The Bellona Foundation was founded in 1986. Our main office is in Oslo, and we also have international offices in Brussels (Belgium / EU), Berlin (Germany).
Our area of expertise is broad, and our staff is comprised of individuals with various professional backgrounds. With decades of experience, we have established a unique network both nationally and internationally. Our work has gained international attention within several disciplines, and Bellona’s advisors are frequently sources and experts on climate change issues both in national and international press.
What we are working with?
- Nuclear Issues
- Fossil fuels
- Russian human rights issues
- Arctic
- Climate Change
- CCS
- Renewable Energy
- Energy Efficiency
Who we are working with?
In principle, anyone. Pollution knows no borders, thus Bellona is working with and against anyone and everyone relevant to our work, both nationally and internationally. This can be anyone from politicians, bureaucrats within ministries and agencies, decision-makers in business, media, other non-profit organizations and foundations, to participants in research and education.
Bellona has a solution-oriented approach to the environmental challenges and we have since 1998 had extensive cooperation with a number of companies in different industries and businesses. Our approach is that to achieve results one must jointly work out the best social and environmental solutions, and making these financially profitable/ viable.
Thus the partners we aim to work with in our partnership programs are companies that are strategically placed in relation to (Norwegian) industries. The partners can be as much a part of the solution as the problem, but are important allies in political processes; they have the necessary expertise and knowledge in their field, and commonly share the willingness to position themselves as pioneers that identifies and demonstrates new solutions.
However, Bellona is and has always been an independent watch dog that investigates/ scrutinises and reports any kind of environmental crime we might uncover.
Find more information about the different funders, within the Bellona offices’ information profiles.