(ANBI STATUS) our charitable entity
Stop Ecocide International Ltd (SEI), a non-profit company limited by guarantee, was set up in the UK in 2017 (original name: Ecological Defence Integrity Ltd) to launch a public campaign to make ecocide a crime at the International Criminal Court in the Hague. This campaign grew very fast.
As a result in 2019 the Stop Ecocide Foundation was set up in the Netherlands to support the growing movement and is the main fundraising and commissioning vehicle for our work. It has ANBi status. The MOU setting out the relationship between SEI and SEF is reviewed periodically; the most recent version may be viewed upon request.
SEI and SEF operate as a close partnership whereby activities furthering the shared objectives of the two entities can be developed in tandem, according to the needs of the global advocacy work. In summary, SEI is responsible for overall strategy, policy, direction and communications while SEF receives and distributes funds and is the commissioning body for relevant projects (for example; the Independent Expert Panel for the Legal Definition of Ecocide). The Chair of SEF/ CEO of SEI, Jojo Mehta, does not receive payment from the Foundation. We have a conflict of interest policy to ensure fair distribution of funds.
