HEAL

What HEAL does

HEAL (Health and Environment Alliance) is a Brussels-based non-profit advocacy organization established in 2003 as an Association Internationale Sans But Lucratif (AISBL) under Belgian law. It functions as a membership coalition of more than 70 not-for-profit organizations—including health-professional bodies, patient groups, environmental NGOs, not-for-profit health insurers, women's groups, youth groups, and public health institutes—representing over 200 million people across the 53 countries of the WHO European Region. Its core activity is translating environmental health evidence into EU and international policy positions on chemicals (PFAS, REACH reform, EDCs, pesticides such as glyphosate, plastics), air quality, and climate-and-health. HEAL does not develop proprietary technology products; its "deliverables" are advocacy campaigns, policy reports, position papers, and a members-only online portal of multilingual resources.

HEAL's business model is anchored on three funding streams: (i) tiered annual membership fees ranging from EUR 50 to EUR 2,500 depending on each member organization's annual revenue, with two membership categories (Full members NGO with two votes at the General Assembly and Full members NPO with one vote); (ii) EU research-project grants under Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe, through which HEAL participates as a partner organization in 11 projects including MERLON (2024–2028), IHEN, CATALYSE, UBDPolicy, ATHLETE, POLYRISK, FREIA, and ENBEL; and (iii) foundation grants, with explicit references to the Tides Foundation and Adessium Foundation. Annual revenue is not publicly disclosed. Distribution is direct: members, EU policymakers, and WHO working groups are reached through EU/WHO policy engagement, monthly newsletters, dedicated thematic publications, LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram, Bluesky, members-only webinars and strategy calls, and targeted campaigns such as PFAS pollution, Clean Air for Health, EDC-Free Europe, Health-led REACH update, Chronic Coal Pollution, and Pesticide-Free EU. HEAL is governed by an Executive Committee and General Assembly, with Génon K. Jensen serving as Executive Director. It holds a seat on the ECHA Management Board, UNEP-accredited stakeholder status, membership across multiple WHO expert groups, and is a founding member and host of the Secretariat of the EU Healthy Air Coalition.

Name

HEAL

Legal name

Health and Environment Alliance AISBL

Website

https://env-health.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

HEAL (Health and Environment Alliance) is a Brussels-based non-profit advocacy coalition of 70+ member organizations representing 200 million people across the WHO European Region, translating environmental health evidence into EU and WHO policy positions on chemicals, air quality, pesticides, and climate-and-health.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Health Policy Advocacy

NAICS

Social Advocacy Organizations (8133), Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations (8139)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Global Health Advocacy, Policy & Rights Organizations (HLAJAKAO)

akta.pro secondary industries

Environmental Justice & Community Environmental Health (BPAGAGAL), Global Health Research, Evidence & Technical Assistance Organizations (HLAJAKAN)

Keywords

• Environmental health advocacy
• Public health policy
• Nonprofit coalition
• Chemical regulation advocacy
• Air quality campaigns

Headquarters

HQ city

Brussels

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership fees: HEAL generates revenue through annual membership fees from not-for-profit organizations. Fees are structured based on the organization's annual revenue, ranging from EUR 50 to EUR 2,500 per year depending on the member's financial capacity.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

HEAL is a Brussels-based non-profit advocacy coalition (AISBL under Belgian law) that operates as a membership association of more than 70 not-for-profit organizations representing health professionals, environmental NGOs, patient groups, not-for-profit health insurers, scientists, and youth and women's groups. It sells access to those organizations through tiered annual membership and delivers advocacy, research collaboration, policy engagement with EU and WHO bodies, and member resources, including publications, webinars, and campaigns on environmental health topics such as chemicals, air quality, pesticides, and climate.

Product overview

HEAL (Health and Environment Alliance) is a non-profit advocacy organization, not a technology product company. Its offerings consist of advocacy campaigns focused on environmental health issues (including PFAS pollution, glyphosate/pesticides, air quality, endocrine-disrupting chemicals, REACH reform, and plastics), research project partnerships (MERLON, IHEN, CATALYSE, UBDPolicy, ATHLETE, POLYRISK, FREIA, ENBEL), and membership services including a members-only portal with resources and newsletters. The organization does not offer technology products, software platforms, or SaaS offerings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• HEAL Membership Annual organizational membership in the Health and Environment Alliance coalition, open to local, regional, national, European, or international not-for-profit organizations. Members gain access to EU and WHO policy advocacy channels, multi-language position papers and briefings, capacity-building webinars and strategy calls, and a members-only portal and support desk for engaging national ministries.
• HEAL Monthly Newsletter Monthly newsletter providing a round-up of latest science and policy developments on environmental health, covering chemicals, pesticides, climate and energy, and air quality. Distributed to subscribers via email as part of HEAL's ongoing communications.
• Science for Healthy Air Quality Newsletter Dedicated email newsletter keeping subscribers updated on latest science and policy developments related to air quality, supporting HEAL's Clean Air for Health campaign.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 200 million people represented across the 53 countries of WHO European Region through member organizations
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

