Environment

The Stelios Philanthropic Foundation regularly supports initiatives and organizations dedicated to finding solutions for an environmentally sustainable future. Stelios has been a long-standing supporter of the WWF and today sits on the Council of Ambassadors for WWF-UK.  Similarly, Stelios is a founding board member of CYMEPA in Cyprus dedicated to promoting marine environment protection and awareness.

Stelios supports the environment

Stelios' passionate commitment to the marine environment is manifested by his involvement with CYMEPA, an association he founded in 1992 and continues to support.  Their efforts include raising awareness of the health and protection of the marine environment all around the island of Cyprus and developing programs which aim to educate members of the shipping industry, school-children and the general population of Cyprus.

Stelios' involvement in the WWF has been long and strong since helping to found WWF in Greece.  Stelios continues to support the WWF in the UK, having recently been nominated to the organization's Council of Ambassadors.  He is also a member of WWF International's 1001: A Nature Trust.

Environment news

Under the direction of H.S.H. Albert II of Monaco, 32 patrons of the Ocean will gather on 31 March and 1 April 2010 at the Monaco Oceanographic Museum as part of the commemoration of its 100th anniversary. Their goal will be to...[more]


On February 18, Sir Stelios attended a ceremony for The 2009 Duke of Edinburgh Award at Buckingham Palace, awarded to freshwater ecologist and visionary environmentalist Chen Yiyu.  The Duke of Edinburgh Conservation Medal...[more]