Finance |
Crowdfunding |
🕷️ Scrape |
Insurance-linked environmental grants. Resilience, risk reduction. |
Alternative & Innovative Finance |
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ORRAA – Ocean Risk & Resilience Action Alliance
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Alternative Finance |
Crowdfunding |
🕷️ Scrape |
Innovative finance for coastal resilience. Insurance-based mechanisms. Your coastal operations reduce risk → quantifiable in insurance terms. |
Alternative & Innovative Finance |
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Ocean Token / Plastiks
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Alternative Finance |
Crowdfunding |
❌ Research needed |
Emerging crypto tokens for ocean plastic offsetting. High risk, experimental. Monitor but don't rely on. |
Alternative & Innovative Finance |
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Toucan Protocol – Plastic Credits on Chain
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Alternative Finance |
Crowdfunding |
🕷️ Scrape |
Tokenised environmental credits. Plastic credits can be traded on DeFi. Experimental but growing. |
Alternative & Innovative Finance |
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Triodos Crowdfunding
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Alternative Finance |
Crowdfunding |
🕷️ Scrape |
Ethical bank. Green project crowdfunding. European focus. |
Alternative & Innovative Finance |
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Blue Nature Alliance
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Blended Finance & Impact Platforms |
Investment Platforms |
🕷️ Scrape |
Conservation International-led. $125M. Marine conservation focus. Less plastic-specific. |
Family Offices & Impact Investors |
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Blue Prosperity Coalition
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Blended Finance & Impact Platforms |
Investment Platforms |
🕷️ Scrape |
Waitt Foundation initiative. Sustainable ocean economies. Partnership model. |
Family Offices & Impact Investors |
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Convergence – Blended Finance Platform
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Blended Finance & Impact Platforms |
Investment Platforms |
🕷️ Scrape |
Database of blended finance deals. Design grants ($50K–$250K) to structure innovative finance for development. Circular economy eligible. |
Family Offices & Impact Investors |
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GCF Private Sector Facility
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Blended Finance & Impact Platforms |
Investment Platforms |
🕷️ Scrape |
Green Climate Fund's private sector arm. Guarantees, equity, concessional loans for green infrastructure in developing countries. |
Family Offices & Impact Investors |
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GIIN – Global Impact Investing Network
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Blended Finance & Impact Platforms |
Investment Platforms |
🕷️ Scrape |
Not a funder but the ecosystem hub. ImpactBase database. Connect with impact investors interested in circular economy. |
Family Offices & Impact Investors |
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Global Fund for Coral Reefs
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Blended Finance & Impact Platforms |
Investment Platforms |
🕷️ Scrape |
Blended finance for marine conservation. Less relevant but model reference. |
Family Offices & Impact Investors |
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Lombard Odier – Circular Economy Strategy
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Blended Finance & Impact Platforms |
Investment Platforms |
🕷️ Scrape |
Swiss private bank. Circular economy investment strategy. Not grants but awareness of investment-ready circular projects. |
Family Offices & Impact Investors |
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Mirova – Blue Economy Fund
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Blended Finance & Impact Platforms |
Investment Platforms |
🕷️ Scrape |
Sustainable investment manager. Blue economy + circular economy funds. Partnership potential. |
Family Offices & Impact Investors |
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Plastic Credit Exchange (PCX)
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Blended Finance & Impact Platforms |
Investment Platforms |
🕷️ Scrape |
Marketplace for plastic credits. Your org could generate revenue by certifying collection/recycling via plastic credits. Not a funder but revenue stream. |
Family Offices & Impact Investors |
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SYSTEMIQ
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Blended Finance & Impact Platforms |
Investment Platforms |
🕷️ Scrape |
Advisory firm + project developer. Not a funder directly but designs and connects plastic circular economy projects with financing. Founded with Ellen MacArthur Foundation support. |
Family Offices & Impact Investors |
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Verra – Plastic Waste Reduction Standard
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Blended Finance & Impact Platforms |
Investment Platforms |
🕷️ Scrape |
Certification body for plastic credits. Methodology for quantifying plastic collection/recycling. Revenue enabler. |
Family Offices & Impact Investors |
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Climate Bonds Initiative – Blue Bonds
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Blended Finance & Impact Platforms |
Outcome-Based Finance |
🕷️ Scrape |
Blue bond standard. Financing ocean-related projects. Your org could be a beneficiary of a blue bond issuance. |
Alternative & Innovative Finance |
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GPRBA – Results-Based Approaches
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Blended Finance & Impact Platforms |
Outcome-Based Finance |
🕷️ Scrape |
World Bank. $3–$6M results-based grants. Waste management eligible. Payment upon verified outcomes. |
Alternative & Innovative Finance |
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Gold Standard – Waste Management
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Blended Finance & Impact Platforms |
Outcome-Based Finance |
🕷️ Scrape |
Certification for carbon credits from waste management. Methane avoidance methodology. Revenue from verified emission reductions. |
Alternative & Innovative Finance |
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IRENA – Waste-to-Energy Finance
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Blended Finance & Impact Platforms |
Outcome-Based Finance |
🕷️ Scrape |
If any of your value chains include energy recovery from non-recyclable fractions. Renewable energy finance mechanisms. |
Alternative & Innovative Finance |
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PIDG – Private Infrastructure Development Group
