The Borealis Centre for Environment and Trade Research (Borealis) is a non-profit organisation that provides critical services to the global NGO (Non Governmental Organisations) community. While the emphasis is on research, Borealis is also active in providing campaign planning and strategy development for its clients and member organisations. Over recent years Borealis has carried out over 150 projects for 50 plus clients in more than 30 countries.
Borealis’ aim is to strengthen the environmental and social justice NGO community, by providing crucial information, facilitating the sharing of information and building research capacity. To achieve this goal, Borealis conducts research and investigations, provides research tools to partner NGO’s and trains new researchers.

Non-profits
Borealis Centre has a very diverse portfolio, with extensive experience in the following areas: climate change, forest protection (including illegal logging investigations and the pulp and paper industry), sustainable fisheries, international waste trade, mining, agriculture, genetic engineering and human rights.
Borealis is able to meet the needs of most organisations from carrying out research to research coordination and strategic advice. Specific research studies and investigations undertaken by Borealis include:

• Chain of custody research
• Environmental impact assessments
• Trade flow analyses and market investigations
• Public report writing
• Research training
• Field research
• Research Coordination
• Campaign and research advice

Amongst our clients and partners are about 40 organisations from many different parts of the world. The organisations we work for include Greenpeace, ForestEthics, Rainforest Action Network (RAN), Dogwood Alliance, Natural Resources Defence Council (NRDC), Book Industry Study Group, Green Press Initiative, Markets Initiative, Global Witness, Living Oceans Society, Corporate Ethics International, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and many more.
The Borealis Centre is is a member of of the Environmental Paper Network (EPN), European Environmental Paper Network (EEPN), and the Taiga Rescue Network (TRN).

Private and Government
While main focus of the Borealis Centre is on the non-profit sector, occasionally we carry out research for private companies or the governments that want to assess their environmental footprint or ensure environmental responsibility throughout their chain of custody. Please contact us for more information.

Geographic Scope
Since 2004, Borealis has carried out over 200 projects for 50 plus partners and clients in more than 40 countries.