Environmental Defense Fund

Our people: We’re one of the world’s largest environmental organizations, with more than 2 million members and a staff of 800 scientists, economists, policy experts, and other professionals around the world. Our values: We believe prosperity and environmental stewardship must go hand in hand. We’re optimists, because we have seen our ideas make a huge difference. And we build strong partnerships across interests to ensure lasting success. Our core values are: results, respect, innovation, optimism and integrity. These values allow us to experiment courageously in our work, while staying true to who we’ve been as an organization for 50 years. Our focus: We achieve results by finding solutions that benefit people while protecting natural systems. Mission: Our mission is to preserve the natural systems on which all life depends. Guided by science and economics, we find practical and lasting solutions to the most serious environmental problems. We work to solve the most critical environmental problems facing the planet. This has drawn us to areas that span the biosphere: climate, oceans, ecosystems and health. Since these topics are intertwined, our solutions take a multidisciplinary approach.