Organizations Search
The Security and Sustainability GuideWe have an extensive list of organizations concerned with Security and/or Sustainability. The SSG team is working to supply all the entries in this list with at least a brief abstract of their activities and goals.
Our organization descriptions are based on information provided on the website. We often quote organization slogans, mission, and/or vision statements, but in many instances condense these statements or select the most relevant themes. If we have misstated or overlooked major programs, activities, or publications, we apologize and hope that organizations will offer corrections.
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It is a government agency under the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Its goal is to contribute to poverty alleviation, allowing poor people to improve their living conditions. The agency works...
Is a non-governmental organization working towards peace, disarmament and democratization. Its activities include "publishing, lobbying, activism and participating in political debates." Currently, it "has a total of about 8500 members."...
A worldwide provider "of reinsurance, insurance and other forms of insurance-based risk transfer." Its mission "is to enable society to thrive and progress, creating new opportunities and solutions for its...
135 members and partners “shaping and informing best practices…for the Swiss financial centre to achieve a leading position,” in that “Switzerland manages 10% of global securitized assets”.
A "practice and research institute dedicated to advancing effective peacebuilding." It "aims to contribute to the improvement of conflict prevention and conflict transformation by analyzing the causes of violent conflicts...
A financial firm dedicated to transforming economic systems quickly to arrive at the UN’s global sustainable development goals. Their investments support disruptive early-stage digital/technology ventures with the potential to transform...
It provides system support services, working with progressive causes and businesses to create meaningful, long-term change. It does this by developing plans and programs and designing and communicating messages to...
It investigates explores the issues that are challenging and changing our societies, with the goal of stimulating new thinking and discovering new solutions. It believes that "globalization is not dead,...
An international coalition and network "of civil society organizations (CSOs) working together to advance SDG16+ to promote peace, justice, and inclusive societies, and to help enhance accountability for the 2030...
It's focus is on empirical social science research.; with a profile includes research on a wide range of issues related to social stratification, labor markets, income distribution, consumption and lifestyle...
An organization "created to improve and increase reporting of climate-related financial information." It works to highlight for the financial markets "the risks and opportunities presented by rising temperatures, climate-related policy,...
An organization that “promotes transparency in international finance and opposes secrecy.” TJN promotes “tax compliance and opposes tax evasion, tax avoidance, and all the mechanisms that enable owners and controllers of...
Is a “nonpartisan budget watchdog” that works to ensure that “taxpayer dollars are spent responsibly and that the government operates within its means.” To this end, it “eschews ideology and works with...
It promotes futures literacy as a life skill for students and educators and proposes a curriculum to be taught in schools or after school hours worldwide. It sponsors World Futures Day...
The Indigenous Peoples’ International Centre for Policy Research and Education is “an indigenous peoples’ organization born out of the need for heightened advocacy to have the rights of indigenous peoples...
A joint institution that's funded by the EU and operates under the framework of the Cotonou Agreement between the ACP Group of States (Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific) and...
It is a global initiative, which is focused in spreading the values of biodiversity and ecosystem services into decision-making at all levels. To do so, it follows a structured approach...
An American “interdisciplinary not-for-profit research and policy organization” tackling environmental, economic, and social issues from a fresh scientific perspective by “fashioning strategies, policies, and decision-support tools.” It strives to attain...
A platform for engagement and advocacy that aims to work with "global leaders from the private and public sectors, academia and civil society to exchange views, share best practices and...
The non-profit organization, which "the global business community to include refugees." It wants to encourage companies to "think beyond traditional philanthropy" by working with businesses"include refugees by engaging them as...
It strives to “improve the lives and livelihoods of the more than 20 million” refugees “forcibly displaced from their home countries.” Consequently, Tent works on “mobilizing the private sector” by...
The "not-for-profit, independent research institute" works to "build capacity around various themes of sustainable development adopting an inter-disciplinary approach and incorporating the most contemporary, research-based evidence into the curriculum." They...
A social enterprise working to "eliminate the idea of waste." It operates in 21 countries in partnership with various companies to "collect typically non-recyclable items through national recycling platforms and...
A nuclear energy technology company working "to raise global living standards by creating new forms of energy." Aims to "develop scalable, sustainable, low-carbon and cost-competitive energy sources that will allow...
A non-profit organisation dedicated "to design and implement strategies that leverage science, technology and energy innovation." Works on accelerate "action for climate and prosperity, by enabling high-impact rapid transitions for...