What Stand.earth does

Stand.earth (legally Stand Environmental Society) is a Vancouver-headquartered nonprofit environmental advocacy organization founded in 2000, operating with fewer than 70 staff across North America, Europe, Latin America, and Asia Pacific. The organization conducts in-house research and publishes reports and analyses designed to withstand industry and government scrutiny, then works with companies and lawmakers to draft climate policies and bring them to fruition. Its core programs span fossil fuel phase-out campaigns, forest and ocean protection, shipping emissions, climate finance accountability (including the Banking on Climate Chaos coalition and the Banks vs. the Amazon scorecard), fashion industry decarbonization, urban transportation reform, and emerging Big Tech / AI accountability work.

The organization's technology stack is research- and campaign-driven rather than product-driven. The headline technology asset is the Stand.earth Research Group (SRG), whose AI-powered graph database and automated supply chain tracing platform — under development with the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation — is intended to trace commodity supply chains from source to destination for environmental accountability and to be distributed externally to campaigners and researchers. Additional outputs include the Fossil-Free Fashion Scorecard, the Amazon Banks Database tracking $15B+ in Amazon oil and gas financing, and coalition co-publications such as 'Still Banking on Coal 2025.'

Stand.earth's business model is a donation-funded nonprofit that explicitly refuses corporate or government cash to maintain independence from political shifts. Revenue streams comprise individual donations, foundation grants, legacy giving, stock and cryptocurrency donations, and donor-advised fund gifts, with Canadian tax receipts processed via a charitable partnership with the Canadian Climate and Forests Society. The organization claims 85% of expenses go to programs and is actively scaling executive capacity (new COO hire) while expanding campaign verticals and coalition participation globally.

Name

Stand.earth

Legal name

Stand Environmental Society

Website

https://stand.earth

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Stand.earth is a Vancouver-based nonprofit environmental advocacy organization using in-house research, multi-NGO coalitions, and a million-member base to drive corporate and government climate accountability across fossil fuels, forests, shipping, finance, and emerging tech.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Advocacy Services

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (541620), Support Activities for Forestry (1153)

akta.pro primary industry

Forestry & Reforestation (BPAGAGAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Environmental Education & Outreach (BPAGAGAH)

Keywords

• Environmental advocacy
• Climate campaigns
• Fossil fuel divestment
• Forest protection
• Corporate accountability

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Individual and Philanthropic Donations: Stand.earth is funded entirely by individual donors, foundations, and members. The organization has a policy of never accepting corporate or government cash, designed to maintain independence from political shifts. Their model includes donor programs, legacy giving, stock donations, cryptocurrency donations, and donor-advised fund gifts.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Stand.earth is an international nonprofit environmental advocacy organization that conducts in-house research and publishes reports and analyses used to hold corporations, banks, and governments accountable for climate and environmental impacts. The organization runs campaigns to protect forests and oceans, move beyond fossil fuels, reinvent cities and transportation, and shift corporate purchasing power and financial flows toward climate-aligned standards.

Product overview

Stand.earth is an international nonprofit environmental advocacy organization, not a product or technology company. The organization focuses on climate and environmental campaigns including protecting forests, moving beyond fossil fuels, reinventing cities and transportation, shipping emissions, and climate finance advocacy. Their work includes producing research reports, scorecards, and databases such as the Fossil-Free Fashion Scorecard and Banks vs. Amazon scorecard. Stand.earth does not offer commercial software products, SaaS platforms, or technology products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Stand.earth Research Group (SRG) Reports
• Fossil-Free Fashion Scorecard
• Banks vs. the Amazon / Amazon Banks Database
• AI-Powered Supply Chain Graph Database (SRG x McGovern Foundation)

