Our Work

e-2013jan-3Earthmind works on a broad range of activities related to making prosperity sustainable including strategic analysis, programme development and project management, monitoring and evaluation, technical research and report writing, and executive training and conferences. This pages highlights a selection of our contributions.

Strategic Analysis

  • DuPont Consultant for Petronas on biodiversity, water & business ethics
  • Senior Advisor, EU Business and Biodiversity Platform
  • Senior Advisor, IUCN Global Marine Programme
  • Senior Advisor, UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative
  • Guidance to Credit Suisse on NGO engagement

Programme Development & Project Management

  • Director, Green Development Initiative
  • Private Sector Advisor, UNDP/GEF Niger Delta Biodiversity Project
  • Coordinator, Danone/IUCN/Ramsar Wetland Carbon Partnership
  • Economic  Consultant, World Bank public expenditures review of sustainable land management in Uganda
  • Research & guidance for the ILO on developing programmatic approaches to labour and the environment

 Monitoring & Evaluation

  • Chair, Yemen LNG Biodiversity Review Panel
  • Coordinator, Kuwait Environmental Remediation Independent Review Panel
  • Assessment of ILO HQ/Field Office Cooperation
  • Independent review of the financial mechanism of the Stockholm Convention
  • Due diligence reviews of IUCN partnerships with Danone, GDF-Suez, Global Blue, Kuoni & Yemen LNG

Technical Research & Report Writing

  • ISDR working paper on ‘The Economics of Investing in Disaster Risk Reduction’
  • Contributing Editor of the UNEP report on ‘TEEB for Business and Enterprise’
  • Co-author of the IUCN/Shell report on ‘Building Biodiversity Business’
  • Research paper for the ILO on foreign direct investment and job creation
  • BioTools for Business website editor

Executive Training & Conferences

  • Organised and facilitated three international GDI expert meetings in Bali, Nairobi and Sao Paolo
  • Designed and facilitated training on the economics of marine resources in Cape Town and Jeddah
  • Designed and facilitated a training on economic valuation and water-related decision-making in Ouagadougou
  • Designed and ran MSC short courses on financing protected areas for the University of Klagenfurt
  • Senior Advisor to IUCN for the development EC High Level Conference on Business & Biodiversity
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