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* Who we are * What we do * How we work * Grants * Learning * Latest * Contact * * What we fund * Becoming a partner * FAQ * Rubrics GRANTS arrow-up Created with Sketch. FUNDING TRANSFORMATIONAL INITIATIVES Our grants fund partners to work collaboratively on brave initiatives that can contribute to systemic industry change. We aim to work closely with our partners across the lifecycle of a grant. By strengthening relationships with them, we can better understand how to support their work, build the field and create an enabling environment. INDIA India is the world’s second largest producer of cotton and first in organic cotton. Here, Laudes Foundation operates on two fronts. On farming practices we work with partners to ensure that farmers’ livelihoods are viable, crops are regenerative, and land is restored. And on production practices we work to tackle the systemic issues behind the forced and child labour that is often associated with cotton production. As in all regions, gender, equity and inclusion plays a major role in all our work in India. Explore more BANGLADESH As one of the world's largest garment exporters, Bangladesh has been both an example of progress and a hotspot for poor working conditions. Here, Laudes Foundation is working with partners to improve working conditions of factory workers and strengthen local communities, focusing particularly on empowering women and girls. Explore more BRAZIL EvLaudes Foundation is tackling the crisis of climate change and inequality in Brazil through its partnerships with IDH and Labora: Decent Work Fund. Explore more EUROPE Europe is an important hub for the built environment and the global work in the new economy and fashion. In the built environment, Laudes Foundation is working with its partners to help create healthy, inspiring and carbon neutral spaces. In fashion and the new economy, Laudes Foundation is working with its partners to foster the transition to new business models, encouraging innovation, collaboration and original thinking. Explore more MEXICO Until the end of 2023, Laudes Foundation will continue to manage grants that were made by C&A Foundation to improve working conditions, eradicate forced and child labour and to strengthen the communities where the factories (or maquilas) are located. A major focus of this work concerns the empowerment of women workers. Explore more PAKISTAN Pakistan is one of the world’s largest producers of cotton. Its current organic cotton production is small but its potential is large. Here, Laudes Foundation is working with partners to ensure regenerative farming practices are generative viable livelihoods for farmers. Explore more TURKEY The garment industry is core to the Turkish economy. With the influx of Syrian refugees, the risk of exploitation and poor working conditions is high. Here, Laudes Foundation is working with partners to protect and empower Syrian refugees working in the apparel industry - especially women - to prevent abuses in the workplace. Explore more TANZANIA Africa’s budding apparel industry and its growing cotton production have made Tanzania - currently the largest producer of organic cotton on the continent - a country with enormous potential. Here, Laudes Foundation is working with its partners to develop resilient farming by supporting farmer training and certification. Explore more INDONESIA Indonesia is ranked amongst the top ten largest garment-producing countries and faces many issues with poor working conditions, especially for women workers. Here, Laudes Foundation is working with its partners to reduce non-compliance with labour laws and to empower women to negotiate for better working conditions. Explore more WHAT WE FUND Show me All impact areas Building the field Built environment Fashion - Materials Finance and Capital Markets Labour Rights All impact areas Worldwide Bangladesh Brazil Cambodia China Hong Kong SAR China Iceland India Indonesia Mexico Myanmar (Burma) Netherlands Pakistan Singapore Tanzania Turkey United Kingdom United States Worldwide With status All statuses Ongoing Completed Preliminary All statuses SOLIDAR SUISSE € 862,000 4 years Ongoing Building capacity at grassroots to engage in evidence-based bargaining using publicly disclosed data Learn more about this partner IDH THE SUSTAINABLE TRADE INITIATIVE € 3,242,079 5 years Ongoing Regenerative Production Landscape is an innovative place-based intervention to foster agricultural ecosystems which conserve and enhance natural resources and build community resilience whilst enabling businesses to source responsibly Learn more about this partner ISEAL ALLIANCE € 99,725 1 year Ongoing To support operationalising the Delta Framework within the M&E systems of sustainability standards active in the cotton sector. Learn more about this partner CHINA LABOUR BULLETIN (CLB) € 780,000 4 years Ongoing Building greater solidarity between workers in Global South countries through workplace organizing Learn more about this partner REPÓRTER BRASIL ORGANIZAÇÃO DE COMUNICAÇÃO E PROJETOS SOCIAIS € 1,364,000 4 years General operating support to provide Reporter Brasil with flexibility to allocate resources to their institutional priorities. Learn more about this partner EUROPEAN COALITION FOR CORPORATE JUSTICE € 1,399,000 3 years Ongoing This partnership supports a civil society coalition to advocate for robust laws at both European and national levels and increase public awareness on human rights and environmental due