Stop Ecocide International

What Stop Ecocide International does

Stop Ecocide International is a non-profit legal advocacy organization founded in 2017 in the United Kingdom (originally as Ecological Defence Integrity Ltd, renamed in 2021) that operates the global campaign to criminalize ecocide as an international crime at the International Criminal Court. The organization is structurally paired with the Stop Ecocide Foundation, a Netherlands-registered charitable entity (ANBI status) established in November 2019 that serves as the main fundraising and commissioning vehicle. Its central deliverable is the consensus legal definition of ecocide produced by the Independent Expert Panel in June 2021, which defines ecocide as 'unlawful or wanton acts committed with knowledge that there is a substantial likelihood of severe and either widespread or long-term environmental damage' and which is now being used by governments worldwide as drafting reference text.

The organization serves three primary stakeholder groups: ICC member state governments and parliamentarians drafting ecocide legislation; individual supporters who sign up as Earth Protectors and contribute to the Earth Protectors Trust Fund; and high-profile endorsers (heads of state, UN officials, legal experts, cultural figures) whose public backing builds diplomatic and public momentum. Its product surface is content- and coordination-led rather than software-led: a multilingual legal definition resource site, EcocideLaw.com academic platform, breaking news coverage, a podcast, an international petition, and the Earth Protectors membership program.

The organization operates an advocacy-led go-to-market model with no commercial revenue. It is funded primarily by individual donations (one-time and recurring) through the Earth Protectors program and general donations channeled via the Stop Ecocide Foundation in the Netherlands, supplemented by institutional grants (Polden Givs Charitable Foundation fully funds the CEO salary) and a UK charitable partnership through Earth Community Trust. The organization has 11-50 employees, representation in 45+ countries, and operates from registered offices in Amsterdam (Netherlands) and Stroud (United Kingdom), with Jojo Mehta serving as Co-founder and CEO and Chair of the Stop Ecocide Foundation board.

Name

Stop Ecocide International

Legal name

Stop Ecocide International Ltd

Website

https://stopecocide.earth

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Stop Ecocide International is a non-profit legal advocacy organization driving the global campaign to criminalize ecocide as a fifth international crime at the ICC, serving governments, individual supporters, and diplomatic stakeholders across 45+ countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Legal Advocacy

NAICS

Environment, Conservation and Wildlife Organizations (813312)

SIC

International Affairs (9721)

akta.pro primary industry

Pollution Prevention & Toxics Reduction (BPAGAGAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Environmental Justice & Community Environmental Health (BPAGAGAL)

Keywords

• Environmental law advocacy
• Ecocide criminalization
• International criminal law
• Environmental policy reform
• Climate legal framework

Headquarters

HQ city

Amsterdam

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Earth Protectors Donor Program: The organization generates revenue through donations from Earth Protectors - signed up donor-supporter members who contribute to the Earth Protectors Trust Fund. Donations can be one-time or recurring and finance activities directly related to changing the law, including legal expertise, diplomatic research and strategy, ICC Assembly events, lobbying activities, and travel costs.
2. General Donations: Accepts donations for operations, advocacy work, public communications and other costs related to developing global support for recognition of ecocide. Donations can be made anonymously or through the mailing list.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Stop Ecocide International is a non-profit legal advocacy organization that develops and promotes recognition of ecocide as the fifth international crime under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. It convenes legal expert panels, produces a consensus legal definition of ecocide, coordinates diplomatic lobbying with governments and ICC member states, and mobilizes civil society support through its Earth Protectors donor-membership program.

Product overview

Stop Ecocide International is a non-profit legal advocacy organization (not a software product company) that operates a campaign to criminalize ecocide as an international crime at the International Criminal Court. The organization provides several interconnected services: the Earth Protector membership program for campaign supporters, an international petition, the EcocideLaw.com academic resource platform, breaking news coverage of global ecocide law developments, official legal definition documentation in multiple languages, a podcast series, and donation/fundraising services. The organization was co-founded in 2017 (originally as Ecological Defence Integrity Ltd) and works in partnership with the Stop Ecocide Foundation (established in 2019 in the Netherlands) to advance its mission.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Earth Protectors: Signed up donor-supporter members who contribute to the Earth Protectors Trust Fund financing activities related to changing the law, with particular focus on support for climate-vulnerable states.
• Stop Ecocide Foundation

