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
November

Participation in the Fifth Session of UN Plastics Treaty Negotiations in Busan, Republic of Korea

Read Rémi's oped "What can we Expect in Busan?", written in collaboration with Lucien Chabason and published by IDDRI

October

Participation in Biodiversity COP16 in Cali, Colombia on behalf of Let’s Be Nice to the Ocean

October

Publication of our new paper for next year’s Third UN Ocean Conference: Advancing the Protection Principle

October

Facilitating the America's Cup Blue Economy Forum on behalf of the Port of Barcelona

September

Facilitation of the Greenpeace Research Laboratory annual planning meeting

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

Varda Group in action

Varda in the media