2,000+
Threatened species in Australia
And the list keeps growing. More than half are endangered or critically endangered.
Source — Bush Heritage Australia
● Our mission
To protect and restore our environment for generations to come.
● Where the rubber meets the road
The GreenPay Foundation puts the profits to work, partnering with Australia's leading conservation experts to do the hard, practical work of turning the nature crisis around.
● The state of nature
Australian nature in decline
None of what follows is up for debate. It's where we start.
#1
Mammal extinctions on Earth
Australia has the highest number of mammal extinctions of anywhere on the planet since European colonisation.
Source — PNAS / Ecological Society of Australia
73%
Global wildlife populations lost
Monitored wildlife populations have collapsed since 1970. Australia's picture is worse.
Source — WWF Living Planet Report
19
Ecosystems near collapse
Major Australian ecosystems now meet scientific criteria for total ecological collapse.
Source — Bergstrom et al., Global Change Biology, 2021
50%
Of the Reef's coral, gone
Half of the Great Barrier Reef's coral cover has been lost since the year 2000.
Source — Great Barrier Reef coral cover studies
21%
Koala decline per decade
Koala populations in Australia's east are falling at roughly 21% every decade. Listed endangered in QLD, NSW & ACT (2022).
Source — Australian Government threatened species listing
2050
More plastic than fish
On current trends, the ocean is projected to hold more plastic than fish, by weight, by 2050.
Source — Ellen MacArthur Foundation (projection)
Hotspot
Only developed nation on the list
Australia is the only developed country on the global list of deforestation hotspots.
Source — WWF Deforestation Fronts
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● Our strategy
Practical action. Today.
The scale of the action being taken to protect nature is dwarfed by the scale of the problem. The Foundation keeps its strategy simple, practical and focused, with our independent Advisory Board ensuring every dollar has maximum impact.
01
Here & nowDirect donations
Funding charitable organisations taking practical steps to solve specific environmental issues today. This is where the majority of funding goes.
02
On the groundDirect action
Organising and joining environmental projects and events that fit the Foundation's purpose. Getting our hands dirty.
03
The futureBacking the builders
Investing in the entrepreneurs building long-term solutions to climate change, biodiversity loss, sustainable food production and material circularity.
● Projects we're funding
Real projects. Real Country. Where your transactions land.
Every dollar the Foundation directs goes to organisations doing verifiable, on-the-ground work. Here's where it's gone so far*.
*We let our chosen partners decide where the money is best spent. No conditions, no strings attached. These are the projects they've chosen to direct it to.
Bush Heritage Australia
Nil Desperandum Reserve
Murray-Darling Basin, NSW — Budjiti CountryGreenPay's funds supported Bush Heritage in purchasing and restoring Nil Desperandum — a 4,037-hectare reserve, its Latin name meaning 'nothing to be despaired of'. Bush Heritage and the Budjiti people work together to return the land to good health and pass on knowledge that can't be lost.
Conservation Ecology Centre
Leafy Greenhood Orchid
Cape Otway, VictoriaGreenPay's funds supported the Conservation Ecology Centre's research into the Leafy Greenhood Orchid — a vulnerable native plant hanging on in Cape Otway, facing extinction from habitat loss and low genetic diversity. It also happens to resemble the GreenPay logo. The painstaking work that keeps a species from becoming a statistic.
Gudjuda Rangers
Sea Turtle Monitoring
North Queensland — Birri-Gubba CountryGreenPay's support helped the Gudjuda Rangers — Traditional Owners of the land and sea between Townsville and the Whitsundays — rescue marine turtles and pass cultural knowledge to the next generation. They've run marine turtle monitoring for 20+ years, including research into the fibropapilloma virus. Conservation and culture, inseparable.
● Team
The people making sure every dollar counts.
An independent board of some of Australia's leading conservation experts decides how the Foundation's funds are allocated. Not the marketing team.
Rachel Lowry
CEO, Bush Heritage Australia
Former Chief Conservation Officer at WWF-Australia and Advisor to the Federal Government's Threatened Species Commissioner. Named one of Australia's Top 30 conservationists by Australian Geographic.
Distinguished Professor. Michelle Leishman
Plant Ecologist, Macquarie University
Internationally recognised plant ecologist. Director of MQ's Smart Green Cities Research Centre, Fellow of the Royal Society of NSW, and Councillor of the Biodiversity Council Australia.
Darren Grover
Principal Advisor, Thriving Biodiversity, WWF-Australia
Leads forest protection and restoration across eastern Australia and wildlife conservation across Asia-Pacific. An ecologist with 25+ years' experience — and an avid birdwatcher.
Glenn Bartlett
CEO & Co-Founder, GreenPay
Previously founded Alberts Impact Ventures and founding CMO at Amber Electric. Primarily focused on breaking the link between human progress and the destruction of nature.
"SAVING CIVILISATION IS NOT A SPECTATOR SPORT."
— Lester R. Brown
● Accountable. On the record.
Deductible Gift Recipient status. Certified social enterprise with a public commitment to transparency.
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50% of GreenPay's profits are directed to the GreenPay Foundation as a core part of how the business operates. When you choose GreenPay, you're choosing a payments company that treats the environment as a stakeholder.
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