Strategic advice and coordination
services on international environmental
and social issues

Welcome to The Varda Group

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 45 years on ocean, 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).

Current projects

All projects
September

Guest speaker at the opening of the Nice Climate Summit (WATCH Rémi between 17’50 and 37’40)

September

Drafting on behalf of PR3, the Global Alliance to Advance Reuse, comments on the non-paper of the Chair of the UN Plastics Treaty negotiations

September

Guest speaker at the 7th World Ocean Forum in Bizerte, Tunisia

August

Keynote speech at the Stockholm World Water Week session on plastics pollution international policy

July

Development and coordination of the Let’s Be Nice to the Ocean movement

June

Organizing and facilitating the official curtain-raiser event The Emerging Protection Principle, at the Immersed in Change conference in San José, Costa Rica, on behalf of Let's Be Nice to the Ocean

May

Completion of member consultation and analysis for the International Network of Energy Transition Think Tanks (INETTT)

May

Facilitating Agora-Energiewende's Directors team meeting on the organisation's strategic framework

May

"Plastics Treaty Negotiations: a Ray of Hope in Ottawa", an op-ed and analysis written in collaboration with the Institute on International Relations & Sustainable Development (IDDRI)

Varda Group in action

Varda in the media