We are a network of anti-corruption and conservation professionals passionate about countering environmental corruption.
Through the Practitioners Forum, we combine our talents and expertise to innovate, collaborate, exchange knowledge and information, and scale solutions from the ground up.
Working groups
Land corruption
Land corruption jeopardizes conservation outcomes, climate progress, and human rights by creating insecure land tenure and enabling land grabbing and other negative behaviors. Members of this group explore land grabbing and associated corruption, how it is negatively impacting people and the environment, and possible solutions.Follow-the-money
Criminals engaged in environmental crimes and corruption often seek to hide their profits behind opaque ownership arrangements and by moving the proceeds through complex financial systems that make it difficult for law enforcement to trace. Follow-the-money techniques are essential to detect, investigate and prosecute environmental criminals and corrupt facilitators. This group is a peer network for professionals to share experiences and troubleshoot challenges.Open data
The ability to swiftly analyze publicly available data on government licensing, public procurement, asset disclosures, tax records, financial allocations, and other interactions can be a game-changer for uncovering red flags of corruption. Members of this group explore emerging opportunities to collaborate in this evolving area.Climate finance
Corruption is a major driver of the climate crisis. The cost of responding to, adapting to and mitigating the worst effects of global heating, will be immense, and these financial investments create tempting opportunities for corruption. This group bridges anti-corruption and conservation professionals to advance solutions that can strengthen the integrity of climate finance.Minerals corruption
The global race for minerals and rare earth elements intensifies as nations compete for energy, defence, and tech supplies, which have triggered a surge in illegal mining. Anti-corruption and extractive resources experts meet to share and build collaborative solutions.News and blog
Show all news and blog itemsnews 16.10.2025
Climate finance
Takeaways on climate finance accountability in practice: perspectives from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and project implementing institutions
news 15.10.2025
Follow the Money
Takeaways on illegal gold mining and illicit financial flows: from the Amazon basin to destination countries
blog 04.08.2025
General
When justice fails: lessons from a landmark ivory trafficking trial
"Green" anti-corruption practitioners need a safe space to exchange ideas and experiences – both good and bad. Many individual practitioners show tremendous commitment, but close collaboration and peer learning will give them greater strength to stand up to sophisticated global networks of environmental criminals.
Juhani Grossmann, Director, Green Corruption programme, Basel Institute on Governance
Corruption enables environmental crime throughout complex, transnational supply chains. Political economies enable stakeholders to exploit the environment through corruption. These corrupt practices harm nature, divert resources from climate and environmental protection, and exacerbate insecurity, undermine human rights, and divert resources from vital services. Collaboration is needed to solve these systemic issues.
Micol Martini, Technical Lead & Senior Expert (Governance And Conflict), Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF)
Corruption undermines development and trust. Leveraging open data from varied domains empowers civil society and institutions to detect, prevent, and respond to corrupt practices effectively. By integrating data from multiple sources, we build resilient, auditable frameworks that protect public interest and environmental sustainability.
Ben Brock, Senior Wildlife Crime Analyst, TRAFFIC
Environmental corruption threatens to dismantle and reverse efforts to address our planet's most pressing challenge. Convinced that multi-stakeholder and multi-pronged solutions are critical to countering such corruption, this diverse network is an important step in that direction.
Anoukh de Soysa, Climate Governance Specialist, Transparency International
If we want to win the fight against the climate crisis and protect our planet, we have to get environmental corruption under control. For years, I have been dreaming of such a platform to bring together the two key communities that we need to see working hand in hand: environmental and governance practitioners! I am looking forward to fruitful collaborations!
Brice Böhmer, Climate & Environment Lead, Transparency International