diligence and corporate accountability. Learn more about this partner NAZDEEK, INC € 214,605 2 years Ongoing Building leadership of women advocates in Textile and Garment industry of Tamil Nadu Learn more about this partner INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY ROUNDTABLE (ICAR) € 250,000 1 year Ongoing Learn more about this partner FRANK BOLD SOCIETY € 370,000 3 years Ongoing The initiative aims to strengthen corporate human rights and environmental reporting requirements in EU law. Learn more about this partner FASHION ROUNDTABLE ORGANISATION LTD € 56,000 9 months Ongoing Organisational development support Learn more about this partner NETWORKS MATTER € 168,000 2 years Ongoing Promoting labour rights and environmental protection in GSP and Free Trade Agreements Learn more about this partner BLOCKFORCE € 80,000 0 months Ongoing Support for organisational development of Blockforce. Learn more about this partner SHERPA € 249,000 31 months Ongoing Advocacy and improving legal frameworks for corporate accountability for human rights and environmental impact Learn more about this partner PEERS FOR THE PLANET € 168,000 21 months Ongoing Supporting Climate Change Agenda Within The House of Lords Learn more about this partner FINANCE WATCH € 200,000 0 months Ongoing Climate Risks & Development of National Networks to Update Financial Prudential Regulation. Learn more about this partner SUNRISE PROJECT € 3,000,000 3 years Ongoing SunFund Program: Building the Capacity of NGOs Working to Shift Global Finance Learn more about this partner SWISS PHILANTHROPY FOUNDATION € 2,764,000 3 years Ongoing Partners for a New Economy fund aims to create an economic system that prioritisises the long-term health of the biosphere a a central concern, rather than as a discretionary consideration.Core Support to Partners for a New Economy Fund to Partners for a New Economy Fund Learn more about this partner ANTHROPOCENE FIXED INCOME INSTITUTE € 250,000 1 year Challenging Debt for Fossil Fuels Learn more about this partner CARBON TRACKER INITIATIVE LIMITED € 1,500,000 3 years Aligning Capital Market Actions with Climate Reality Learn more about this partner INFLUENCE MAP € 1,900,000 4 years Ongoing Holding corporations accountability for lobbying which is not compliant with the Paris Climate Agreement. Learn more about this partner ICEBREAKER ONE LTD € 380,000 7 months Ongoing Empower decision-makers to mandate, measure and act upon the data-flows that enable net-zero. Learn more about this partner CIRCLE ECONOMY UA € 239,000 15 months Ongoing General operating support to strengthen key function within Circle Economy. Learn more about this partner INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY ECONOMICS AND FINANCIAL ANALYSIS € 240,000 1 year Ongoing Support to the IEEFA global debt unit. Learn more about this partner THE EX'TAX PROJECT FOUNDATION € 250,000 1 year Ongoing General operating support to strengthen key strategic areas. Learn more about this partner THE INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS GROUP ON CLIMATE CHANGE € 354,000 1 year Ongoing Paris Aligned Investment Initiative (PAII) Learn more about this partner THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS CHATHAM HOUSE € 81,000 5 months Ongoing Scoping Group for the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance Learn more about this partner FOLLOW THIS € 400,000 2 years Ongoing Support to Follow This on their work on fossil fuel resolutions Learn more about this partner RECLAIM FINANCE € 250,000 1 year Ongoing Dismantling financial support to fossil fuels, with a focus on European central banks and regulatory framework. Learn more about this partner CLIMATE STRATEGIES € 765,000 2 years Ongoing Just Transition of oil & gas in UK, Norway and Denmark. Learn more about this partner OPEN APPAREL REGISTRY € 1,602,000 5 years Ongoing Core support to Open Apparel Registry. Learn more about this partner GLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN € 222,000 13 months Ongoing Partnering with Women’s Funds to Strengthen Feminist Principles, Practices and Infrastructure for Sustainable Crises Response. Learn more about this partner INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S RIGHTS ACTION WATCH ASIA PACIFIC € 248,000 2 years Ongoing Carrying out a campaign for the universal ratification and domestication of the norms and standards of ILO Convention (C190) to create momentum for advocacy to address gender-based violence against women (GBVAW) in the world of work. Learn more about this partner BREAKTHROUGH € 99,858 13 months Support the development of a strong response system to gender-based violence and sexual harassment and shift normative values and behavior in a community in Faridabad, India. Learn more about this partner WORLD GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL € 1,725,000 2 years Ongoing BuildingLife - Whole life carbon roadmaps for the built environment Learn more about this partner EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENTAL CITIZENS' ORGANISATION FOR STANDARDISATION (ECOS) € 100,000 13 months Ongoing European technical standards for sustainable construction. Learn more about this partner THE BUILDINGS PERFORMANCE INSTITUTE EUROPE (BPIE) € 250,000 13 months Ongoing Changing the metrics for a zero-carbon building stock by 2050: From energy to carbon performance Learn more about this partner RAMBOLL DENMARK € 340,000 13 months Ongoing Baselines, benchmarks and targets for embodied carbon in buildings