Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 13

Multiple Deficits: -2
Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +13

Overall GiG Score: 23

GLOBAL CANOPY

Overview

Global Canopy conduct research to understand the complex dynamics of deforestation, supply chains, and land use, providing valuable insights and data. This allows them to engage with governments, businesses, and financial institutions to promote responsible practices and policies, aiming to halt deforestation and its associated impacts.

They have traditionally relied on government funding to grow programmes but are exploring commercial funding options and overseas funders to give more stability. They hope to grow unrestricted funding overall to help back innovation projects like their smartphone app ‘do Pasto ao Prato’ (‘From Pasture to Plate’) that informs supermarket customers in Brazil about the environmental and social performance of the meat products that they purchase.

Serving as both a convener and advisor places them in a powerful position to influence systemic change and though data transparency challenges persist, the combine advantages of a dramatically improved funding environment over the last few decades and access to new technology like Google Earth Engine to enhance their data processing capabilities puts them in a strong position to continue making impact on a global scale.

Source: Giving is Great

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Positives:

Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£5,163	£4,590	£573	£186	£2,479	£1,244	3.3	45	0
31/03/22		£4,490	£3,390	£1,100	£117	£1,906	£992	3.5	37	0
31/03/21		£2,359	£2,530	£-171	£111	£806	£627	3	30	0
31/03/20		£2,240	£2,165	£75	£114	£977	£524	2.9	27	0
31/03/19		£2,709	£3,095	£-386	£120	£902	£449	1.7	30	0
31/03/18	*	£3,519	£2,853	£665	£85	£1,288	£505	2.1	28	0
31/03/17	*	£2,968	£2,914	£54	£70	£623	£405	1.7	17	0
31/03/16	*	£2,854	£2,729	£125	£27	£569	£273	1.2	19	0
31/03/15		£2,595	£2,897	£-302	£144	£444	£239	1	22	0
31/03/14	*	£2,260	£2,262	£-2	£61	£746	£375	2	23	0
31/03/13		£2,259	£2,089	£170	£42	£748	£418	2.4	19	0
31/03/12?		£1,520	£1,783	£-263	£84	£578	£418	2.8	12	0
30/09/10		£1,163	£999	£164	£54	£841	£469	5.6	10	0
30/09/09		£903	£718	£185	£61	£677	£417	7	7	0
30/09/08		£704	£465	£239	£65	£492	£228	5.9	6	0
30/09/07		£549	£402	£146	£37	£252	£183	5.5	4	0
30/09/06		£359	£285	£74	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/05		£259	£273	£-14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/04	*	£202	£208	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 3.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 4.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 8%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 9%
Liabilities/Income: 5%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 50%
Reserves/Spending: 3.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 6.8

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 23 years

www.globalcanopy.org

accounts@globalcanopy.org

01865724333

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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What it does

Global Canopy is an innovative environmental organisation that targets the market forces destroying tropical forests. Since 2001, they have been testing new approaches to tackling deforestation, and guiding companies, investors, and governments worldwide to think differently about our planet's forests

Listed activities

Animals
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Environment conservation & animal welfare advocacy

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Makes grants to organisations
Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Austria, Brazil, China, Colombia, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Paraguay, Peru, Scotland, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

ARCADIA	£1,725,000
John Ellerman Foundation	£150,000
CHK Foundation	£115,000
Prudence Trust	£75,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The EQ Foundation - Grant to GLOBAL CANOPY
£15,000	23/02/2024	Big Give Christmas Challenge 2023
Prudence Trust - Core costs
£75,000	30/11/2023	Core Costs
CHK Foundation - CHK Mission Grant
£40,000	01/02/2023	to support specified work
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000	01/04/2022	Core support to improve the data, metrics and rules needed for global markets to stop nature-related impacts and highlight opportunities for positive action.
ARCADIA - Core support to Global Canopy
£1,725,000	01/04/2022 60	To provide Global Canopy with core support to target the market forces destroying nature.
Tedworth Charitable Trust - Core costs
£40,000	21/06/2021	Towards core costs
John Ellerman Foundation - Core costs and investments in research, engagement and communications, e.g. Finance Sector Lead, Senior Research Analyst & CEO Salary Costs.
£150,000	26/03/2020 36	Core costs and investments in research, engagement and communications, e.g. Finance Sector Lead, Senior Research Analyst & CEO Salary Costs.
CHK Foundation - CHK Mission Grant
£75,000	17/03/2020	to support ongoing work
Tedworth Charitable Trust - Core costs
£40,000	19/03/2019	Towards core costs.
Tedworth Charitable Trust - Core costs
£40,000	15/06/2016	Towards core costs.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Global Canopy Foundation
£150,000	30/09/2010 36	Towards Core costs Towards the costs of surveys of forest footprint disclosure, helping companies understand their exposure to tropical deforestation.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Global Canopy Foundation
£43,880	01/10/2008 12	Towards Project costs Towards costs of a global project to encourage companies to identify and disclose the commercial drivers of deforestation in their supply chains.

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How do they operate?

