Sponsorship Green List

 

ASEN uses a screening process when considering possible sources of funding for Australian Student Environment Network projects, campaigns and other national functions. It is both a negative and positive screen, and identifies areas which are definitely not suitable, suitable, and either not entirely clear/ or could be taken on a case by case basis (ie, a red, yellow and green list). It seeks to set parameters for national projects/ campaigns only. This is adapted from guidelines used by Friends of the Earth Australia.

 

These lists are evolving and the discussion logs aim to record arguements for exclusion that have been made in the past. Please do not remove any discussion from this area, but feel free to add your opinion along with your name and the date.

GREEN LIST

 

Sponsorship Guidelines - Draft sept 2006

Sectors and companies which we are comfortable to accept funds from. This includes all companies currently on the ASEN fundraising database.

 

Current list

These organisations were suggested for Germinate fundraising in Nov 2006 and not objected to on the asen_organisers elist

If you have an objection, move the text from here to the Yellow List and add your reasons there

 

ACF??

Amnesty International

ANZSES

AusGreen

Australian Ethical Investment

Australian Green Development Forum

Australian Greenhouse Office

Australian Technology Association (ATA – across Australia, lots of local groups)

Australian Wind Energy Association (AusWEA)

BCSE Business Council for Sustainable Energy Australia

Bike Companies (any good ones? - Giant, Malvern star....????)

Bower (like Reverse Garbage – don't have much money though)

Centre for Appropriate Technology (icat.org.au, Alice Springs do Bushlight programs)

Centre for Waste Water Technology – UNSW – have money – apparently in

Clear Comfort

Conservation Vollunteers

Country Energy (NSW)

Dick Smith – seriously rich.

Easy Being Green (Newtown)

EcoSavvy

Engineers without Borders

Enviro-Friendly Products (ACT)

Gigante - a fairtrade organic coffee co, based in Melb. but distribute around Aust.

Greenpeace??

GSES Global Sustainable Energy Solutions (3 dudes, 1 womyn, Aid Development Work, tender for projects in developing countries, good stuff, business-minded)

Hemp Clothing

Jaspers

NECO Hardware

New Internationalist Magazine

No Sweat

One Tree Hills Projects (SA and NSW)

Organic Food COs

Origin Greenpower??

Oxfam

Progressive uni & TAFE courses

QLD Sustainable Energy Development Group

Qualitops (Fairware certified bulk clothing co, also do t-shirt printing etc)

Safe drinking ads (unbranded & without advertising product BUT funded by liquor Cos)

Solahart

Solarpanel Manufacturers (NOT BP)

some consortium with China.

Sugar companies that burn their sugar to run their mills

Suntechnics

Sustainable Energy Development Office

TAC safe driving ads - TAC are the Traffic Accident Commission in Vic

VISY – recycling company, love giving money away

Watertank Manufacturers

WOOFERS - Willing Workers on Organic Farms

 

 

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YELLOW LIST

 

Sponsorship Guidelines - Draft sept 2006

 

These are in two categories;

• Where further discussion is required to take a decision on the sector (ie, do they go on the red or green list); and
• Sectors that we may consider approaching, but on a case-by-case basis. For example, if we decided to approach a bank, we would need to consider whether they invest in any of the sectors contained on the red list.

 

1. Pharmaceuticals (needs more discussion)

2. Media (but not large conglomerates or right-wing publications)

3. Banks and financial institutions

4. Small-scale, sustainable plantations or private forestry companies

5. Gambling (requires further discussion)

6. Alcohol: the proposal is to generally try and avoid, but not place a blanket ban, proposals to be taken on a case-by-case basis. Noted that small-scale producers would be possible but probably not multi national owned enterprises.

7. Government - definiting not Dept of Mining but Dept of Environment, Heritage & Arts needs discussion. Suggestion of always keeping 10% of grant amount to put towards becoming financially sustainable. NEEDS MORE DISCUSSION

 

Discussion

 

Carbon offset companies

 

Anna Rose 9/11/06 - The carbon offset companies I would put WAYYY down on the bottom of the list, because they make people think that they can have their cake and eat it too - eg still expand fossil fuel industry while paying some money to plant trees - and this is counteracting the POLITICAL pressure we need.

 

Nicky Ison 9/11/06 - I agree with Anna on this one being down the list - Carbon Offset Companies (ie pay us and we'll plant trees so you can drive your car and not feel guilty).

 

Naomi Hodgson 9/11/06 - i'd just say that i think carbon offset companies that use tree planting offsets should probably be off the list. there are offset companies that invest in renewable energy projects and in my limited understanding this seems like a more effective, lower risk, and more likely to be ethical option. some of those carbon offseting tree plantations displace people, use vast monocultures, some actually release carbon if they aren't managed properly and often die before the emissions that were justified by them has left the atmosphere.

 

Ethical Investment Groups

 

Nicky Ison 9/11/06 - The only Ethical Investment company that isn't in uranium is Australian Ethical Investment - so only them really!

 

WWF

 

Anna Rose 9/11/06 - I know its not on the list, but just in case anyone was thinking about it (which no-one probably is) - NOT WWF - because they pretend to be "greenies" while supporting NUCLEAR POWER!!!! At least the companies state openly that they are companies.

 

 

• DIscussion on Fosters

here is the online discussion that happened around the Fosters Grant on the e-group.

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RED LIST

 

These are sectors which ASEN will not take funds from (individual companies/ funds/ foundations, etc not listed, it is taken as a blanket ban)

 

Sponsorship Guidelines - Draft sept 2006

 

• Mining sector
• Tobacco
• Companies involved in logging of high conservation value/ old growth forests
• Companies involved in producing or selling armaments
• Companies involved in non – renewable energy (including natural gas) - this has implications for taking funds from renewable energy sector
• Firms with poor labour relations/ exploitative workplace practices
• The chemical industry

 

Discussion

 

Carbon offset companies**

 

Naomi Blackburn 11/11/06 - From the discussion in the yellow section it looks like carbon offset companies sould be suggested for the red list