across Europe Learn more about this partner GREEN FINANCE INSTITUTE LTD € 550,000 27 months Financial mechanisms to accelerate investments in a decarbonised built environment Learn more about this partner DUTCH GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL (DGBC) € 95,000 7 months Ongoing Development of a “Framework for circular buildings – In-Use” Learn more about this partner WORLD BUSINESS COUNCIL FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT € 95,000 15 months Ongoing Blueprint for demand-driven decarbonisation and the business case for a circular built environment Learn more about this partner INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND BUSINESS (IHRB) € 550,000 2 years Ongoing Dignity in the built environment through pilots, policy change and industry and investor engagement Learn more about this partner CARBON NEUTRAL CITIES ALLIANCE (CNCA) - GAME CHANGERS FUND € 2,000,000 3 months Ongoing A ‘Game Changer Fund’ for European city policies on embodied carbon, circular material flows, and wood construction Learn more about this partner THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS, AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE € 500,000 2 years Ongoing The CNMI, at the University of Cambridge, is working to link forest management, timber economies, construction and better buildings to sequester and reduce carbon emissions in the construction industry. Learn more about this partner CLIMATE-KIC € 500,000 1 year Embodied carbon neutral, circular, and wooden large scale demonstrations in Milan and Madrid Learn more about this partner TIMBER ACCELERATOR HUB € 94,000 1 year This project will unlock the potential for mass timber construction, thus helping us meet Paris Agreement targets. Learn more about this partner BAUHAUS DER ERDE € 2,600,000 2 years Ongoing Phase one funding for Bauhaus der Erde. Learn more about this partner WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE € 895,000 3.5 years Ongoing This project, part of the wider ‘Cities4Forests’ initiative run by the WRI and Pilot Projects Design LLC, links 7 European cities and seven dedicated tropical forests – building on the powerful concept of the ‘Sister Cities’ movement. Learn more about this partner WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE € 1,359,000 5 months Ongoing S-Curves – changing the narrative on the path to net zero Learn more about this partner TRADE UNION RIGHTS CENTRE € 97,000 1 year Ongoing Advocacy on Indonesia's Omnibus Bill Learn more about this partner REDE DE DESENVOLVIMENTO HUMANO (REDEH) € 99,000 1 year Ongoing Building the Future Now! - AMB facing the impacts of the pandemic and planting alternatives Learn more about this partner PESTICIDE ACTION NETWORK, UK € 99,000 2 years Ongoing Support to ensure cotton sector sustainability efforts benefit smallholder cotton farmers and the environment Learn more about this partner PARTNERS IN CHANGE € 73,000 5 months Ongoing Community & Worker-Monitored Covid-19 Accountability System. Learn more about this partner INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES € 168,000 5 months Ongoing Agricultural Waste & Residue as Textile Fibre Feedstock Learn more about this partner INSTITUTE FOR FUTURE-FIT ECONOMIES € 50,000 6 months Ongoing ZOE’s project aims to ensure that European COVID-19 medium-term and long-term recovery policies are in line with the implementation of the Green Deal and a just transition. Learn more about this partner EUROPEAN CLIMATE FOUNDATION € 99,000 5 months Working with Material Economics to ensure a more circular economy is at the core of the European Green Deal. Learn more about this partner DIACONIA € 280,000 18 months Ongoing Consolidating agroecological production in the Brazilian semi-arid region. Learn more about this partner COUNCIL ON ECONOMIC POLICIES € 1,100,000 44 months Ongoing Evaluation for economic policy solutions that strengthen individual opportunity, social cohesion and environmental stability Learn more about this partner FOLLOW THIS € 100,000 7 months Ongoing Core support to Follow This - Climate Change Learn more about this partner SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY INTERNATIONAL, INC. € 97,000 1 year Ongoing Living Income and Living Wage Research in India Learn more about this partner JAN SAHAS € 101,000 3 months Completed COVID19 emergency response funds to Jan Sahas to support vulnerable families in MP. Learn more about this partner IDH THE SUSTAINABLE TRADE INITIATIVE € 207,000 8 months Ongoing Building a Landscape Program in Madhya Pradesh - Scoping Stage in 2020 Learn more about this partner AGA KHAN FOUNDATION € 1,617,000 3 years Ongoing Expand on the on-going program by continuing to support farmers in practicing organic farming, strengthen the farmer institutions, and enable these institutions with better markets Learn more about this partner FREEDOM FUND € 4,860,000 3 years Ongoing Driving systemic reform of the apparel sector through frontline interventions and global strategies Learn more about this partner RUTGERS LAW SCHOOL, CENTER FOR CORPORATE LAW AND GOVERNANCE € 34,000 7 months Ongoing Drafting human rights-protective model contract clauses and a buyer code for buyers to include in their international supply agreements. Learn more about this partner WASTE AND RESOURCES ACTION PLAN € 496,000 3 years Ongoing National plan for circular economy in fashion. Learn more about this partner OCEAN WISE CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION € 1 14 months