Aims to provide a European-level platform for foundations active in the field of environment, sustainable development and climate change to exchange information and practice, identify areas of common interest, and design collaborative initiatives to address them. 

The Group will be formally launched at the beginning of 2010. Its activities will include:

• Bi-ennial peer-learning and networking events and internet-enabled workshops
• EU policy briefings and ongoing dialogue with key EU officials
• Mapping of environmental funds by major European foundations
• Engaging new donors and building relations with relevant funder networks in Europe and beyond

The process for the establishment of the Group started in 2007 with a mapping of the grants of major environmental funders in Europe. The mapping project led to a collaboration with the US-based Environmental Grantmakers Association, the Britain’s Environmental Funders Network, the Canadian Environmental Grantmakers Network and the Australian Environmental Grantmakers Network, to develop a common taxonomy for environmental philanthropy, improve information sharing and linkages between funders across the world.