50by40 is a collaboration of organisations worldwide, each working to transform the global food system—whether focusing on climate change, health and nutrition, meat reduction and alternatives, sustainable food systems, Just Transition, or other strategies to help us achieve our collective goal.
Region: USA
Operational Focus: Global South, Meat Reduction & Alternatives, Other
A Well-Fed World is a hunger relief, food justice, and environmental advocacy organisation dedicated to advancing plant-based foods and farming to create a safe and sustainable world that maximises health and minimises harm.
Region: Global
Operational Focus: Global South, Sustainable Food Systems
ACTAsia is an international charity which aims to bring about sustainable social change predominately in Asian societies. Our programmes reach children, consumers and professionals building care and respect for nature, people and animals which will lead to a kinder, more compassionate and sustainable world.
Region: Pakistan, India, Myanmar, Indonesia, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan
Operational Focus: Animal Protection
Animal Alliance Asia was founded in 2019 to help build a more culturally relevant, inclusive, and effective animal justice movement in Asia by empowering, supporting, educating, and mentoring local individuals and organisations.
Region: USA
Operational Focus: Other
The Animal Legal Defense Fund fights for animals through the legal system: filing lawsuits to protect them from harm, providing free legal assistance and training to prosecutors to assure that abusers are punished for their crimes, supporting animal protection legislation, fighting legislation harmful to animals, and providing resources and opportunities to students and professionals to advance the field of animal law.
Region: Global
Operational Focus: Global South, Sustainable Food Systems
The Aquatic Life Institute was founded in 2019 to expedite, support and direct the nascent aquatic animal welfare movement, while researching and focusing on the highest impact welfare interventions to positively impact the lives of all aquatic animals.
Region: USA
Operational Focus: Climate Change, Global South, Health & Nutrition, Meat reduction & Alternatives, Sustainable Food Systems
The Better Food Foundation promotes dietary changes to build a healthy, equitable, humane, and environmentally sustainable food system. It works to support values-based food choices through policy change, advocacy, resource development, and grantmaking.
Region: USA
Operational Focus: Climate Change, Global South, Meat Reduction & Alternatives, Sustainable Food Systems
Brighter Green is a public policy action tank that works to raise awareness of and encourage action on issues spanning the environment, animals, and sustainability, and maintains a strong commitment to ensuring and expanding equity and rights. The organisation works in the United States and internationally with a focus on the Global South.
Region: Thailand, Asia Pacific
Operational Focus: Food Awareness
CATALYST is a social enterprise company that has a goal of creating a sustainable food system which addresses human health, animal welfare/rights and environmental protection. Our strategy is based on positive engagement, and a role as a ‘ catalyst’ to remove the barriers to change for various sectors in the society ranging from government, private sector and community.
Region: Australia
Operational Focus: Sustainable Food Systems
Cellular Agriculture Australia is a nonprofit with the mission of building resilient food systems in Australia. We do so by promoting and accelerating the development of healthy, sustainable and ethical animal food products and biomaterials through research and development in cellular agriculture.
Region: USA
Operational Focus: Climate Change, Meat Reduction & Alternatives, Sustainable Food Systems, Other
The Center for Biological Diversity, a nonprofit conservation organisation, fights for the protection of endangered species and wild places through science, law, creative media, advocacy, and organising. It focuses on protecting the lands, waters, and climate that species need to survive.
Region: Asia, Africa, Europe, LATAM, North America
Operational Focus: Climate Change
Climate Save Movement is a worldwide network that builds fair, healthy, sustainable plant-based food systems amidst a climate and ecological emergency through research, public policies and civil society mobilization.
Region: International, Australia
Operational Focus: Climate Change
Climate Tracker is the world’s largest youth-based climate journalism project. The organisation works to support and empower young environmentalists and journalists around the world to better communicate the Climate Crisis.
Region: USA
Operational Focus: Climate Change, Health & Nutrition, Meat Reduction & Alternatives, Sustainable Food Systems
The Coalition for Healthy School Food (CHSF) is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit that introduces plant-based foods and nutrition education in schools to educate the whole school community about the health, environmental, and social justice issues of our food choices.
Region: UK
Operational Focus: Sustainable Food Systems
Compassion in World Farming is a charity engaged in key decision-making forums, from the United Nations to the World Trade Organisation, working in partnership with inspirational supporters, progressive policy makers, and visionary companies to change our farming practices to feed the world and improve the quality of life for billions of farm animals worldwide.
Region: USA
Operational Focus: Climate Change, Global South, Meat Reduction & Alternatives, Sustainable Food Systems, Other
Creature Kind’s mission is to encourage Christians to recognize faith-based reasons for caring about the wellbeing of fellow animal creatures used for food, and to take practical action in response. Our core message is that we are Creature Kind together with other animals, and ought to be Creature Kind in how we treat each other.