Ongoing Conduct research into microfibre source, transport and fate in the oceans, and drive design and policy solutions. Learn more about this partner HEALTHY BUILDING NETWORK € 300,000 1 year Ongoing Core support to enable ChemForward to learn and scale. Learn more about this partner FAUNA & FLORA INTERNATIONAL € 100,000 3 years Ongoing Tackling microplastic fibre pollution through collaborative, cross-sector action. Learn more about this partner CENTRE FOR RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS € 97,000 1 year Ongoing Support evidence-based policy innovations for promoting the transition towards circular apparel in India. Learn more about this partner GOBLU € 180,000 2.5 years Ongoing BluHub: A Sustainability Information Hub for The Fashion Industry. Learn more about this partner FASE - FEDERAÇÃO DE ÓRGÃOS PARA ASSISTÊNCIA SOCIAL E EDUCACIONAL (MT) € 38,000 3 months Completed Covid-19 Emergency Fund support for Federacao De Orgaos Para Assistência Social E Educação - Fase. Learn more about this partner DIGNIFICANDO EL TRABAJO AC € 6,000 4 months Completed Covid-19 Emergency Fund support to Dignificando el Trabajo AC. Learn more about this partner CENTRO DE LOS DERECHOS DEL MIGRANTE, INC. € 61,000 4 months Completed Covid-19 Emergency Fund support to Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc. Learn more about this partner WORLD GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL € 1,700,000 2 years Ongoing Delivering the EU's Green Deal by driving total decarbonisation and circularity in the building sector. Learn more about this partner REDE DE DESENVOLVIMENTO HUMANO (REDEH) € 100,000 1 year Strengthen AMB's (Brazilian Women Network) solidarity, diligence and actions to face the impacts of Covid 19 and build alternatives to current crises. Learn more about this partner GLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN € 220,000 1 year Global Fund for Women is working to strengthen feminist principles, practices and infrastructure for sustainable crises response, including immediate COID-19 support through dedicated funding in their communities. Learn more about this partner BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS RESOURCE CENTRE € 70,000 6 months Completed Covid-19 Emergency Fund support to Business and Human Rights Resource Centre. Learn more about this partner BSR € 99,000 1 year Ongoing Expansion of the “Interactive Map for Business of Anti-Human Trafficking Organizations” as a unified resource for business and stakeholder partnerships. Learn more about this partner DIACONIA € 250,000 18 months This initiative will build on Diaconia's work with cotton farmers in phase 1 of our partnerships and aims to create and then leverage a network of stakeholders including organic producer institutions, brands, public agencies, civil society, universities, international organisations working towards a shared agenda of people & planet thriving. Learn more about this partner EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENTAL BUREAU € 1,300,000 2 years Ongoing To deliver an advocacy agenda for a circular economy in line with sustainable development goals. Learn more about this partner ACTION FOR SOCIAL ADVANCEMENT € 474,000 3 years Ongoing Institutional Support for Promotion of Farm-Based Rural Livelihood Initiatives with Smallholders in India. Learn more about this partner NEW ECONOMICS FOUNDATION € 4,500,000 54 months Ongoing Changing the rules of the economy so that it works for people and planet. Learn more about this partner REFUGEE SUPPORT CENTER (RSC) € 699,000 1 year Ongoing Empowering Refugee Workers in the Turkish Garment Industry: Worker Support Center II Learn more about this partner DEUTSCHE GESELLSCHAFT FÜR INTERNATIONALE ZUSAMMENARBEIT GMBH € 3,500,000 44 months Expand on the on-going program by continuing to support farmers in practicing organic farming, and enable improved market linkages Learn more about this partner WOOD MACKENZIE ASIA PACIFIC PTE LTD € 99,000 3 months Completed Synthetic Fibre Markets & Sustainability Learn more about this partner WORLD WIDE FUND FOR NATURE - PAKISTAN € 97,000 3 months Ongoing Covid-19 Emergency Fund Support to WWF Pakistan. Learn more about this partner FUNDACION AVINA € 65,000 13 months Ongoing Create an accountability and transparency mechanism through the use of civic technology and open data in order to enhance labour rights protection in the garment industry in Mexico Learn more about this partner BETTER COTTON INITIATIVE € 60,000 3 months Completed Covid 19 Emergency Fund supprt for BCI. Learn more about this partner WORLD WIDE FUND FOR NATURE, INDIA € 85,000 3 months Completed WWF India - Covid - 19 Emergency Fund Learn more about this partner TERRE DES HOMMES DEUTSCHLAND E.V. € 75,000 3 months Completed Emergency funds in India in response to COVID 19 Learn more about this partner TERRE DES HOMMES DEUTSCHLAND E.V. € 600,000 3 years Ongoing Empowerment of girls and young women and introduction of a Mill Codex to employers and their organisations to end exploitative labour conditions in spinning mills of Tamil Nadu. Learn more about this partner ORGANIC COTTON ACCELERATOR € 40,000 3 months Completed Covid - 19 Emergency Fund support to Organic Cotton Accelerator. Learn more about this partner SOLIDARIDAD REGIONAL EXPERTISE CENTRE (SREC) € 176,000 3 months Ongoing Solidaridad - Covid 19 Emergency Fund Learn more about this partner SOCIAL AWARENESS AND VOLUNTARY EDUCATION € 56,000 4 months Completed Emergency funds in India in response to COVID-19 