We launched the Southwood Foundation to help build connections between people, organisations and sectors working towards creating a more sustainable future, in order to try and accelerate the joined-up action needed.

An important element in achieving this is having a full picture of the sustainability community and identifying the individual organisations within it. To achieve this, we decided to start mapping the sustainability stakeholder landscape.

Using publicly available data, in collaboration with academic experts, we built such a map. It shows the cross-sectoral landscape (policy, standards, community and business) of roughly 300 non-profit organisations working towards sustainability. As far as we know, it is the first of its kind.

Having built a prototype, we are looking to develop our ideas with partners, exploring various ways in which this mapping process can add real coherence, and act as a tool to support rapid co-ordinated action on climate change and biodiversity.