Quantifiable outcome

• 65 million acres of endangered ecosystems protected through government agreements
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• Patrick J. McGovern FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 December 2025SRG (Stand.earth Research Group) and the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation announced a partnership to develop an AI-powered graph database and automated platform to trace commodity supply chains from source to destination, aimed at increasing environmental accountability for polluting industries. The platform will build on SRG's existing research capabilities and will be made available to campaigners and researchers.
• Banking on Climate Chaos Coalition (Urgewald, Rainforest Action Network, Indigenous Environmental Network, BankTrack, Oil Change International, Reclaim Finance, Sierra Club, Profundo)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStand.earth participates in the Banking on Climate Chaos Coalition, a group of NGOs that research and publish data on commercial banks' financial flows to coal and fossil fuel companies. Stand.earth co-authored the 'Still Banking on Coal 2025' report with Urgewald and 23 NGO partners, analyzing $385 billion in commercial bank coal financing since Glasgow.
• Ship It Zero CoalitionmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStand.earth is a member of the Ship It Zero coalition, which works with partner organizations to advocate for a 100% zero-emissions global shipping industry by 2030. The coalition includes multiple environmental organizations working to end shipping's reliance on toxic heavy fuel oil.
• Rainforest Action Network and Partner NGOs (Coalition for Fossil Fuel Phase-Out)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRainforest Action Network and a coalition of partner NGOs (including Stand.earth) actively shaped the first-ever country-level fossil fuel phaseout summit in Santa Marta, Colombia, by releasing a policy brief 'Financing a Fossil-Free Future' advocating for financial system reform.
• Amazon Banks Database / Banks vs. the Amazon PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStand.earth leads the Amazon Banks Database and 'Banks vs. the Amazon' scorecard in partnership with various organizations, tracking $15+ billion in financing to Amazon oil and gas. Partners include Indigenous organizations such as Chapra Nation, Inga Councils of Villagarzón, and Gavião Real Indigenous Territory, along with Amazon Watch.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Sierra Club: One of the largest and longest-running U.S. environmental organizations, running advocacy campaigns on climate, forests, and Beyond Fossil Fuels. Comparable broad advocacy remit but operates at materially larger scale and with a much wider issue portfolio.
• Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC): Major environmental advocacy and research organization working on climate, energy, and corporate accountability through policy and litigation. Comparable research-driven advocacy posture but with significantly larger staff and budget.
• Greenpeace: Larger global environmental advocacy organization with campaigns spanning climate, forests, oceans, and corporate accountability. Operates a comparable advocacy + in-house research model but at significantly greater scale and geographic reach than Stand.earth.

Direct peers

• Earthworks: U.S. environmental advocacy nonprofit focused on the impacts of fossil fuel extraction and mining. Runs research-driven campaigns targeting oil, gas, and financial sector financing in a manner directly comparable to Stand.earth's fossil fuel projects work.
• 350.org: International climate advocacy nonprofit mobilizing grassroots networks to phase out fossil fuels and shift toward renewable energy. Operates a similar mass-membership + campaign model and frequently co-publishes research on climate finance and fossil fuel phaseout alongside Stand.earth.
• Climate Action Network: Global network of 1,900+ civil society organizations coordinating climate advocacy. Stand.earth is referenced as a Climate Action Network member in the India ED investigation, indicating direct collaboration on international climate finance and Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty advocacy.
• Friends of the Earth: International environmental advocacy network running climate, forests, and corporate accountability campaigns through grassroots and coalition models. Operates a peer-style international advocacy structure with comparable campaign themes.
• Oil Change International: Research and advocacy organization focused specifically on exposing the true climate costs of fossil fuel production and tracking public finance for oil, gas, and coal. Frequently co-publishes data with Stand.earth through the Banking on Climate Chaos coalition.
• BankTrack: International tracking and advocacy organization focused specifically on commercial banks' financing of fossil fuels and human rights abuses. Co-coalition partner in Banking on Climate Chaos alongside Stand.earth.
• Rainforest Action Network: U.S.-based environmental advocacy nonprofit that runs campaigns against corporate deforestation, fossil fuel financing, and climate policy inaction. Operates a comparable research + grassroots mobilization model and is a co-coalition partner of Stand.earth within Banking on Climate Chaos and the Colombia fossil fuel phaseout summit.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/standearth
• Facebookfacebook.com/standearth
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/stand.earth
• Instagraminstagram.com/stand.earth

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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