Learn more about this partner SOCIAL AWARENESS AND VOLUNTARY EDUCATION € 94,000 25 months Ongoing Promoting Interstate Migrant Workers’ Federation towards Collective Bargaining in Tamil Nadu Learn more about this partner SAVE THE CHILDREN INDIA € 102,000 3 months Completed Emergency support to vulnerable and at risk families in Madhya Pradesh Learn more about this partner PARTNERS IN CHANGE € 39,000 3 months Completed COVID19 Emergency response support to Partners in Change. Learn more about this partner ONIONDEV TECHNOLOGIES PVT LTD € 39,000 3 months Completed Emergency funds in India in response to COVID 19 Learn more about this partner NAZDEEK, INC € 18,000 1 month Completed Emergency funds in India in response to COVID 19 Learn more about this partner INTELLECAP ADVISORY SERVICES PVT LIMITED € 256,000 16 months Ongoing A model for collaboration and innovative prototyping around inclusiveness in the fashion industry. Learn more about this partner GOODWEAVE € 80,000 3 months Ongoing COVID19 emergency response fund Learn more about this partner FREEDOM FUND € 100,000 4 months Completed Covid-19 Emergency Fund support to Freedom Fund in India. Learn more about this partner FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL INNOVATIONS IN ASIA € 39,000 4 months Ongoing Covid-19 Emergency Fund support to Foundation for Education Innovations in India. Learn more about this partner ANTI-SLAVERY INTERNATIONAL € 100,000 5 months Ongoing Covid-19 Emergency Fund support to Anit-Slavery International Learn more about this partner AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES € 245,000 2 years Ongoing Follow up study on socio-economic & environmental outcomes of organic cotton farm initiatives in Madhya Pradesh. Learn more about this partner AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES € 17,000 3 months Completed Covid-19 Emergency Fund to American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences. Learn more about this partner AGA KHAN FOUNDATION € 187,000 3 months Completed Covid 19 Emergency Fund support to Aga Khan Foundation Learn more about this partner ACTION FOR SOCIAL ADVANCEMENT € 245,000 3 months Ongoing Covid 19 Emergency Fund to Action for Social Advancement Learn more about this partner ORGANIC COTTON ACCELERATOR € 3,670,000 0 months Ongoing Core support to develop a fit-for-purpose secretariat, including building HR & administrative capacity, rolling out new governance, and enabling OCA to continue formalising and delivering programmes. Learn more about this partner INVESTOR WATCH € 1,500,000 3 years Ongoing Build on existing analysis of the industry’s nature-related risks and translates this into material financial risk for investors. Learn more about this partner FORUM FOR THE FUTURE € 13,000 3 months Completed Covid-19 Emergency Fund support to Forum for the Future. Learn more about this partner EON GROUP HOLDINGS INC € 432,000 13 months Ongoing Create and accelerate the adoption of a global standard and digital system for the identification and management of apparel products in the circular economy. Learn more about this partner DOUGHNUT ECONOMICS ACTION LAB € 33,000 7 months Ongoing To accelerate an economic transformation that promotes human flourishing on a thriving planet. Learn more about this partner CRADLE TO CRADLE PRODUCTS INNOVATION INSTITUTE € 150,000 13 months Ongoing Developing product standard training guidance Learn more about this partner COUNCIL ON ECONOMIC POLICIES € 1,500,000 42 months Ongoing To explore eonomic policy solutions that strengthen individual opportunity, social cohesion and environmental stability. Learn more about this partner BIOMIMICRY INSTITUTE € 95,000 5 months Completed Using natural ecosystems to evolve the fashion industry. Learn more about this partner UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON € 95,000 1 year Ongoing Support for the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose Learn more about this partner INSTITUTE FOR INNOVATION AND PUBLIC PURPOSE € 90,000 2 years Ongoing To build the intellectual and policy case for green credit guidance policies to be adopted by central banks and financial supervisors to support the transition to a net-zero carbon economy Learn more about this partner ISSARA INSTITUTE € 480,000 2 years Ongoing Advancing ethical recruitment and labour management for Cambodian migrant workers in the apparel industry in Thailand and Malaysia. Learn more about this partner SOLIDARITY CENTER € 140,000 13 months Ongoing Strengthening women garment workers' capacity to address safety risks as they continue to combat GBVH in their workplaces. Learn more about this partner GLOBAL LABOUR JUSTICE € 129,000 3 months Ongoing COVID-19 emergency fund support for Global Labour Justice. Learn more about this partner GLOBAL LABOUR JUSTICE € 75,000 0 months Ongoing Supporting women to lead the fight to end gender-based violence and harassment in the workplace through organising, advocacy and practice Learn more about this partner SOLIDAR SUISSE € 50,000 8 months Completed Covid 19 emergency fund support to Solidar Suisse Learn more about this partner FASE - FEDERAÇÃO DE ÓRGÃOS PARA ASSISTÊNCIA SOCIAL E EDUCACIONAL (MT) € 276,000 42 months Ongoing Agroecological Cotton: sustainable production by means of cultural and economic strengthening of Mato Grosso’s peoples and communities. Learn more about this partner UNDP - UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME € 22,000 1 year Completed Philanthropy Platform created to deepen