With myriad issues impacting the planet, including climate change, dwindling rainforests and food waste, the nonprofit organization 1% for the Planet, in partnership with more than 1,200 member organizations and thousands of nonprofit partners in 40 countries, has been championing environmental change since 2002.
Celebrating its 15th anniversary next year, the Burlington, Vt.-based environmental nonprofit organization was founded by businessmen and environmentalists Yvon Chouinard and Craig Matthews, who launched clothing company Patagonia and fly fishing equipment company Blue Ribbon Flies, respectively. An “a-ha” moment while fishing in Montana was what led these two entrepreneurs to expand into the nonprofit sector, says 1% for the Planet Chief Executive Officer Kate Williams.