The SEED Initiative has chosen adelphi as its hosting organisation. The Berlin-based consultancy has already been supporting the initiative since 2007 with the organisation of the SEED Awards and, additionally with capacity building programmes for the winners since 2009.
Founded by UNEP, UNDP and IUCN at the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, the SEED Initiative supports start-up enterprises that integrate social and environmental benefits into their business models in order to stimulate local economies, strengthen community resilience, and manage environmental resources soundly. SEED works with both grassroots entrepreneurs and Green Economy policy-makers. Up till now more than 100 winners have benefitted from the support and capacity building offered by the initiative. The 2013 SEED Awards were recently launched.