partnerships and achieve the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Learn more about this partner SOLIDARITY CENTER € 21,000 3 months Completed Emergency Funding for Solidarity Center Learn more about this partner SENAI CETIQT € 184,000 25 months Ongoing Development of data, analysis, open-sourced methodologies to be validated by learning communities and disseminated through an online platform 'Inova Moda Digital' focused on creating a pathway to sustainability and circularity in fashion. Learn more about this partner REPÓRTER BRASIL ORGANIZAÇÃO DE COMUNICAÇÃO E PROJETOS SOCIAIS € 28,000 3 months Completed Emergency Funding for Repórter Brasil Learn more about this partner PIA SOCIEDADE DOS MISSIONARIOS - MISSÃO PAZ € 37,000 3 months Ongoing Emergency Funding for Missão Paz Learn more about this partner INSTITUTO PHI PHILANTROPIA INT € 16,000 1 year Completed Support to FIIMP - Foundations & Institutes for Impact, a joint initiative bringing together 22 Private Foundations to learn, track and understand the results of philanthropy investments in impact businesses, by trying out different financial instruments and supporting the impact investing ecosystem. Learn more about this partner INPACTO - NATIONAL PACT INSTITUTE FOR THE ERADICATION OF SLAVE LABOR € 40,000 3 months Completed Support the consolidation of the structure of InPACTO. Learn more about this partner INSTITUTO ETHOS DE EMPRESAS E RESPONSABILIDADE SOCIAL € 72 3 months Ongoing Emergency Funding for Ethos Learn more about this partner INSTITUTO CAMPANHA NACIONAL PELO DIREITO À EDUCAÇÃO € 25,000 3 months Completed Covid-19 Emergency Fund support for Campanha Nacional pelo Direito à Educação. Learn more about this partner FUNDO BRASIL DE DIREITOS HUMANOS € 24,000 3 months Completed Covid-19 Emergency Fund support for Fundo Brasil de Direitos Humanos. Learn more about this partner FUNDO ÂNGELA BORBA DE RECURSOS PARA MULHERES € 10,000 3 months Completed Covid-19 Emergency Fund support for Fundo Ângela Borba de Recursos para Mulheres Learn more about this partner FUNDACION SOLIDARIDAD LATINOAMERICA € 21,000 3 months Completed Emergency Fund - 2020 Learn more about this partner FICAS - INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTAL FUND € 45,000 8 months Ongoing Strengthening FICAS and its activities to empower migrant workers. Learn more about this partner FASE - FEDERAÇÃO DE ÓRGÃOS PARA ASSISTÊNCIA SOCIAL E EDUCACIONAL (MT) € 967,000 4 years Ongoing Strengthen women’s rights organisations and groups so they are able to implement initiatives and jointly advocate for the rights of informal apparel workers in three Brazilian states. Learn more about this partner FASE - FEDERAÇÃO DE ÓRGÃOS PARA ASSISTÊNCIA SOCIAL E EDUCACIONAL (MT) € 39,000 3 months Completed Covid-19 Emergency Fund support to FASE - Federação de Órgãos para Assistência Social e Educacional (MT). Learn more about this partner ETHOS/DIEESE/REPORTER BRASIL € 130,000 1 year Ongoing Promover um Fórum Intersetorial de Diálogo Social para a melhoria das condições de trabalho do pólo produtivo de confecções de Pernambuco à luz do ODS 8. Learn more about this partner ESPLAR - RESEARCH AND ASSESSMENT CENTRE € 21,000 3 months Completed Emergency Fund - 2020 Learn more about this partner DIACONIA € 52,000 3 months Completed Emergency Fund - 2020 Learn more about this partner CDHIC - CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND IMMIGRANT CITIZENSHIP € 44,000 8 months Ongoing Funding to commbate forced labour in the fashion industry. Learn more about this partner CAMI - MIGRANT SUPPORT AND PASTORAL CENTRE € 9,000 3 months Completed Emergency Funding for CAMI Learn more about this partner ASSOCIAÇÃO FRANCISCANA DE SOLIDARIEDADE - SEFRAS € 60,000 3 months Completed Covid-19 Emergency Fund support for Sefras Learn more about this partner ASSOCIAÇÃO DIREITOS HUMANOS EM REDE - CONECTAS € 12,000 8 months Ongoing Monitoring laws approved during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil: description, mapping and impacts on human rights Learn more about this partner INTERNATIONAL LABOR RIGHTS FORUM (ILRF) € 99,000 1 year Completed To advocate for remedy in response to freedom of association violations in Bangladesh and Cambodia and promote an enabling environment for and compliance with the Bangladesh Accord. Learn more about this partner BANGLADESH OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY, HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT FOUNDATION (OSHE FOUNDATION) € 99,000 7 months Ongoing Covid-19 Emergency Fund support for Bangladesh Occupational Safety, Health and Environment Foundation (OSHE foundation). Learn more about this partner BANGLADESH LEGAL AID AND SERVICES TRUST (BLAST) € 75,000 5 months Completed Covid-19 Emergency Fund support for BLAST Learn more about this partner BANGLADESH CENTER FOR WORKERS SOLIDARITY (BCWS) € 117,000 5 months Ongoing Covid-19 Emergency Fund support to BCWS. Learn more about this partner BANGLADESH APPAREL EXCHANGE LTD € 25,000 2 months Completed Sponsorship of Bangladesh Fashionology Summit 2020: Third Edition. Learn more about this partner INTELLECAP ADVISORY SERVICES LTD € 15,000 1 month Completed Support to extend inclusive business models. Learn more about this partner BETTER COTTON INITIATIVE € 100,000 3 months Completed Covid-19 Emergency Fund for BCI's support of IPs Learn more about this partner UTRECHT UNIVERSITY € 499,000 4 years Ongoing Assess the impact of circular strategies on gender equality, job quality and sustainable livelihood