Environment

The Chubb Charitable Foundation supports a wide range of environmental philanthropies in local communities around the world. Through these initiatives, Chubb promotes a healthy and sustainable planet, strengthens the resilience of communities and protects biodiversity against the effects of climate change. 

In Colombia, the Chubb Charitable Foundation is supporting CARE, in alliance with the World Wildlife Fund (CARE-WWF Alliance), to launch Sowing Change, a program that supports women and their communities in the adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices to enhance food security and build climate resilience. 

In Mexico, the Chubb Charitable Foundation is supporting Conservation International’s work to restore 200 hectares of mangroves in the Ría Celestun Biosphere Reserve and advance nature-based solutions throughout the Yucatán Peninsula.  With over 20,000 hectares of mangroves, the Ría Celestun Biosphere Reserve is key to conserving Mexico’s remaining mangroves, supporting local livelihoods and reducing flood risk.

The Chubb Charitable Foundation is supporting the Cumberland River Compact’s work to reforest 450 acres of previously mined land in southwest Appalachia. Working with private landowners, Cumberland River Compact plans to plant over 300,000 native trees which will help enhance rainwater absorption on previously mined lands, helping to reduce flash flooding and large-scale flooding, as well as provide a safe harbor to migratory songbirds such as warblers, flycatchers, orioles and swallows.

Recognizing the importance of preserving one of our planet’s true ecological wonders, the Chubb Charitable Foundation is supporting the Great Barrier Reef Foundation’s efforts to restore coastal and marine habitats on the reef.  The project will assess the efficacy of a multi-layered restoration approach, helping to inform future reef restoration projects and build critical baseline knowledge for coastal and marine habitat restoration. 

The Chubb Charitable Foundation-Bermuda awarded a three-year grant to the Living Reefs Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving Bermuda’s coral reefs and marine ecosystems. The grant will support reef conservation efforts for the new Causeway Blue Barrier project, including integrating live corals into coastal infrastructure to enhance shoreline resilience.

The Chubb Charitable Foundation is providing financial support to two projects that were awarded grants through the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s National Coastal Resilience Fund in 2023.

In Louisiana, the Chubb Charitable Foundation is supporting a project to restore 75 acres of wetlands and create 10,000 linear feet of living shoreline which is expected to enhance community resilience to hurricanes, storms and floods, while also providing valuable fish and wildlife habitat.

In Norfolk, Virginia, the Chubb Charitable Foundation is supporting the construction of a nine-acre wetland in the community of St. Paul, which is home to one of the city’s largest public housing complexes. The community currently experiences frequent stormwater floodwater flooding and the wetland construction expects to mitigate the impacts of these events by providing stormwater capture.

The Bermuda National Trust plays a leading role in environmental stewardship in Bermuda. Established in 1970, the Trust preserves Bermuda’s natural, architectural and historic treasures and encourages public appreciation of them. In the Trust’s care are 82 properties, covering about 280 acres of land. For more than 20 years, Chubb has supported the Trust with grants to aid in their mission of education and preservation, most recently by supporting care of the island’s historic cemeteries, which are important sites of natural and cultural heritage.