Corporate philanthropy

We can give your company unrivaled expertise in plant science, conservation and horticulture.

The Hive interior - a larger-than-life recreation of a real beehive at Kew

Here are a few examples of our incredible partnerships:

Innocent Foundation 

One of the poorest regions in the world, the Bolivian Amazon is home to a unique range of flora and fauna. However, unsustainable farming is severely threatening the region’s forest upon which local people depend for their lives and livelihoods. The Innocent Foundation is partnering with Kew in northern Bolivia to build community fruit tree nurseries, enabling local people to develop sustainable food and income, reducing pressure on the remaining forest and developing a model which can be used across rural Latin America.  

Find out more by watching this film

People's Postcode Lottery 

Thanks to a Special Impact Award from players of People’s Postcode Lottery in 2016, Kew’s team of conservationists in Madagascar will be enlisting the help of up to 100 rural communities to collect and conserve seeds from the island’s extraordinary plant life. About 90% of species on Madagascar are found nowhere else on the planet.  Many are at risk of extinction because of deforestation, mining and slash and burn agriculture. Seed bank collections – stored both at Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank and in-country – are therefore an important tool in helping to save and re-introduce plant species, many of which underpin everyday livelihoods. 

Find out more by watching this film 

Google

Working with Oxford University, and supported by the Google Impact Challenge, we are seeking to transform the way in which control programmes against mosquito-borne diseases are designed and delivered. The project will use acoustic sensors to detect mosquitoes and identify the species from the unique frequency of its wing-beat. We will also capture missing data on vegetation, temperature, humidity and proximity to water bodies, allowing us to build maps of unprecedented sophistication and real-time accuracy. These maps will be key to improving how landscapes are managed to deter mosquitoes and halt the spread of deadly – but entirely preventable – disease.

Programmes that offer impactful collaboration

The Millennium Seed Bank Partnership

The Millennium Seed Bank Partnership is the largest ex situ plant conservation programme in the world. Our focus is on global plant life faced with extinction and plants of most use for the future. The seeds we save are conserved in seed banks as an insurance against extinction in their native habitat. Working with our network of partners across 80 countries, we have successfully banked over 13% of the world's wild plant species. With your help, we are going to save 25% of those species by 2020. 

Many of the world’s most at risk plant species occur in the tropics, where they are threatened by development and agriculture, and insufficient data and frameworks for their protection.  Working with partners in country, Kew’s Tropical Important Plant Areas programme will identify the most important and threatened habitats and species, and recommend the establishment of protected areas to ensure their future protection.

We are seeking corporate partners to help us deliver this vital work. 

Madagascar

Madagascar is one of the most important biodiversity hotspots in the world, with thousands of plant and animal species found nowhere else on Earth.  However, unsustainable agriculture and development are putting severe pressure on this unique ecosystem and the rural population it supports. From its base in the country, Kew is working with local partners to identify and preserve remaining habitats, to collect and store seed to conserve species, and to develop sustainable livelihoods for communities.

With your help, we will be able to sustain and expand this important work. 

Active schools programme and apprenticeship schemes

Kew has an extensive offer enabling children and disadvantaged people to learn about and become inspired by our UNESCO World Heritage Site, our plant-science and our horticulture. These include an active schools programme and apprenticeship schemes aiming to train the next generation of horticulturalists.  We are also about to launch a Youth Explainers programme, which will provide disadvantaged young people from our community with the skills, confidence and qualifications to engage with our visitors and to move into further training and education in plant-science and horticulture.

There are extensive opportunities for companies to partner with this impactful programme. 

Get in touch

For more information, contact Laura Turner Laing on 020 8332 3226 or l.turner_laing@kew.org