Winrock’s top stories of 2025
2025 was a year of resilience, evolution and impact for Winrock.
From scaling climate resilience through community-driven solutions, to pioneering partnerships that guard human rights and protect water, our work continued to foster collaboration and sustainable change at the nexus of communities and environment. Among this year’s most-clicked stories are blogs by our climate and sustainability leaders, insights from counter-trafficking experts, and stories of collaboration that deliver durable change.
We invite you to explore the top 10 stories of 2025 to learn how Winrock drives resilience for people and planet — just as we have since our founding 40 years ago.
Building language to build a market: A glossary of definitions related to market-based mechanisms for corporate GHG mitigation strategies
May 20, 2025
Why this glossary matters As climate mitigation standards and guidance issued by the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG P), Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) are updated to reflect the urgency and complexity of today’s climate challenges, clarity in language is more essential than ever. In the fast-moving world of […]
Riva Brown is Winrock International’s Farmer-to-Farmer Volunteer of the Year
January 3, 2025
Riva Brown, a university professor and volunteer who conducted a highly successful assignment with a women-owned enterprise in Senegal, has been named Winrock International’s 2024 Farmer-to-Farmer Volunteer of the Year. Brown is an associate professor of public relations at the University of Central Arkansas and a global learning specialist with UCA’s Center for Global Learning […]
Clean water, clean energy: Private sector invests in solar pumps to improve access to community water supplies in Ethiopia
May 5, 2025
In the rural community of Wabe, nestled in Ethiopia’s West Arsi zone, a long-silent water system has roared back to life — through pumps powered not by diesel, but by the sun. After years of disuse due to high fuel costs and frequent shortages, Wabe’s water system is running again. Thanks to a solar-powered pump […]
Strengthening networks and leadership for local food systems change
January 31, 2025
The Wallace Center launched the inaugural Arkansas Food Systems Fellowship in 2024. The fellowship is hosted through the Wallace Center’s Food Systems Leadership Network, which connects and accelerates sustainable food systems leaders across the U.S. Its design resulted from a multi-year participatory process to identify strategies to strengthen the food systems change ecosystem in Arkansas. […]
The Winrock Q&A… with Bikash Pandey, Director of Clean Energy & Circular Economy
March 24, 2025
Bikash Pandey’s experience encompasses more than 20 years in policy review, design and implementation of a range of clean/renewable energy projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America. A technical specialist in micro- and mini-hydropower systems, he has designed and implemented numerous community-based electrification and clean transportation projects, small-scale mini-grids and home energy systems. He has […]
Spotlight on child trafficking with Winrock International’s Olga DiPretoro
May 12, 2025
Olga DiPretoro, technical adviser with Winrock International’s Human Rights, Education & Empowerment group, recently spoke at the 25th Conference of the Alliance against Trafficking in Persons in Vienna, Austria. Hosted by the OSCE’s Office of the Special Representative and Coordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, this year’s event focused on the rapidly evolving threats […]
Once-in-a-decade opportunity for corporate climate standards
September 5, 2025
By Benjamin Rizzo and Brad Schallert Amidst economic and political headwinds that challenge clean technology deployment, the role of voluntary corporate climate action has become more critical than ever. The Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHGP) and the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), the two standards most widely used by companies to account for and report their […]
Winrock International is named Delivery Partner for the Green Climate Fund
July 31, 2025
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. − As the global climate crisis intensifies, developing nations face mounting challenges in securing the financial and technical support needed to build climate-resilient futures. The Green Climate Fund − the world’s largest dedicated climate finance institution − plays a pivotal role in addressing this gap by strengthening national institutions, mobilizing investments, and […]
From risk to resilience: How Winrock’s Climate Resilience Accelerator helps communities adapt — and thrive
June 20, 2025
That’s why Winrock is launching the Climate Resilience Accelerator: a bold, practical framework for ensuring that development isn’t just about growth — it’s about endurance, equity and transformation. Winrock sees building climate resilience not as a burden, but as a competitive advantage for businesses, farmers and communities most impacted by climate change. What is climate […]
BlueGreen Water Technologies and Winrock International partner to combat harmful algal blooms around the world
June 24, 2025
HOUSTON, Texas – June 24, 2025 – BlueGreen Water Technologies, a global leader in sustainable water treatment solutions, today announced a strategic partnership with Winrock International, a mission-driven global organization that develops science-based solutions to complex problems with a focus on sustainable agriculture, water, clean energy, natural resources management and human rights. Together, the organizations […]
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Demonstrating a Scalable Revenue Model for Community Solar Water Pumping in Ethiopia
Phase I of this Conrad N. Hilton Foundation-funded project (2022 – 2025) demonstrated a business model for leveraging private investment in solarization of existing diesel pumps for drinking water supply in off-grid, rural communities. Working in 10 pilot communities in Amhara and Oromia regional states, Phase I facilitated rural water committees to sign a three-year, lease-to-own […]
Wallace Center
The Wallace Center at Winrock International is a nonprofit organization with a mission to bring together diverse people and ideas to co-create solutions that build healthy farms, equitable economies, and resilient food systems. Our vision is that all communities have the power to nourish themselves and regenerate ecosystems through just food and agriculture systems. At […]