Region: Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, US
Operational Focus: Health
Dharma Voices for Animals is a faith based organisation which is committed both to practicing the teachings of the Buddha (the Dharma) and to speaking out when the actions of those in Dharma communities and the policies of Dharma centers lead to animal suffering
Region: Australia
Operational Focus: Health & Nutrition
Doctors for Nutrition is an Australian health-promotion charity working to equip healthcare practitioners, institutions, and the general public with evidence-based information and education on optimum human nutrition. Its mission is to inspire the adoption of whole food plant-based nutrition as a powerful tool in disease prevention and care.
Region: UK
Operational Focus: Meat Reduction & Alternatives, Sustainable Food Systems
Eating Better is an alliance of more than 50 organisations focused on facilitating action for less and better meat and dairy for our health, the environment, animal welfare, and social justice. The alliance inspires and equips individuals, businesses, and governments so we can all eat better.
Region: USA
Operational Focus: Sustainable Food Systems
Factory Farming Awareness Coalition inspires and empowers individuals and institutions to create a more just, compassionate, and sustainable food system by educating students and stakeholders, and inspiring and mentoring activists and leading institutions towards tangible change.
Region: USA
Operational Focus: Health & Nutrition, Sustainable Food Systems
In order to build a cohesive vision for farmers to thrive within the agricultural system, the Farm Transformation Institute integrates many layers, including innovative solutions that help sustain farmers and create healthier, more efficient, and alternative proteins. It believes that farmers hold the key to better food, a safer planet, and a sound future.
Region: India
Operational Focus: Health & Nutrition, Meat Reduction & Alternatives, Sustainable Food Systems, Other
The Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations (FIAPO) is the collective voice of the animal rights movement in India and the catalyst that protects animals on local and national levels through education, research, mobilisation, networking, training, and direct action.
Region: Global
Operational Focus: Climate Change, Meat Reduction & Alternatives, Sustainable Food Systems
Feedback, an environmental campaigning charity. It works on issues surrounding industrial meat and dairy, particularly divestment from Big Livestock, farmed fish, anaerobic digestion, food waste, and food citizenship, as well as regional food economies.
Region: Global
Operational Focus: Climate Change, Other
The Food and Climate Alliance is a group of civil society organisations that research and advocate for a transition away from dietary patterns high in animal-based foods and toward more plant-centric diets as a critical climate change solution.
Region: Global
Operational Focus: Other
With offices and sanctuaries around the world, FOUR PAWS advocates for a world where humans treat animals with respect, empathy, and understanding. Its efforts focus on helping animals kept in inappropriate conditions and suffering in disaster and conflict zones. FOUR PAWS provides rapid help and long-term improvements enshrined in legislation.
Region: USA
Operational Focus: Climate Change, Health & Nutrition, Meat Reduction & Alternatives, Sustainable Food Systems
Friends of the Earth’s climate friendly food programme aims to mitigate climate change, improve public health, and advance racial justice by reducing the overconsumption of animal foods and supporting a transition away from factory farming towards a just, healthy, and regenerative food system.
Region: Netherlands, Paraguay
Operational Focus: Climate Change, Global South, Meat Reduction & Alternatives, Sustainable Food Systems, Other
Global Forest Coalition supports and coordinates collaborative campaigns for socially just and effective forest policy and the rights of Indigenous and other forest peoples.
Region: USA
Operational Focus: Climate Change, Meat Reduction & Alternatives, Other
Global Wildlife Conservation’s mission is to conserve the diversity of life on Earth, and it achieves this through safeguarding wildlands, protecting wildlife, and supporting guardians. Over the last 12 years, it has worked to conserve wildlife and habitat in more than 50 countries and helped establish more than 30 protected areas, home to more than 150 endangered species, benefitting more than 20,000 species.
Region: USA
Operational Focus: Climate Change, Health & Nutrition, Meat Reduction & Alternatives, Sustainable Food Systems, Other
The Good Food Institute is an international nonprofit building a sustainable, healthy, and just global food system. With unique insight across the scientific, policy, industry, and investment landscapes, GFI uses the power of food innovation and markets to accelerate the transition of the world’s food system towards alternative proteins.
Region: Poland, Ukraine
Operational Focus: Climate Change, Sustainable Food Systems
Green REV Institute is a Polish think tank that connects the dots between climate, human and animal rights. We concentrate on advocacy activities toward a sustainable, plant-based food system. In 2021, the Future Food 4 Climate coalition was initiated, which brings CSOs from Poland, and Ukraine together. It is the first coalition from Poland to work on food system transition.
