The WHY is clear, now the HOW
NOW Partners Foundation and its over 100 partners and partner organizations help to develop and scale ground-breaking innovation and implementation in agriculture and forestry, industry and finance, capacity-building and leadership. The solutions NOW helps to advance integrate the regeneration of nature and society with the financial success of farmers, companies and economies. They demonstrate that a new, sustainable mainstream that serves all stakeholders can be achieved, also under current circumstances.
Scaling Agroecology
and Agroforestry
Over the past decades, NOW and its partners have co-led many initiatives and projects that helped to transform agriculture and forestry as well as related solutions in industry and finance, capacity-building and leadership. Here some projects that NOW currently focuses on:
Strengthening Model Companies
To advance the transition towards a new economic mainstream, NOW supports companies and other institutions to become successful models for Regenerative Value Creation – the integration of regenerative impact on nature and society, with outstanding economic success that benefits all stakeholders.
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Natura’s Vision 2030
NOW co-led for Natura, Latin America’s leading beauty group, the development of its 2030 Sustainability Vision. Around the world Natura is seen as a model for Regenerative Value Creation – integrating regenerative impact on nature and society, with outstanding business success. Natura and NOW also collaborate in capacity building and blended finance for the transition to regenerative Agroforestry in the Amazon and internationally.
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Danone: Food System Leadership
NOW co-led leadership development programs for Danone’s top 200 managers who have a strong influence on the food industry and on farming practices around the world. NOW supports them to embrace the challenge of integrating business success with regenerative impact. Danone and NOW are also exploring collaboration on blended finance solutions for the transitions to regenerative food systems.
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Sustainable Health Tech Leader
NOW supported Philips, one of the world’s leading healthcare companies to develop its sustainability innovation vision and implementation strategy. Over several years, NOW helped to spread this new strategy among Philip’s tenth of thousands of employees and suppliers to model regenerative business success for global healthcare systems that NOW also supports with its Healthcare Innovation Labs.
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Sekem: Ecosystem Service Payments
Sekem is the MENA region’s largest regenerative agriculture, education and industry group. NOW supports the international development and marketing of its innovative Economy of Love ecosystem service payment system that helps to finance thousands of local farmers to transition profitably from chemical to regeneration bio-dynamic farming.
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Our action team
Africa
Asia
Australia
Europe
North America
Latin America
Our global partners
NOW’s 100+ global partners are business owners, leaders and entrepreneurs, senior advisors and experts in B Corp and regeneration, high & clean tech, impact investing & finance, happiness & mindful action, innovation & systems transformation.
Walter Link
NOW Partners’ founding CEO. Former co-owner of Euro-Asian industrial group. Co-founder & leader of first sustainable business networks across Europe and the Americas. Advisor and coach to senior leaders in business and other sectors. Passionately committed to co-creating a regenerative economy within a regenerative civilization.
read moreLaura Santucci
Co-Founder, Future Economy Forum. Former Chief of Staff to President Obama’s White House Political Affairs, Chief of Staff to the mayor of New York and the UN World Food Programme.
read moreDaniël Povel
Managing Partner NOW Partners, Senior Executive in Sustainable Businesses and Impact Investing, Co-founder and board member Sacred Forests, Supervisory Board VSBfonds and Demeter, Societal Entrepreneur
read moreMarta Guglielmetti
Global collaborative leader with 25 years experience in sustainability and inclusion. Managing Partner, NOW. Former Executive Director, Global Solidarity Fund.
read moreLeonardo Andrade
Professional consultant and coach. Associate Director Housidea Social Innovation Hub. More than 15 years experience as owner/partner of boutique consulting companies. Expert in Strategy Planning and Execution and Development of Data Driven and Customer Centric Cultures.
read moreJoaquim Azevedo
Partner and CEO at Sequoia Properties, a real estate investment and management company based in São Paulo, Brazil. Former consultant for Conservation International, WWF, IDB and the World Bank in sustainable tourism development and regional planning projects.
read moreAya Okawa
Visual anthropologist, photographer, and creative who believes in the power of visual imagery to transform perception. Experienced ethnographer, media director, and storyteller. Published and exhibited by National Geographic, Washington Post, California Academy of Sciences, and others.
read morePape Samb
Global Vice President of Ashoka and Executive Director of Ashoka Africa. Global social entrepreneur and impact leader. Agent for change for youth globally. Public speaker. More than 20 years experience in systems change leadership, program, and resource development.
read moreDr. Vinya Shanthidas Ariyaratne
President, Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement. Chairman, Sarvodaya Institute of Higher Learning. Physician and Board-Certified Specialist in Community Medicine. Extensive experience with civil society peace and reconciliation initiatives in Sri Lanka.
read moreHunter Lovins
President and Founder of Natural Capitalism Solutions. Environmentalist and champion of sustainable development for over 35 years. Chief Impact Officer at Change Finance. Consultant to governments, industries and communities worldwide including the Pentagon, the UN and the US Congress. Author and Social Entrepreneur.
read moreHelio Mattar
President and CEO, Akatu Institute. Co-founder of the Ethos Institute for Business and Social Responsibility. Served as President and CEO of GE Appliances Brazil. Previous Secretary of Production Development at the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade.
read moreChanna de Silva
Chairman Sarvodaya Development Finance. Founder Chairman Capital Media. Founder President COEXIST Foundation, Sri Lanka. Vice President Sarvodaya Movement. Social entrepreneur. Humanitarian. Strategic Advisor. Economist.
read moreElisabetta Lattanzio Illy
Journalist and photographer. UNIDO Goodwill Ambassador. Advocate for equal dignity for all. Founder of Picture of Change, sharing stories of positive change and resilience to raise awareness of the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
read moreRichard Vokes
Development economist specializing in sustainable development in South and South-East Asia. Held Director level positions within the Asian Development Bank between 1999 and 2011. Extensive experience in conflict and post-conflict environments and disaster reconstruction. Board Member Sarvodaya Development Finance Company.
read morePaula Johns
Social entrepreneur, sustainable development strategist, sociologist and leading advocate for tobacco control, alcohol, food and health policies in Brazil and worldwide. Co-Founder and Director of the ACT Health Promotion, former Tobacco Control Alliance in Brazil.
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