23 partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• MERLON (EU funded project)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024EU Horizon Europe project on endocrine disruptors and reproductive health (2024-2028). HEAL supports by raising awareness, promoting EDC research findings, and developing policy recommendations. Project coordinated by Technical University of Denmark (DTU) with 11 partner institutions from 7 countries. Part of ENKORE cluster studying EDC health impacts.
• IHEN (International Human Exposome Network)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBuilding a worldwide network of researchers, policymakers, and independent experts to collaborate and improve human exposome research. HEAL participates as a partner organization.
• CATALYSEcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFive-year EU-funded project to develop and communicate evidence of health impacts of climate change and respond to urgent need for solutions.
• UBDPolicy (Urban Burden of Disease Estimation for Policy-making)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEU-funded project estimating health and socioeconomic costs of air quality, noise, lack of urban green spaces, heat and temperature, physical activity, and inequity for nearly 1,000 European cities.
• ATHLETEcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEU exposome research project studying effects of environmental hazards on human health.
• POLYRISKcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEU funded project understanding human exposure and health hazard of micro- and nanoplastic contaminants in our environment.
• FREIAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEU-funded project improving identification of chemicals that affect women's health, specifically female reproductive toxicity of EDCs.
• ENBEL (Enhancing Belmont Research Action)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEU Horizon 2020 project (2020-2023) coordinated by CICERO Center for International Climate Research. Brings together climate change and health research leaders to support EU policy-making. 17 partners from 11 European countries plus Botswana, Kenya, and South Africa. HEAL works on policy development, communication and dissemination.
• ENKORE ClustercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCluster of research projects studying various health impacts of EDCs, including MERLON.
• WHO Chemical Safety NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHEAL is an accredited stakeholder with UNEP and member of WHO Chemical Safety Network and multiple WHO expert groups including: WHO Civil Society Working Group on climate change and health; WHO Environmental Health Economics Network (EHEN); WHO European Environment and Health Task Force and Bureau; WHO European Working Group on Climate change and Health; WHO NCD Advisory Council; WHO/LRTAP Joint Task Force on Health Aspects of Air Pollution.
• EU Chemicals Agency (ECHA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHEAL has seat on ECHA Management Board, participates in ECHA Member State Committee, ECHA ED Expert group, and EU EDCs Strategy Ad hoc Group.
• EU Commission Advisory GroupscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHEAL participates in Advisory Group on Sustainability of Food Systems (AGSFS) and Zero Pollution Stakeholder Platform.
• EDC-Free EuropecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoalition of more than 70 public interest groups sharing concern about EDCs and their impact on health and environment. HEAL is a member.
• Break Free from PlasticcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal movement working to stop plastic pollution. HEAL is a member organization.
• Civil Society EuropecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean civil society coalition. HEAL participates via Green 10.
• Collaborative on Health and Environment (CHE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSpecial partnership collaboration on health and environment issues.
• Global Climate and Health Alliance (GCHA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational alliance addressing climate change impacts on health. HEAL is a member.
• Green 10coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGroup of leading environmental NGOs at EU level. HEAL is a member.
• International Federation of Gynecologists and Obstetricians (FIGO)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHEAL collaborates with FIGO Committee on Climate Change and Toxic Environmental Exposures.
• Justice PesticidescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoalition addressing pesticide-related health and environmental issues. HEAL is a member.
• Exposome AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean network for exposome research and collaboration. HEAL participates as a member.
• EU Food Policy CoalitioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoalition working on food policy issues. HEAL is a member.
• EU Healthy Air Coalition (EUHAC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHEAL is a founding member of EUHAC and hosts its Secretariat.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• European Public Health Alliance (EPHA): Brussels-based coalition of public health organisations engaging EU policymakers. Closely comparable to HEAL as a health-focused NGO coalition advocating at EU level on cross-cutting determinants of health.
• IPEN (International Pollutants Elimination Network): Global network of NGOs working on toxic chemical policy (SAICM, Stockholm Convention). Comparable to HEAL on chemicals/EDC advocacy, but with global rather than European-only reach.
• Global Climate and Health Alliance (GCHA): International alliance of health and climate organisations. HEAL is a member; comparable in mission (health framing of environmental/climate issues), coalition model, and policy engagement strategy.
• Zero Waste Europe: Brussels-based coalition advancing circular economy and waste-reduction policy at EU level. Comparable as a coalition-style NGO in adjacent environmental-health territory (plastics, chemicals in materials).
• ClientEarth: Environmental law charity using litigation and advocacy to drive EU/UK policy on air quality, chemicals, and climate. Comparable to HEAL on Brussels-centred policy advocacy with overlapping issue areas (REACH, air quality).
• European Environmental Bureau (EEB): Brussels-based umbrella coalition of environmental NGOs across Europe. Highly comparable to HEAL as a coalition-driven environmental advocacy organisation engaging the same EU institutions on overlapping chemicals, air quality, and climate files.
• EDC-Free Europe: Coalition of 70+ public interest groups focused on endocrine-disrupting chemicals. HEAL is a member; directly comparable on EDC advocacy, EU regulatory engagement, and coalition-of-coalitions structure.
• CHEM Trust: European NGO focused on harmful chemicals and their impact on human health and wildlife. Directly comparable to HEAL on REACH, PFAS, EDC advocacy and shares a Brussels/UK policy access profile.

Broad incumbents

• Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) Europe: Major global environmental NGO with European operations. Comparable to HEAL on chemicals, climate, and PFAS advocacy, but with substantially larger resources and global footprint.
• Friends of the Earth Europe: Large European environmental NGO network with broader mandate than HEAL. Comparable as a Brussels-based advocacy coalition engaging EU institutions, though HEAL is more specialised on health-environment intersection.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/healbrussels
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/healthandenvironment
• Instagraminstagram.com/healthandenvironmentalliance
• Xx.com/healthandenv

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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