Supporting people who initiate sustainable lasting changes

Mobile-supporting people who initiate sustainable lasting change

Wilstar is a non-profit venture which is focused on social impact and supporting people who initiate sustainable lasting change to create a better world

Learn More About Us

Our

Impact

Education and Equality

Human Dignity and Women´s Rights

Marine Environment

Accelerator and Incubator programmes

Art

Blue Ventures

Wilstar has been a partner of Blue Ventures since 2015, supporting their work in Timor-Leste. Blue Ventures develops transformative approaches for catalyzing and sustaining locally led marine conservation.

Education

Human Dignity and Women´s Rights

Protecting Marine Environments and Action on Climate Change

Accelerator and Incubator programmes

Art

Dråpen i Havet

Wilstar entered into a partnership with Dråpen I Havet (A Drop in the Ocean) in 2019. Wilstar is supporting their work in developing an education centre in Northern Greece where the refugee camp Nea Kavala is located.

Education

Human Dignity and Women´s Rights

Protecting Marine Environments and Action on Climate Change

Accelerator and Incubator programmes

Art

Flyt

Wilstar entered into a partnership with Kronprinsparets fond (The Norwegian Crown Prince Couple´s Foundation) in 2017. The aim of the partnership is to create a project which will help reduce youth societal exclusion and the number of early school leavers in Norway.

Education and Equality

Human Dignity and Women´s Rights

Protecting Marine Environments and Action on Climate Change

Ecosystem Building

Art

Impact Startup

Wilstar entered into a partnership with Impact StartUp in 2019. The aim of this partnership is to form a Norwegian accelerator program for 2020 which will strengthen the Nordic region's leading ecosystem for social entrepreneurs with cutting-edge expertise and resources within a social impact.

Scroll To Explore

How

We work

Wilstar is the nonprofit social impact arm of the Arne Wilhelmsen family office and a space in which the Wilhelmsen family feel they can most effectively contribute to our society.

How We work with

Innovation and Incubation

Support innovative leaders, new digital models, and innovative platforms to better meet the needs of our marine environment. Support impact across systems and geographies to encourage broader innovation and systems change.

How We work with

Human and Natural Capital

Support efforts to recruit, train, and retain effective environmental leaders. Support initiatives to grow and protect natural capital. Build a talent pool that reflects the racial needs of the regions they are operating in.

How We work with

Advocacy

Support a robust ecosystem of global engagement, including grassroots and grass tops advocacy. Support effective social entrepreneurs looking to change global behaviours around consumption and production of the goods we consume.

How We work with

Systems Reform

Support reforms that allow systems to become more responsive and adaptive, and that will spur environmental improvement. Provide targeted support to efforts that aim to encourage large-scale and transformational change. Support the earth in all the challenges it faces.

How We work and

Who We Work With

Wilstar is the nonprofit social impact arm of the Arne Wilhelmsen family office and a space in which the Wilhelmsen family feel they can most effectively contribute to our society.

How We work with

Social Entrepreneurs

At Wilstar we believe in solving some of the world’s greatest challenges, through innovation and through supporting social entrepreneurs and businesses that provide sustainable solutions to these challenges.

Wilstar other funders and supporters of soscial impact

How We work with

Other Funders and Supporters of Social Impact

We strongly believe that in order to create social and environmental impact at scale, we are reliant on working in partnerships with other likeminded organisations.

How We work with

Businesses

Wilstar acknowledges that to create accelerated social impact, we cannot purely rely on social innovation, we need businesses in general to adopt principles in line with global goals for people and our planet, creating shared value for all stakeholders.

Wilstar's

Programme Areas

Wilstar is a non-profit venture which is focused on social impact and supporting people who initiate sustainable lasting change to create a better world

Education

- Wilstar believes that quality education is for everyone and is a crucial element in creating a sustainable, lasting world. To that end, we finance initiatives that assist vulnerable young people in completing their education.

Female
Empowerment

- Wilstar acknowledges that achieving equality in opportunity between women and men is deeply connected to whether we will be able to create positive changes in society and the climate. Therefore, we believe it is key to continue supporting initiatives that empower women.

Marine
Environment

- Wilstar closely collaborates with climate-focused marine conservation initiatives to harness our large-scale impact and history with the sea. By protecting the oceans and creating solutions to counteract the diverse threats of harmful maritime industries, we will accelerate the progress in creating a net-zero emissions economy by 2050.

Ecosystem
Building

- At Wilstar, we believe that to truly contribute to sustainable, lasting changes to create a better world, it is not enough to support singular initiatives, whether they are social entrepreneurs or more advocacy focused. Therefore, we also support initiatives that educate individuals, accelerate initiatives, and bring more capital to drive social impact.

Latest

News & Stories

Wilstar is a non-profit venture which is focused on social impact and supporting people who initiate sustainable lasting change to create a better world

news

stories

17/6/2020

Ramadan Food Packages For Residents of the Skaramagas Refugee Camp

stories

news

12/5/2020

Wilstar + Impact Startup

stories

news

12/5/2020

A Plastic Free Planet

stories

news

12/5/2020

From dropout to successful business owner

stories

news

21/10/2019

Wilstar Has Extended Their Partnership With Blue Ventures

All Articles

Wilstar

Alumni Projects and Partnerships

Wilstar typically enters into long-term partnerships with the organisations and social entrepreneurs we support. We are proud of all our current and former partnerships and continue to support them and the impact they create.

Education

Human Dignity and Women´s Rights

Protecting Marine Environments and Action on Climate Change

Accelerator and Incubator programmes

Art

National Geographic Photo Camp

Wilstar was proud to partner with National Geographic Photo Camp, the Norwegian Red Cross and the Nobel Peace Centre in creating a series of three Photo Camp workshops in Bergen, Trondheim, and Oslo in the summer and fall of 2017.

Education and Equality

Human Dignity and Women´s Rights

Marine Environment

Accelerator and Incubator programmes

Art

Circular Cleanup

Wilstar, as part of our mission to protect the oceans from threats such as plastic, joined the project Circular Cleanup in 2018.

Education

Human Dignity and Women´s Rights

Protecting Marine Environments and Action on Climate Change

Accelerator and Incubator programmes

Art

Care Norway

Wilstar has been a partner of CARE Norway since 2015 supporting their work in Rwanda. CARE Norway has worked in Rwanda since 2005, focusing on women’s social and economic rights.

Wilstar

Supporting people who initiate sustainable lasting change to create a better world

Wilstar is the nonprofit social impact arm of the Arne and Lise Wilhelmsen family office and a space in which the Wilhelmsen family feel they can most effectively contribute to our society.

Learn More About Us