The WHY is clear, now the HOW
Aligning our systems and economies with the planet’s imperatives is inevitable and urgent. We need to integrate regenerative growth with competitive advantage to make our organizations and economies future fit. But how do we activate untapped opportunities that generate real value for all stakeholders, including farmers and shareholders, societies and Nature? NOW Partners Foundation’s over 100 global partners empower leaders and their institutions in industry and agriculture, finance, civil society and government to integrate positive impact with economic success. This is what we call Regenerative Value Creation.
How we Create
Regenerative Value
NOW catalyzes Regenerative Value Creation – the full integration of positive impact with economic success – through four interconnected activity areas: Regenerative Leadership, Land Use, Finance, and Industry.
Towards a regenerative economy
For three decades, NOW’s global partners have empowered the transition and transformation of many of the world’s most respected companies and system institutions. Below are a few examples of what we do and how we do it.
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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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Integral Leadership Architecture
As Unilever’s Global Head of Leadership and Learning, a NOW partner led integral leadership and organizational transformation architecture for “Path to Growth”, Vitality brand renewal, Growth Journeys, Diversity & Inclusion, Bottom of Pyramid and Leadership Centre Renewal to help position Unilever as a globally acclaimed sustainability leader attracting now 2 million job applications annually.
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Vision, Culture, Strategy 2030
We co-created the 2030 Vision of Natura & Co, a highly respected and successful B Corp. Born in Brazil, it grew into the world’s 4th largest beauty group after acquiring The Body Shop, AESOP and AVON. The vision process helped to integrate yet preserve diverse corporate cultures from the Americas, Europe and Australia. The ambitious vision orients core strategy towards fully integrating positive impact on people, nature and systems with dynamic business growth.
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B Corp Certification & Business Potential
As co-founders and senior leaders of the B Corp movement, our partners supported hundreds of companies to become B Corps, including Chiesi Pharmaceuticals and Danone USA. We specialize in helping companies to discover and implement their B business potential that benefits all stakeholders, attracts top talent and investors, B2C and B2B customers and protects their license to operate in an increasingly complex and challenging global context.
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Our action team
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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 moreMerijn Dols
Managing Partner, NOW. Former Head of Open Innovation and Circularity at Danone. Advisory board member, Ellen MacArthur Foundation and Future Food Institute. Regenerative Economy Fellow at Natural Capitalism Solutions. Facilitates the paradigmatic shift to a regenerative future that reconnects Economy and Ecology. Circular Economy scholar and lecturer.
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 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 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 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 moreDr. Tiffany Jana
Author, social entrepreneur, international public speaker, Doctor of Management, strategic adviser. Founder and CEO of the TMI portfolio of companies, a collection of socially responsible and interconnected companies working to advance more culturally inclusive and equitable workforces.
read moreSören Buttkereit
COO/Chief of Staff, NOW Partners. Sustainability professional with over 20 years’ experience in consulting, industry, and start-ups. Built up Systemiq as founding COO. Co-led the creation of a corporate sustainability function at Siemens. Formed part of early “Business in Society” practice at McKinsey & Company, establishing sustainability as a serious business topic with clients. Passionate about regenerative systems and learning organizations.
read moreSandrine Dixson-Decléve
One of the 30 most influential women across the globe driving change in the low carbon economy and promoting green business. First female Co-President of the Club of Rome. Senior advisor for CISL, ETC, Interel, and E3G. Climate change and energy policy expert.
read moreMarcello Palazzi
NOW Co-founder and Global Ambassador. Impact entrepreneur, economist and visionary for human progress. 35 years global experience focused on Better Economies, Enterprises and Entrepreneurs for public good. Has led and co-led 25 successful ventures across the highest levels of business, civil society, finance, government, philanthropy and academia.
read moreMarise Barroso
38 years executive experience, 10 years as a Board Member. Expertise in marketing, sales, new business development, sustainability, digital transformation and general management. Owner of MRB Consultoria. Elected one of 46 women in Brazil who translate the real meaning of female empowerment.
read moreDaniel Truran
Strategist, impact innovator, speaker, enabler and business schools professor. More than 20 years leading global and local organizations to implement impact innovation. Director General of the ebbf, co-founder Impact Hub, Madrid. B Corp Ambassador.
read moreRenske van Grinsven
Strategist, innovator, catalyst and creator of organizational change and transformative leadership development programs. Co-founder of the Future Centre, Studio BliQ. Founder of the Economic Development Program.
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