Products and services

• Earth Protector Program
• Independent Expert Panel Legal Definition of Ecocide

Quantifiable outcome

• Mauritius criminalized ecocide in April 2026, becoming the latest country to introduce domestic ecocide crime
• +3 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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No

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App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2025The world's largest and most diverse environmental network, comprising more than 1,400 member organisations, adopted Motion 061 'Recognising the crime of ecocide to protect nature' at its World Conservation Congress in Abu Dhabi.
• Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2025First African country to endorse the international campaign to criminalise ecocide at the ICC. Has played central role in driving the conversation, tabled motions, convened ministerial meetings, and led high-level dialogue across multiple global forums including AMCEN.
• Vanuatu, Fiji, and Samoa (Pacific Island States)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 September 2024These three Pacific Island nations formally submitted an amendment proposal to the Rome Statute of the ICC to include ecocide as a crime. Vanuatu was the first nation to call for international recognition of ecocide at the ICC in 2019. This represents the most significant diplomatic milestone in the movement.
• European UnioncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2024The EU formally adopted a new environmental crime directive including provision to criminalise cases 'comparable to ecocide'. This legislative action strongly reinforces existing environmental laws across the EU region and sends political support signals for international recognition.
• Earth Community TrustsupportingChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorUK charity through which donors can make tax-exempt charitable donations to Stop Ecocide International's campaign.
• African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFormally agreed to include ecocide in the continent's environmental priorities for 2025-2027 biennium. Established an ad hoc committee to examine classification of mass ecosystem destruction as a crime.
• Stop Ecocide Foundation (SEF)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe charitable entity established in the Netherlands in 2019 to support the growing movement. SEF is the main fundraising and commissioning vehicle, receiving and distributing funds and commissioning projects such as the Independent Expert Panel. SEI is responsible for overall strategy, policy, direction and communications while SEF handles funding.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• ClientEarth: Environmental law charity using strategic litigation and legal advocacy to drive environmental accountability. Directly comparable to SEI's use of international legal frameworks to address environmental harm, though ClientEarth focuses on existing law while SEI is creating new law.
• Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL): International environmental law organization working on legal frameworks for environmental protection. Highly comparable as a peer legal-advocacy NGO operating at international institutions and treaty bodies, with overlapping goals on establishing legal accountability for environmental harm.
• Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA): Investigative environmental NGO campaigning against environmental crime including wildlife trafficking and illegal logging. Comparable mission of using advocacy and investigation to criminalise severe environmental harms, with similar donor-supported operating model.
• Global Witness: Investigative NGO focused on environmental and human rights abuses linked to natural resource extraction. Comparable as a global advocacy organization pushing for legal accountability for environmental harms, often working with international institutions.

Broad incumbents

• Greenpeace International: Largest global environmental advocacy organization. Comparable as a mission-driven, donation-funded NGO campaigning on environmental protection, but Greenpeace uses direct action and confrontation rather than legal-definition drafting.
• 350.org: Global climate movement organization focused on reducing fossil fuel use. Comparable as a mission-driven, donor-funded NGO running global advocacy campaigns with grassroots mobilization, but focused on climate rather than legal recognition of ecocide.
• World Resources Institute (WRI): Global research organization working on environmental sustainability at the intersection of policy and practice. Comparable in operating globally on environmental issues with policy advocacy, though WRI focuses on research and data rather than legal advocacy.
• Earthjustice: Largest public interest environmental law organization in the US. Comparable as a legal-advocacy NGO using the law to address environmental harm, though Earthjustice focuses on US courts and statutes rather than international criminal law.
• IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature): World's largest environmental network with 1,400+ member organizations that recently adopted Motion 061 endorsing ecocide recognition. Highly relevant as both a peer and a key institutional partner, given IUCN's role in legitimizing the ecocide agenda within mainstream conservation governance.
• Friends of the Earth International: Federation of grassroots environmental organizations working on environmental justice. Comparable as a global environmental advocacy network with similar donor base and policy-advocacy approach, though broader scope than ecocide-specific focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/EcocideLaw
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/in/jojo-mehta
• Facebookfacebook.com/EcocideLaw

Compliance2 records

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Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

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