of workers in the fashion value chain. Learn more about this partner BSR € 350,000 18 months Ongoing A Systemic approach to realising positive impact for job opportunities and quality in circular fashion. Learn more about this partner EUROPEAN VENTURE PHILANTHROPY ASSOCIATION € 380,000 5 years Ongoing Support for the Corporate Social Investors initiative. Learn more about this partner ASSOCIAÇÃO FRANCISCANA DE SOLIDARIEDADE - SEFRAS € 405,000 2 years Ongoing The Network to Promote Decent Work is a collective project to combat forced labour in various sectors, including the fashion industry in the city of São Paulo, promoted by a network of civil society organizations, and partners of public entities. Learn more about this partner REPORTER BRASIL € 210,000 2 years Ongoing Prevention of child and slave labour through the improvement of care provided by public education and social assistance networks to immigrants. Learn more about this partner REDEH - HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK € 300,000 2 years Completed Monitoring visits to Nova Friburgo, meetings and other activities that are essential to consolidate the Women Worker Network. Learn more about this partner INSTITUTO ECOAR PARA A CIDADANIA € 26,000 3 months Completed Planning of the project "Initiating Trafficking Junts" which supports female migrant heads of families. Learn more about this partner SOLIDARITY CENTER € 263,000 19 months Ongoing Raise awareness and train Brazilian garment sector union leaders and workers to better engage in advocacy, social dialogue and legal defence efforts to combat diverse forms of gender-based violence (GBV) and to eliminate workplace discrimination against LGBTQ garment workers. Learn more about this partner REDEH - HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK € 300,000 2 years Ongoing Supporting five thematic working groups within a network of seamstresses (The Women Workers of Friburgo Network), capable of local advocacy to uphold labour rights of apparel workers in the region. Learn more about this partner FASHION REVOLUTION BRASIL € 800,000 3 years Ongoing Core support for the strengthening of Fashion Revolution Brasil, which will ensure the movement's main initiatives for the next three years (2020-2022), including: three editions of the FTI, among others. Learn more about this partner INSTITUTO ECOAR PARA A CIDADANIA € 37 4 months Completed A multi stakeholder initiative that focuses on building a new business model for empowering migrant workers, especially women, living in São Paulo. Learn more about this partner INSTITUTO ECOAR PARA A CIDADANIA € 83,000 1 year Ongoing Develop a methodology that is capable of empowering seamstresses who live and work in vulnerable situations in order to enable them to enter the sustainable fashion market. Learn more about this partner FIBRA DESIGN SUSTENTÁVEL ME € 34 2 months Completed Festival to foster the development of new sustainable economic models in Latin America. Learn more about this partner FGV - DIREITO SP € 59,000 7 months Ongoing Building a model of due diligence in human rights together with a group of brands, so that companies in the Brazilian fashion industry can prevent, evaluate, measure, control and remediate situations of forced labour in their supply chains. Learn more about this partner FASE € 967,000 4 years Ongoing Strengthen women’s rights organisations and groups so they are able to implement initiatives and jointly advocate for the rights of informal apparel workers in three Brazilian states. Learn more about this partner FASE - FEDERAÇÃO DE ÓRGÃOS PARA ASSISTÊNCIA SOCIAL E EDUCACIONAL (MT) € 86,000 21 months Completed Support women's rights grassroots organisations to conduct a survey with informal female apparel workers in Pernambuco and Rio de Janeiro, expand their knowledge on their the apparel supply chain, and organise themselves to collectively undertake action that may result in better working conditions. Learn more about this partner ALAIN SCHRANER- MODEFICA € 102,000 11 months Ongoing Fibres for Textiles: A Systemic Perspective to Sustainable Paths For Circular Fashion. Learn more about this partner SHIMMY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. € 365,000 2 years Ongoing Upskilling garment workers in Bangladesh in advance of automation. Learn more about this partner Left Created with Sketch. Right Created with Sketch. View all BECOMING A PARTNER OUR GRANT APPLICATION PROCESS In general, we do not accept unsolicited proposals. If you have an initiative that is in alignment with our theory of change, please fill out our contact form. Our team reviews all grant requests regularly and if there's a fit with the work of the foundation, we will be in touch. Once you have spoken with a team member you will be asked to prepare a summary of your initiative. This gives us a good initial understanding of how your initiative fits with our strategy. If we decide there is a good fit, you’ll be invited to submit either a proposal light (for funding requests below EUR 100k) or a full proposal (for all requests of EUR 100k and more). Every proposal we receive is sent to one of our programme managers. It's their job to begin the due diligence process and they'll look at whether your initiative and our programme objectives complement each other, while considering your organisation's capacity to deliver. Our partner assessment process also includes a risk assessment and background screening for new partners. We have different approval processes depending on the