How we work
The Sustainability, Equity and Diversity Fund (SED) focuses on working with early-stage organisations or with new programmes in established organisations that work on the SDGs in the space of climate.
Our grants are strategically made to build collaborative networks across geographies. We aim to solve global challenges through a multidimensional and systems approach, with each grant playing a key formative role.
Principles of our grantmaking
The Sustainability, Equity and Diversity Fund aims to work for prosperous, sustainable economies that allow people to thrive while protecting our environment. Towards this goal, we support initiatives that will have sustainable and inclusive impact. This is achieved through a flexible grant making process that prioritises approach of partners and values their knowledge of onground solutions.
Large problems require great solutions. We support exciting new approaches with clearly defined outputs and outcomes
Fund innovative programs
Enable scale support
Once we invest in an idea, we strengthen both the idea and the organisation by providing Organisation Development support
Provide seed funding
We provide seed capital to fresh ideas, co-developing concepts, strategies and implementation with our partners
We believe in the power of ‘us’. We bring partners together through sessions and discussions.
Foster collaboration
Themes
Every grant by the Sustainability, Equity and Diversity Fund falls under one or more themes of work. As our mission is to bring about change through a systems-level approach, several of our grants cut across themes, based on the relevant areas of intervention.
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Electricity
Support investments and policies that enable clean energy for all.
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Finance
Improved understanding and investments in clean energy.
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Industry
Support industrial transition to low carbon industry.
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Global collaboration
Support cooperation through international partnerships on energy.
Our partners in action
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South Asia's first electric utility-startup challenge platform
Our partner, New Energy Nexus, is helping connect electric utilities with innovative solutions for the grid through the Electron Vibe platform
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Accelerating clean hydrogen in India
Our partner, Xynteo, has created a platform to accelerate the production and consumption of clean hydrogen in India through accelerated adoption of scalable technologies
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The Energy Transition Investment Monitoring (ETIM) Dashboard
Our partner, Ernst & Young (EY), jointly developed the Energy Transition Investment Monitoring (ETIM) Dashboard, a cutting-edge platform for global investors to track and manage over 1,000 energy transition investment opportunities