Supply Chain Transparency

Objectives: To increase transparency of supply chains, understand the risks, and identify opportunities for more sustainable production

Description: The Supply Chain Transparency programme is based on the Trase platform - a science-based transparency initiative that seeks to transform understanding and sustainability of commodity supply chains. Trase is a joint initiative between Global Canopy, the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), and many other global partners, mapping global supply chains of the trade and financing of commodities driving tropical deforestation worldwide. It connects consumer markets to deforestation by combining self-disclosed data from companies with customs, shipping, tax, logistics and other data. This allows Trase to map in detail the supply chains linking consumer countries and traders with places of production, as well as the patterns of ownership and

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Corporate Performance

Objectives: To assess the policies and performance of the companies and financial institutions most at risk of driving deforestation and provide data, frameworks and guidance to reduce risks

Description: Global Canopy's tracking and assessment work, primarily through their Forest 500 project, holds companies and financial institutions to account for the commitments they have made on deforestation, conversion and related human rights abuses. They gather key data on deforestation and corporate performance to inform governments and policy makers on the deforestation footprints linked to company sourcing and financial investments, including working through the UK All Party Parliamentary Group on Deforestation

Nature Related Finance

Objectives: To develop high-quality data that enables financial institutions and companies to tackle nature related risks

Description: Global Canopy enable investors, lenders, insurers, financial regulators and others in the sector to identify and mitigate their impacts and dependencies on nature, and seize the opportunity of investing in nature-positive solutions. Their work is based on three collaborative flagship projects, the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), ENCORE and The Little Book of Investing in Nature

How effective are they?

Commentary: Their impact is framed around removing deforestation from commodity supply chains. Measures in uptake of data by key audiences are strong indicators of impact including their ability to raise awareness and build capacity e.g., how many training sessions are being run for financial institutions and governments in the use of their data and how to embed in systems. Their major impact is also measured through how they’re informing decisions and changing agendas. The work being done by their Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) and Trase initiatives played a huge role behind the scenes in laying the groundwork for recent deforestation regulations introduced. Inevitably it’s hard to assess their ultimate impact but the increasing usage of their systems and data is a highly positive sign.

Who works here?

NIKI MARDAS
Executive Director
Appointed: January 2016

Niki has overseen a period of rapid expansion as the organisation has sharpened its strategic focus on the market forces destroying nature and developed new partnerships around the world. This has included the development of major data-driven initiatives – including Forest 500, Trase, ENCORE and the nascent Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)

RACHEL RANK
Chief Operating Officer
Appointed: December 2021

Rachel was the founder CEO of 360Giving, an award-winning open data initiative. Prior to joining 360Giving she was Deputy Director of Publish What You Fund, where she led the organisation’s research and monitoring work, including the development of an annual Aid Transparency Index. She is a trustee of mySociety and a member of the Technical Advisory Committee of the Commission on Civil Society. She holds a BA in East European Studies and an MA ....more

HELEN BELLFIELD
Policy Director and Trase Lead
Appointed: June 2022

Helen is a long-standing member of the Global Canopy team and has been instrumental in the development of many of their current initiatives and partnerships. Trase has grown significantly to cover almost 70% of the global trade in forest risk commodities and is recognised as a unique tool for understanding and informing action by demand side markets. Helen holds a BA in natural sciences from the University of Cambridge and a MSc in Finance from ....more

EMMA GOLLUB
Strategic Engagement Director
Appointed: January 2021

Emma has a background in corporate sustainability, multi-stakeholder collaboration and the role technology plays in sharing knowledge. She has worked with major retailers, household brands and their suppliers in food and drink, consumer products, pharmaceuticals, textiles, logistics and finance

AMY FAIRBAIRN
Strategic Communications Director
Appointed: August 2021

Amy is a communications specialist with two decades experience on purpose-led communications for the INGO, public and private sectors. Having spent many years in the international development and humanitarian fields, she now dedicates her skills to raising awareness of how we can live in greater harmony with the natural world around us. Originally from South Africa, Amy has lived and worked in multiple countries in Africa. She has an MA in ....more

RONALD BWANIKA KANSERE
Finance Director
Appointed: July 2022

Ronald has over 20 years of comprehensive work experience, 15 of which are at senior management level in UK and overseas. He has held various roles in INGOs and the UK government (DFID – Department for International Development) and held trustee positions with two international charities. He is a qualified Accountant and holds an MBA from Manchester Business School. He is passionate about setting up and developing systems for project delivery ....more

URSULA SAUNDERS
Philanthropy Lead
Appointed: 2020

Ursula is Global Canopy’s Philanthropy Lead and has previously held fundraising roles with early intervention charity OXPIP and Oxford University

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 30-65

DOUGAL FREEMAN Appointed: 2022 Occupation: Accountant

HYLTON ROBERT MURRAY - PHILIPSON Occupation: Co Director

Co-Chair

JOHANNA VON BRAUN Appointed: 2021

JUSTIN RUPERT JOHN HAINAULT MUNDY Appointed: 2021 Occupation: Company Director

ROSE DALE Appointed: 2020 Occupation: Farmer

SARA BECK Appointed: 2020 Occupation: Chief Operating Officer, Said Bus School, Oxford

Co-Chair

TALIA DESIREE LUCIA GOLDMAN Appointed: 2023 Occupation: Esg Manager

THOMAS BIBLE BA Appointed: 2019 Occupation: Photojournalist

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 29/10/2001, number: 1089110
Registered at Companies House on 25/09/2001, number: 04293417

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR18: 1 days late, AR17: 1 days late, AR16: 1 days late, AR14: 18 days late, AR04: 4 days late,

Main office

3 Frewin Chambers
Frewin Court
OXFORD
OX1 3HZ

Objectives

2.1 TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY: 2.1.1 THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT, BIODIVERSITY, AND THE PRUDENT USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES; 2.1.2 THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES; 2.1.3 THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION.2.2 TO PROMOTE EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN ALL AND ANY MATTERS RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE PROTECTION, ENHANCEMENT AND REHABILITATION OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) THE TROPICAL AND TEMPERATE FORESTS OF THE WORLD, AND TO PROMOTE STUDY AND RESEARCH IN SUCH SUBJECTS PROVIDED THAT THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH STUDY ARE DISSEMINATED TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE. 2.3 TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) THE TROPICAL AND TEMPERATE FORESTS OF THE WORLD. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MEANS “DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS.”

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) THE TROPICAL AND TEMPERATE FORESTS OF THE WORLD.

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