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Blended Finance & Impact Platforms |
Outcome-Based Finance |
🕷️ Scrape |
UK-funded. Infrastructure in developing countries. Waste management infrastructure eligible. Viability gap funding. |
Alternative & Innovative Finance |
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Voluntary Carbon Market – Plastic/Waste Credits
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Blended Finance & Impact Platforms |
Outcome-Based Finance |
🕷️ Scrape |
Methane avoidance from diverting waste from landfills → carbon credits. Your recycling prevents landfill → generates carbon credits alongside plastic credits. Double revenue. |
Alternative & Innovative Finance |
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Azim Premji Foundation
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Community Foundations |
General |
🕷️ Scrape |
Education + development. Less directly environmental but large Indian funder. |
Faith-Based & Community |
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Godrej – Good & Green
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Community Foundations |
General |
🕷️ Scrape |
Indian conglomerate. Specific waste management + recycling CSR programmes. |
Faith-Based & Community |
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HCL Foundation
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Community Foundations |
General |
🕷️ Scrape |
Environment vertical. Clean Noida initiative (waste management). CSR grants. |
Faith-Based & Community |
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Infosys Foundation
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Community Foundations |
General |
🕷️ Scrape |
Environment, sustainability. Rural development. Waste management grants. CSR-driven. |
Faith-Based & Community |
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Reliance Foundation
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Community Foundations |
General |
🕷️ Scrape |
Reliance Industries CSR arm. Environment, coastal communities. Potential partner for waste management in India. |
Faith-Based & Community |
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Tata Trusts
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Community Foundations |
General |
🕷️ Scrape |
One of India's largest philanthropies. ~$500M+ endowment. Environment, livelihoods, community development. Waste management projects funded. Could be major Indian partner. |
Faith-Based & Community |
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Wipro Foundation
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Community Foundations |
General |
🕷️ Scrape |
Ecology + sustainability. Waste management in community development. |
Faith-Based & Community |
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Indonesia Climate Change Trust Fund (ICCTF)
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Community Foundations |
indonesia, vietnam |
🕷️ Scrape |
Indonesian government trust fund. Climate mitigation/adaptation. Waste as climate issue. |
Faith-Based & Community |
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LIN Center for Community Development (Vietnam)
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Community Foundations |
indonesia, vietnam |
🕷️ Scrape |
Vietnamese community foundation. Connects local NGOs with funding. Small grants. |
Faith-Based & Community |
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Sasakawa Peace Foundation – Ocean
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Community Foundations |
indonesia, vietnam |
🕷️ Scrape |
Japanese. Ocean Policy Research Institute. Marine governance, ocean health. Grants for Asia-Pacific. |
Faith-Based & Community |
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Yayasan Kehati (Indonesian Biodiversity Foundation)
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Community Foundations |
indonesia, vietnam |
🕷️ Scrape |
Major Indonesian environmental foundation. Marine conservation, community grants. |
Faith-Based & Community |
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Africa Philanthropy Network
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Community Foundations |
kenya, ghana, tanzania |
🕷️ Scrape |
Pan-African. Connects to local foundations across the continent. |
Faith-Based & Community |
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East Africa Association of Grantmakers
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Community Foundations |
kenya, ghana, tanzania |
🕷️ Scrape |
Network of foundations in East Africa. Access to local funders. |
Faith-Based & Community |
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Foundation for Civil Society (Tanzania)
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Community Foundations |
kenya, ghana, tanzania |
🕷️ Scrape |
Grants for Tanzanian CSOs. Environment eligible. Small grants. |
Faith-Based & Community |
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Ghana Centre for Democratic Development
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Community Foundations |
kenya, ghana, tanzania |
🕷️ Scrape |
Civil society, governance. Less environmental but network for Ghana. |
Faith-Based & Community |
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Kenya Community Development Foundation
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Community Foundations |
kenya, ghana, tanzania |
🕷️ Scrape |
Community grants in Kenya. Environment, livelihoods. Small grants ($5K–$50K). |
Faith-Based & Community |
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BASF – Chemycling / Circular Economy
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Corporate Foundations & CSR |
Chemicals & Plastics Producers |
🕷️ Scrape |
AEPW co-founder. Chemical recycling partnerships. Grants for circular economy R&D. |
Corporate Foundations & CSR |
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Dow Inc. – Transform the Waste
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Corporate Foundations & CSR |
Chemicals & Plastics Producers |
🕷️ Scrape |
"Stop the Waste" programme. $100M+ invested in collection/recycling. CCOF investor. Projects in India, Indonesia, Philippines. Pulling Our Weight initiative. |
Corporate Foundations & CSR |
1
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Henkel – Social Plastic / Plastic Bank
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Corporate Foundations & CSR |
Chemicals & Plastics Producers |
🕷️ Scrape |
Partnership with Plastic Bank: collection schemes in Indonesia, Philippines, Egypt. Integrates ocean-bound plastic into supply chain. Directly relevant model. |
Corporate Foundations & CSR |
1
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LyondellBasell
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Corporate Foundations & CSR |
Chemicals & Plastics Producers |
🕷️ Scrape |
AEPW co-founder. MoliCare recycling technology. Circular economy partnerships. |
Corporate Foundations & CSR |
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