LET’S GET THINGS DONE, TOGETHER!
SDG Circle Members are given access to some of this year’s most prestigious events, each event being enhanced by SDG Circle community gatherings intended to grow strong ties between members that help foster “omniwin” partnerships for a better world.
ACCESS TO COMMUNITIES OF INFLUENCE
We create welcoming experiences as part of world-shaping events that result in impactful interactions.
RELATIONAL ADVOCACY
We advocate for members through an intentional process of cultivation relationships and recognizing giftedness.
OMNIWIN PARTNERSHIPS STRATEGY
We design possible partnership models for SDG Circle members to accelerate each person’s work in the world.
WHAT ARE THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS?
The SDGs are 17 goals agreed upon by 193 countries to realize a more sustainable and prosperous humanity and planet by 2030.
On the International Day of Women (March 8, 2018), 5th Element Group PBC sponsored the launch of The Decade Of Women at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. At that gathering, an SDG-inspired donor advised fund and a collaborative community (now called The SDG Circle) were announced to accelerate the path to achieving the UN’s Global Goals by 2030.
MAKE THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE WITH US.
We stand at a precipice of an incredible opportunity to create and deliver moonshots that will transform our future.
Colonel Ronald Garan, Jr. (Ret)
Former NASA Astronaut
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THE SDG CIRCLE COMMUNITY
We believe that relational, cross-silo collaboration is essential to building omniwin partnerships to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals. To facilitate that, we created a community of the like-minded, called The SDG Circle.
As a community of brand leaders, institutional donors, impact investors and SDG solution-makers, we participate in some of the world’s most celebrated events relating to socio-economic and environmental impact — and we even help host events all our own. We also work to serve each SDG Circle member with services and experiences personalized to them and their lifework agenda.
WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
January 20-23, 2020 | Davos
NOBEL PEACE PRIZE EXHIBITION 2019 OPENING
December 11, 2019 | Oslo
SUSTAINABLE INVESTING CONFERENCE AT THE UNITED NATIONS
December 10, 2019 | New York City
John Krasinski Bids Emotional Farewell in SOME GOOD NEWS Season Finale
John Krasinski “Some Good News” Video With Steve Carell | POPSUGAR Celebrity
An SDG Circle meal by candle light in a magical chalet in Kloisters, Switzerland as part of Davos 2020
DG Circle DAF administrator Melodie Durfee with Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto at the UN
Nobel Peace Prize 2018
5th Element’s Ed Martin hosts a panel on “omniwins” at the Goal17 Partners space during Davos 2020
Lead executives of the Mission Paani movement interviewed by Network 18 as part of WEF 2020
Pratik Gauri of 5th Element Group on a hike in the epic Swiss Alps town of Kloisters during Davos 2020
Nobel Laureate Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali
Nobel Peace Prize 2019 – Jim Van Eerden, Jacob Trollbäck
Family Office Impact Summit
LATEST NEWS
Updates about “Traffic on the Bridge” between KPI-Driven Performance and SDG-Aligned Impact
June 23, 2021
5th Element and client-partner Workbay support Arkansas initiative to offer personalized training pathways to facilitate workforce realignment
June 9, 2021
Collaboration of 5th Element client-partners aims to set world record in oceans plastics removal with NGO Ocean Voyages Institute
April 27, 2021
5th Element client-partners and SDG Circle members Lottery.com and Causes.com announces alliance to amplify social philanthropy efforts
February 3, 2021
Some Good News, The Starbucks Foundation, Sevenly, Legacy Global and 5th Element Celebrate Reaching the Goal of $2M Raised for COVID Charity Relief
EPX EXPLORER MEMBERSHIP INCLUDED
Every SDG Circle member is granted a 6-month Explorer membership in EPX Worldwide to network for business and adventure with some of the greatest super achievers on the planet.
Every SDG Circle member is granted a 6-month Explorer membership in EPX Worldwide to network for business and adventure with some of the greatest super achievers on the planet.
WHY WE PARTNER WITH A DONOR ADVISED FUND
TAX PLANNING BENEFITS
A DAF facilitates tax-beneficial giving options for donor-investors and helps align investments by converting donations into funding accounts for Mission-Related Investments (“MRI”).
DONATION INCLUSIVITY
A DAF can accept liquid and illiquid assets including collectibles, real estate, stocks, bonds and cash. A DAF can also accepts digital assets as well, with no fiat conversion required.
MOONSHOT INVESTMENTS
A community of donors can leverage the services and resources of other partners/donors to multiply the impact of their donation through match giving, collective marketing, contests, etc.
SDG PEOPLE®
SDG People® is a story-catching campaign to share the unique contributions of people all over the world to make an impact toward the achievement of the UN SDGs by 2030. We will share here pictures, stories, profiles and award-winners who inspire us in our shared efforts to create a more flourishing humanity. We also share below the work we commissioned from Ralph Reutimann as part of his SDG Impact Heroes® Series.