grant amount requested: * Applications for funding below EUR 500k are approved by Laudes Foundation’s management team and for proposals between EUR 250- 500k, we also consult two external experts. * All funding requests for EUR 500k or more require the approval of our Investment Committee, which meets four times a year. Once your proposal light or proposal is approved, we'll create a legally binding contract between your organisation and Laudes Foundation. This will include intended results, evaluative criteria and evidence, reporting deliverables, and a payment schedule. We appreciate that applying for grants takes a lot of time and energy, and we aim to make our process as constructive and efficient as possible. PROPOSAL LIGHT If you're applying for a grant of less than EUR 100,000, you need to fill out a proposal light. Please don't submit a proposal light until you have contacted us. PROPOSAL If you are applying for a grant of more than EUR 100,000, then - after speaking to a programme manager - you will need to submit a proposal with a detailed description of your initiative. The document includes an activity-based budget (please, find an optional budget template to download below), a Gantt chart and rubrics framework. In our rubrics section, we describe the specific interventions within the system we focus on to maximise our contribution. Rubrics are an important tool to help us measure and learn with our partners, as we collectively seek to contribute positive changes within a complex and changing economic system. We would encourage you to discuss this part of the proposal template with the programme manager before beginning your submission. The programme manager will provide feedback on your first draft of the proposal, including input from the Effective Philanthropy team on the rubrics framework. View the Laudes Foundation rubrics here. TEMPLATES & DOCUMENTS Templates to download: Proposal light Full proposal Contract Optional budget template Requirements and guidelines: Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Minimum Requirements Partner Reporting Guidelines ANSWERS TO MOST QUESTIONS WHAT IS LAUDES FOUNDATION RESPONDING TO? Laudes Foundation was created to respond to the convergence of two global crises - inequality and climate breakdown - whose solutions require new levels of bravery and ambition globally. The global economic system’s relentless pursuit of growth and returns have brought the world to a tipping point. Humanity must change course. And we have the means to do so WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LAUDES FOUNDATION AND C&A FOUNDATION? As C&A Foundation celebrated its 5th anniversary of making fashion a force for good, the team took the opportunity to evaluate its work and the changes in the industry and in the world over the past years. They realised that fashion’s issues were much bigger than the industry alone. The issues are systemic. So, they took a bold decision to launch Laudes Foundation to build on the industry-changing work of C&A Foundation in the fashion industry, but also take this approach and apply it to new industries – starting with the built environment. And importantly, to begin working to influence capital so that investments encourage good business practices. Thus, C&A Foundation’s work became the fashion programme of Laudes Foundation and the brand was retired. HOW DOES LAUDES FOUNDATION WORK ACROSS ITS PROGRAMMES? We have two industry verticals: Fashion and the Built Environment. And we have one cross-cutting programme, Finance and Capital Market Transformation, that works across our industry verticals. This area will work with financial actors as well as with the industry actors to foster a shift in the global financial system. It will also influence investments in fashion and the built environment, to explore how finance can be used to encourage or foster innovation and good business practice. WHAT DOES THE NAME MEAN? Laudes (pronounced Lah-oo-des) Laudes is derived from the Latin word for 'praise’. It alludes to the Canticle of the Sun (Laudes Creaturarum), a song that celebrates all of creation as one family, and refers to the 2015 papal encyclical, Laudato si': On Care for Our Common Home. The encyclical presents the current interconnected social and environmental crises as the result of the pursuit of limitless growth. It calls us all to enter into debate, seek new ways of understanding progress, and invites the world of business to play a unique role. Touching on the shared Catholic heritage of the Brenninkmeijer family entrepreneurs, Laudes reveals both inspiration and purpose: to move towards the vision set out in Laudato si'. At the same time, Laudes is an invitation to draw our own inspirations and traditions, believe that change is possible, and join together to build a just and regenerative economy. IN WHAT GEOGRAPHIES DOES LAUDES FOUNDATION WORK IN? The organisation is global in nature, with offices in the Netherlands, Switzerland, the UK, India, Brazil, Hong Kong and Bangladesh. Our Finance and Capital Markets Transformation programme operates globally, while our work in the Built Environment focuses on Europe and the UK, and Fashion works within the most relevant apparel producing countries in South and South-East Asia and Brazil. IS LAUDES FOUNDATION A CATHOLIC ORGANISATION? Laudes Foundation is not a Catholic organisation. The name is a reflection of the heritage and inspiration of the Brenninkmeijer family. 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