The Varda Group was established in 2003 by Kelly Rigg and Rémi Parmentier. We now have operations in the Netherlands, Spain, and the UK and we work with an extensive network of freelance collaborators. We’ve campaigned to protect the deep sea, sharks and tuna, the climate, health from smoking and on many other issues.
Welcome to The Varda Group
The Varda Group provides strategic advice and campaign expertise and coordination services across a wide range of international environmental and social issues. The Varda Group consists of Varda BV (The Netherlands), Varda Desarrollo Sostenible SL (Spain), and Varda Ltd (UK). In addition, The Varda Foundation (Stichting Varda) is a not-for-profit organisation that has the capacity to carry out charitable projects. The Varda Group was established in 2003 by Rémi Parmentier, Kelly Rigg, and Elaine Lawrence who have been leading campaigns for over 30 years on oceans, climate, disarmament, human health and many other issues. Our specialties include:
- Campaign coordination and leadership
- Political campaigning and advocacy
- Strategic planning
- Project design and management
- Campaign and organizational evaluation
- Meeting facilitation
- Communications strategy design
- Event organization
- Campaign training
Varda staff are fluent in English, French and Spanish (and to a lesser extent Dutch and Portuguese).
2017
We are currently organizing the conference Antartica Today and Tomorrow, June 29, in Paris. If interested in registering please email antarcticajune2017@antarcticocean.org
April 2017
- Strategic advice to Climate Action Network
March 2017
- Panelist, on behalf of the Antarctic & Southern Ocena Coalition (ASOC) at the Round-Table “France, A Polar Nation in the 21st Century”, Neuilly-Sur-Seine, France
- Strategic advice to Climate Action Network
February 2017
- Participation in the preparatory meeting for the UN Ocean Conference of June 2017, New York
- Participation, on behalf of the Because the Ocean Initiative, in the First Ocean and Climate Initiatives Alliance meeting, Paris
January 2017
- Scoping and strategic recommendations for the Antarctic Ocean Alliance
- Communications and editing support for REN 21
- Facilitation of a strategy workshop for IRENA’s Coalition for Action in Abu Dhabi
2016
December 2016
- Communications support work for the Wildlife Justice Commission
- Preparing Memoranda of Understanding for The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and Japanese partners
- Article on harmful fisheries subsidies and the Sustainable Development Goals in UNCTAD’s Trade & Environment Review 2016
- Strategic support for IRENA’s Coalition for Action
