Cool Earth was founded in 2007 by entrepreneur Johan Eliasch and MP Frank Field out of their common interest in protecting the rainforest.

Alongside our Director and Senior Leadership Team, the board leads Cool Earth's team across three continents in delivering the day-to-day activities of our organisation. Johan Eliasch, co-founder of Cool Earth, is no stranger to radical thinking and rainforest action.

Dec 21, 2024 · In 2006 Johan co-founded Cool Earth, a charity focused on protecting the rainforest and tackling climate change, while also supporting the well-being and livelihoods of the people in those communities.

Johan Eliasch (born February 1962) is a Swedish-British businessman, investor, and environmentalist. [1] He was the chief executive of Head, a sporting goods company, from 1995 to 2021, and is now its chairman. In 2006, he co-founded Cool Earth, a charity dedicated to rainforest conservation. [2]

He is the founder of the Rainforest Trust and the co-founder and co-chair of Cool Earth, a charity dedicated to rainforest conservation. In the United Kingdom, Johan authored the Eliasch Review, a comprehensive analysis on preventing deforestation to fight climate change.

Dec 21, 2024 · In 2005 he founded the Rainforest Trust which preserves a 1,600 km2 rainforest area in the Amazon region, and he is the co-founder and President of Cool Earth, which sponsors local NGOs to conserve endangered rainforest.

Mar 19, 2015 · Swedish-born billionaire Johan Eliasch is on a mission to save the rainforest through his charity Cool Earth. Johan Eliasch is a man with many hats.

Jan 25, 2025 · Who is Johan Eliasch? ... He bought a 1,600 square kilometres tract of Amazonian rainforest in 2005 and co-founded the charity Cool Earth the following year - which transfers cash to rainforest ...

In 2005, Johan Eliasch created the Rainforest Trust and purchased for preservation purposes a 400,000-acre (1,600 km2) rainforest area in the heart of the Amazon rainforest near the Madeira River. Johan Eliasch co-founded Cool Earth in 2006, a charity he co-chairs, which sponsors local NGO’s to conserve endangered rainforest and has over ...

Dec 20, 2021 · In 2005, Johan Eliasch purchased 400,000 acres of Amazonian rainforest in Brazil for the sole purpose of conservation. Find out who he is.