About us
OneAction is a Swiss Geneva-based independent, apolitical and non-profit association born in December 2011.
Our vision
OneAction envisions a world where people and organizations from all sectors collaborate to preserve and regenerate nature while improving living conditions.
Our vision
OneAction envisions a world where people and organizations from all sectors collaborate to preserve and regenerate nature while improving living conditions.
Our mission
OneAction accompanies and connects individuals, communities, companies and societies in the process of creating collaborative and holistic initiatives with a strong sustainable social and environmental impact. It is in this role of catalyst that OneAction thrives to inspire, unite and act.
Our mission
OneAction accompanies and connects individuals, communities, companies and societies in the process of creating collaborative and holistic initiatives with a strong sustainable social and environmental impact. It is in this role of catalyst that OneAction thrives to inspire, unite and act.
Our expertise
Since its inception in 2011, OneAction has been working towards preserving and restoring ecosystems, developing income-generating activities to encourage self-sustainability, and creating synergies between actors from the public, private, academic and business worlds.
Our added value
Inspire
OneAction highlights solutions to inspire individuals and communities to act, and accompanies them to materialize their intentions into concrete actions.
Unite
OneAction contributes to increasing connectivity between key actors from different sectors. To do this, OneAction creates partnerships and structures that facilitate action-oriented synergies.
Act
Action is at the heart of OneAction’s philosophy. From an initiative’s design to its implementation, OneAction empowers its partners and provides the tools necessary for the success of the activities undertaken.
Our added value
Inspire
OneAction highlights solutions to inspire individuals and communities to act, and accompanies them to materialize their intentions into concrete actions.
Unite
OneAction contributes to increasing connectivity between key actors from different sectors. To do this, OneAction creates partnerships and structures that facilitate action-oriented synergies.
Act
Action is at the heart of OneAction’s philosophy. From an initiative’s design to its implementation, OneAction empowers its partners and provides the tools necessary for the success of the activities undertaken.
Our values
OneAction works with 5 key values and ensures that they are translated both at headquarters and in the field.
Our annual reports
Annual report 2023-2024
A new dawn is also rising for OneAction’s future: the leaders of the family business Almighty Tree – passionate experts in tree planting – will take over the management of the association starting in 2025, driven by their ambition to expand their impact. They will oversee the urban greening project Reunited under the Canopy, further strengthened in 2024 by a promising partnership with the City of Carouge.
Our partners
A future of children in Bodhgaya society, Albatros Foundation, Association SER, Audemars-Watkins Foundation, Cambodian Rural Development Team, CanopyCo, CASA Interamericana, Corporación Toisán, Covalence Foundation, Credit Suisse Foundation, Green Leaves Education Foundation, Gyan Niketan Charitable Trust, Institut Robin des Bois, Jean-Luc Lagadère Foundation (under the aegis of Fondation de France), Karuna-Shechen, Leopold Bachmann Foundation, Maria Francisca International Foundation, Mastepe Stiftung, Migros Aid Fund, MKS Foundation, NAK-Humanitas Foundation, Oak Foundation, Pro Victimis, Sadhana Forest, Samarpan Foundation, Stiftung Drittes Millennium, Swiss Red Cross, Vitalideas.
Alterna, Banque du Léman, BrieF’R Formations, Comptoir Immobilier, DigiDNA, Ecosapin, Effet Papillon, Equal Profit, Ernst & Young, Expedismart, Groupe Pictet, Hindi Bazaar, Lake Geneva Investment Partners, Metta Muse, MKS, Oberson Abels, Quaero Capital, Refoodies, Romande Énergie, STS Saulcy Traitement de Surface, Xware.
The Communes of Bernex, Châtel-St-Denis, Collonge-Bellerive, Confignon, Genthod, Meyrin, Onex, Plan-les-Ouates, Puplinge and Vandœuvres, the City of Carouge, the City of Geneva, the Community Centre of Eaux-Vives, the Embassy of Switzerland in India, the International Geneva Welcome Centre (CAGI), the Hospice Général, the Republic and Canton of Geneva, the Service des Espaces Verts de la Ville de Genève.
British School of The Hague, Caroline School, Champittet College, Contamines School, Eden School, Florimont Institute, La Côte International School, Moderne School, Moser School, Voltaire College, the primary schools of Aire-la-Ville, Cartigny, Devin-du-Village and Satigny, Gyan Niketan School, Gyan International School, the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, HEC Lausanne executive MBA, the Institute of Research, Education and Popular Promotion of Ecuador, the International School of Geneva, University of California (UC Davis), University of Lausanne, University of Neuchâtel.
Grant Thornton SA, who generously offered to audit OneAction’s accounts free of charge.