Region: Global
Operational Focus: Climate Change, Meat Reduction & Alternatives, Sustainable Food Systems
Greenpeace International, the coordinating organisation of the global network of 27 independent national and regional Greenpeace affiliates, including Greenpeace Mexico, works directly with communities on the front lines as they protect the environments they call home.
Region: Global
Operational Focus: Climate Change, Health & Nutrition, Meat Reduction & Alternatives, Sustainable Food Systems
Health Care Without Harm, a global organisation with a network of more than 45,000 hospitals around the world, works with the health care sector to reduce its environmental footprint and foster its position as a community anchor for sustainability and a leader in the global movement for environmental health and justice.
Region: Global
Operational Focus: Global South, Meat Reduction & Alternatives, Other
Humane Society International works around the world to promote the human-animal bond, rescue and protect dogs and cats, improve farm animal welfare, protect wildlife, promote animal-free testing and research, respond to natural disasters, and confront cruelty to animals in all of its forms.
Region: Global
Operational Focus: Sustainable Food Sytems, Other
ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability is a global network of more than 1,750 local and regional governments committed to sustainable urban development. Active in 100+ countries, we influence sustainability policy and drive local action for low emission, nature-based, equitable, resilient and circular development.
Region: Brazil
Operational Focus: Meat Reduction, Sustainable Food Systems
Instituto Comida do Amanhã is a Brazilian think-tank that aims to support the transition towards sustainable and healthy food systems focusing on 3 main areas of work: food and cities, food and climate and food and culture. Their work is directed both to the general public (increasing awareness, from a food systems approach) and also advocating for integrated, participatory, systemic food policies.
Region: USA
Operational Focus: Climate Change, Global South, Health & Nutrition, Meat Reduction & Alternatives, Sustainable Food Systems
The IPH engages and mobilizes faith communities to improve population health, by addressing the underlying determinants of health (social, commercial, environmental, and political) through connecting potential partners, convening constructive dialogue, cultivating population health understanding, and catalyzing positive social change.
Region: USA
Operational Focus: Climate Change, Meat Reduction & Alternatives, Sustainable Food Systems
Mighty Earth is a global environmental campaign organisation that works to protect forests, conserve oceans, and address climate change. It drives large-scale action towards environmentally responsible agriculture that protects native ecosystems, wildlife, and water and respects local community rights.
Region: Israel
Operational Focus: Climate Change, Health & Nutrition, Meat Reduction & Alternatives, Sustainable Food Systems, Other
MAF is an Israeli non-profit organization set out to transform global food culture by replacing traditional animal-based foods with cellular agriculture, fermentation-based and plant-based alternatives. MAF fosters high-impact innovation and rallies a community of scientists, entrepreneurs, investors, industry leaders and government decision-makers.
Region: USA
Operational Focus: Climate Change, Other
One of the largest environmental organisations in the United States, Natural Resources Defense Council fights for sustainable policies from federal, state, and local governments and industrial corporations, and works to influence federal and state agencies, Congress and state legislatures, and courts to reduce global warming, limit pollution, and generally conserve energy and increase sustainability of commerce and manufacturing.
Region: Global
Operational Focus: Health & Nutrition
The Physicians Association for Nutrition International aims to raise awareness among health professionals, especially medical students, the general public, and policymakers about the role of whole food, plant-based nutrition in promoting good health and preventing and treating disease.
Region: USA
Operational Focus: Health & Nutrition
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine is a nonprofit health organisation that promotes a vegan diet, preventive medicine, and alternatives to the use of animals in medical education and research, encouraging higher standards of ethics and effectiveness in research and more effective scientific methods.
Region: USA
Operational Focus: Climate Change, Global South, Meat Reduction & Alternatives, Sustainable Food Systems, Other
The mission of Pivot Food Investment is to highlight the risks of factory farming. To that end, it moves money away from factory farming and towards plant-based foods.
Region: North America
Operational Focus: Health
Plant Based Nutrition Movement is a non-profit organization that works with those who have been disproportionately affected by poor eating habits to improve their diet and reduce illness. With a keen focus on child nutrition, it also collaborates with like-minded organizations to encourage people to adopt healthy plant-based eating patterns in support of greater human, beyond human, and planetary health.
Region: USA
Operational Focus: Climate Change, Health & Nutrition, Meat Reduction & Alternatives, Sustainable Food Systems
Plant Pure Communities builds stronger, healthier, and more sustainable communities through collaborative research, policy, and programme activities that use evidence-based nutrition education to address personal, public, and planetary health.
