Building on more than a decade of work in China, Dalberg Advisors is expanding its presence through a strategic partnership with EarthLab, a leading local ESG consulting firm. This collaboration enables Dalberg to support both local and global impact opportunities emerging from China, while ensuring continued brand and delivery oversight.  

This collaboration is truly exciting, as we aim to bridge Chinese clients with more global resources and unlock worldwide philanthropy networks. At the same time, we are thrilled to share China’s best practices with the world, inspiring more corporates and countries. Together, we can foster meaningful cross-border cooperation and drive sustainable change.

 

-Morgan Wu, Chief Representative of Dalberg, China, Dalberg Advisors

The expansion comes amidst a significant rise of China’s philanthropic sector, and at a time when Chinese companies are making significant global investments in social and environmental innovation, especially in the global south. As critical players in the advancement of technologies that drive the low carbon transition, such as solar, electric cars, high efficiency transmission infrastructure, Chinese companies are an essential part of the global sustainability effort. 

With our global expertise in advising and launching philanthropic funds and impact initiatives, we look forward to working with more emerging philanthropy leaders in China – to meet the urgent need for nuanced, localized impact, guided by global insights from our offices around the world.

 

– Mike Tsan, Partner, Dalberg Advisors

Dalberg has already forged key partnerships with local leaders and institutions, to create localised solutions. This includes a strategic partnership with EarthLab, a Chinese firm known for working with organisations to realise their net-zero goals – which will serve as its operational anchor in China. Dalberg also collaborates with The World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC), China’s largest event for showcasing AI innovation and industry collaboration, to spearhead the “#AI4Good” track. [Read More Here]

These collaborations lay the foundation for an enabling environment for the philanthropic, public and private sectors to experiment and explore sandboxed models of engagement, including innovative blended financing approaches that combine all forms of capital to de-risk investments and scale impact.  Sharing ideas, technology, patient capital and capacity –building of local actors to scale measurable, accountable outcomes.  This is particularly important for underserved areas such as climate adaptation, health and education.  

 Supporting the Chinese ecosystem to drive greater social and environmental impact, both domestically and internationally, is critical for achieving our shared global goals. The country’s  relentless pace of change, presents an opportunity to surface innovations for tackling the ever-increasing urgency of global challenges.

 

– Gaurav Gupta, Partner, Dalberg