Ellen MacArthur Foundation
| Ellen MacArthur Foundation | |
|---|---|
| |
| Sector | Wellbeing |
| Industry | Consumer Services |
| Type | Nonprofit |
| Founded | 23 June 2009 |
| Founder(s) | Dame Ellen MacArthur |
| City, State | Cowes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Key Executives | Andrew Morlet Chief Executive Officer Philip Sellwood Trustee Peter Morgan Trustee |
| Revenue | £1,151,488$ 1,556,064.865 <br />€ 1,369,337.081 <br />CA$ 1,976,202.378 <br />CNY 9,849,890.595 <br />KRW 1,906,879.689 <br /> |
| Number of employees | 10 |
| Sponsorship Level | Sponsor |
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation is a UK Charitable organization which aims to inspire a generation to re-think, re-design & build a positive future through the framework of a circular economy.
Founded on 23 June 2009, the Foundation was publicly launched on 2 September 2010 by Dame Ellen MacArthur at the Science Museum (London), with the support of a group of 'Founding Partners', B&Q, BT Group, Cisco, National Grid plc and Renault. The charity was inspired by MacArthur's sailing experiences and she put GBP 500,000 of her own money into the project. Another GBP 6 mil was raised by the five founding partners.
On 17 May 2017, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, in conjunction with the Charles, Prince of Wales, launched a USD 2 million prize fund for innovations which work towards the management of waste plastics.
Platform for Accelerating the Circular Economy (PACE)
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation is a founding member and knowledge partner of the Platform for Accelerating the Circular Economy (PACE), which is a public-private collaboration platform and project accelerator launched out of the World Economic Forum focusing on the circular economy.