Region: USA
Operational Focus: Health and Nutrition
Plant Powered Metro New York empowers our multicultural local communities to find better health and overcome chronic disease through whole food, plant-based nutrition. We offer evidence-based education, resources, and support to catalyze awareness and dietary change throughout the New York metropolitan area.
Region: Germany
Operational Focus: Climate Change, Global South, Health & Nutrition, Meat Reduction & Alternatives, Sustainable Food Systems
ProVeg International works with international decision-making bodies, governments, food producers, food service providers, investors, the media, and the general public to help transform the global food system to one that is less dependent on animal agriculture and more sustainable for humans, animals, and our planet.
Region: USA
Operational Focus: Climate Change, Global South, Health & Nutrition, Meat Reduction & Alternatives
RealFoodSystems.org is an advocacy platform of youth actionists committed to addressing the planetary emergency through sustainable food systems as a #1 solution to climate and interrelated crises.
Region: USA & the Caribbean
Operational Focus: Food Awareness
Rethink Your Food creates events and campaigns to engage people of Caribbean heritage to increase their consumption of nutritious, plant-based food. They also partner with institutions and food service companies that commit to investing in healthier and more sustainable communities.
Region: USA
Operational Focus: Global South, Sustainable Food Systems
Seeding Sovereignty is an Indigenous-led collective that works to radicalise and disrupt colonised spaces through land, body, and food sovereignty work, community building, and cultural preservation. By investing in Indigenous folks and communities of the global majority, they seek to cross the threshold of liberation together.
Region: Brazil, Austria
Operational Focus: Global South, Meat Reduction & Alternatives, Sustainable Food Systems, Other
Sinergia Animal is an international animal protection organisation working in the Global South—primarily in Southeast Asia and Latin America—to reduce both the suffering of animals exploited by the food industry and the consumption of animal products by promoting more compassionate and healthy diets.
Region: South Africa
Operational Focus: Climate Change, Environment, Global South, Sustainable Food Systems
SAFCEI (Southern African Faith Communities’ Environment Institute) is a multi-faith organisation committed to supporting faith leaders and their communities in Southern Africa to increase awareness, understanding and action on eco-justice, sustainable living and climate change.
Region: Australia, New Zealand
Operational Focus: Climate Change, Health & Nutrition
The Lentil Intervention is an Australian and New Zealand educational and advocacy platform dedicated to raising awareness on the current climate and health crises. It aims to inspire the adoption of climate-friendly and healthy lifestyle changes that will benefit both personal and planetary health.
Region: The Netherlands
Operational Focus: Climate Change, Health & Nutrition
An international charity based in Amsterdam, True Animal Protein Price Coalition works on policy advocacy for true pricing of meat and dairy to include their external costs, such as GHG and other polluting emissions, biodiversity loss, and health expenditures.
Region: USA
Operational Focus: Health & Nutrition
True Health Initiative is a global coalition of world-renowned experts dedicated to refuting false information and the doubts they engender in order to create a world free of preventable diseases using the time-honored, evidence-based fundamentals of lifestyle and medicine.
Region: USA
Operational Focus: Meat Reduction & Alternatives, Other
WildAid aims to reduce global consumption of wildlife products and to increase local support for conservation efforts. It also works with governments and partners to protect fragile marine reserves from illegal fishing and shark finning, enhance public and political will for anti-poaching efforts, and reduce the impacts of climate change.
Region: Global
Operational Focus: Climate Change, Global South, Health & Nutrition, Meat Reduction & Alternatives, Sustainable Food Systems
World Animal Protection is one of the world’s leading animal welfare organisations, and has been protecting animals around the world for over 50 years. They passionately believe that animal welfare matters and work to expose and oppose the exploitation and suffering of animals.
Region: USA
Operational Focus: Other
The World Federation for Animals is an international animal protection network aiming to achieve global impact for animals by providing a platform for the animal protection movement on the international stage. Our mission is to improve the well-being of all animals, end exploitation and suffering.
Region: Global
Operational Focus: Climate Change, Meat Reduction & Alternatives, Other
World Resources Institute is a global research organisation working in more than 60 countries with more than 1,000 experts and staff who turn big ideas into action at the nexus of environment, economic opportunity, and human well-being. Its Food Programme focuses on how to feed 10 billion people by 2050 without destroying the planet and Cool Food initiative engages entities including IKEA and Harvard to reduce the climate impact of the food they serve.
Region: USA
Operational Focus: Climate Change
Zero Hour is a youth-led movement creating entry points, training, and resources for new young activists and organisers (and adults who support its vision) who want to take concrete action around climate change. Together, it is a movement of unstoppable youth organising to protect their rights and access to natural resources and a clean, safe, and healthy environment that will ensure a livable world.
