The Yves Rocher Foundation
At the end of the earth or the end of the street, we can all commit to changing the world
30 mots qui comptent
Ils sont au nombre de 30... Ils disent notre manière de faire et d'être au monde...
Notre équipe
La nature a plus que jamais besoin de l’engagement...
Notre marque de fabrique
Notre ambition : être pleinement les artisans de r...
Our Foundation is the foundation of all our actions around the world. Together with our team and partners, we support the deployment of local projects that can then spread to the wider community for the good of nature and communities. And that’s a great joy!
After 18 years under the aegis of the prestigious Institut de France, the Foundation is now recognized as a public utility, and we have also obtained PEN (Partenaire Engagé pour la Nature) certification for our Plant for Life and Terre de Femmes programs. This is true recognition of our commitment to nature and the common good. We’re very happy about it, and it gives us a real boost to continue this magnificent adventure together.
OUR 4 PROGRAMS
Our Terre de Femmes program promotes the struggle of women committed to the environment. With our photo actions, we also support committed photographers who, through their eyes, make us see the world differently. Thanks to our Plants & Biodiversity program, we help people in the field who are working to safeguard the plant world and biodiversity.
Last but not least, Plant for Life, our worldwide tree planting and forest preservation movement, has already planted 125 million trees.
Committed to biodiversity

33 years
of stories

+ 500
women awarded around the world

+ 125 million
trees planted

71 NGOs
partners

Initiatives
supported in over 60 countries
A FOUNDATION

Having operated under the auspices of the prestigious Institut de France for 18 years, the Yves Rocher Foundation will be awarded ‘public interest’ status in September 2019. We are committed to remaining accountable to our sponsors, donors and partners, providing them with information that is as precise and accurate as possible. And like any other ‘public interest’ organisation, the Foundation will now be subject to official external audits and checks (by the Court of Auditors).
Founders
- Mr Jacques ROCHER – Chairman
- Mrs Jeanne RENARD – General Secretary & Director People and Mission of Groupe Rocher
- Mrs Méliane ROCHER – Treasurer
Qualified personalities
- Mrs Nathalie FRASCARIA-LACOSTE – Professor of Ecology Agro Paris Tech
- Mrs Elise REBUT – Director, France, Conservation International
- Mrs Sylvie HUGUES – Photography consultant and artistic co-director of the Festival du Regard
- Mrs Dominique BONA – Writer, winner of the Prix Interallié 1992 and the Prix Renaudot 1998
- Frédérique CHLOUS – Professor of Anthropology, Deputy Director General for Research, Expertise, Development and Education at the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (French National Museum of Natural History)
- Ms Marie-Cécile THIRION – Deputy Head of the Agriculture, Rural Development and Biodiversity Division atAFD – Agence Française de Développement (French Development Agency)
THE TEAM

Our small but mighty team is composed of project managers engaged in planting trees or involved in female empowerment projects, as well as experts with a passion for communication and administration.
And yes, they do exist! Whatever our background, we all share a handful of core values: a sense of altruism and a burning desire to get things moving when it comes to protecting and safeguarding our planet.
Committed Word
Jacques Rocher, planteur d’arbres
a dit « plantons »
Se reconnecter à la nature
Retisser le lien à la nature Alors que plus de la moitié de la population mondia...
Un engagement sans frontière
35 pays de plantations à travers le monde
3 millions d’arbres
Plus de 3000 kms ont déjà été plantés en France
SUPPORT
The Foundation’s planting and biodiversity initiatives