The Blue Defenders is a joint initiative of the SEE Foundation, the Alibaba Foundation, RBF and the Energy Foundation with the purpose to promote information disclosure from enterprises and governments, public supervision of pollution sources, emission and pollution reduction by enterprises, and sustainable development. It also aims to facilitate problem-solving in air, water and soil pollution.
By the end of 2023, the project had directly supported 62 frontline environmental NGOs nationwide to become the Blue Defenders partners, covering 21 provinces. It provided a cumulative funding of over 80 million yuan to these partners and facilitated the improvement of 9,275 enterprises and pollution sources. The project's supported environmental database covered over 12.75 million enterprises nationwide, with a total of more than 6.05 billion data entries.
