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Unqualified sources are funds obtained from:

a) Entities actively campaigning against non-profit organisations.
Non-profit organisations are an integral part of civil society and play a key role not only in the field of environmental protection but also in the development of democratic principles.
Definition: “active campaign“ means long-term offence against non-profit organisations or their activities in the media or legal suits filed with the intention to discredit the non-profit organisation. This does not include cases of defence against legal action lodged by a non-profit organisation.

b) Entities that breach environmental standards and severely harm the environment without trying to eliminate the negative impacts.
Plundering natural resources and the environment without respecting legal regulations or local inhabitants cannot be excused and is in severe breach of the CEPF’s mission.
Definition: Companies that do not follow or try to avoid national or international environmental legal regulations, that severely violate human rights of local inhabitants through their activities and do not do their best to eliminate the negative impacts of their activities.

c) Entities producing weapons.
Mass-scale production of weapons jeopardises respect towards human beings and puts the environment at great risk.
Definition: Weapons include production and supply of equipment used by offensive and defensive forces. These comprise conventional, chemical, bacteriological and nuclear weapons including production of strategic components of missile launch and navigation systems and protective electronic systems indispensable for such equipment (aircrafts, missiles, warheads)

d) Entities producing nuclear energy.
Nuclear energy entails risks linked to radioactivity leak in case of an accident and also unresolved problems with disposal of nuclear waste that will be inherited by the future generations.
Definition: Activities connected to nuclear power production, construction of nuclear reactors, storage and use of radioactive waste and nuclear fuel or uranium.

e) Entities producing tobacco products.
Use of tobacco products leads to health problems the costs of which are covered mainly by the general public.
Definition: Production of cigarettes, cigars or tobacco for pipes, including companies involved in trading and distribution of raw tobacco into cigarette manufacturers etc.

f) Entities keeping gambling clubs.
Gambling clubs may have negative and destructive impact (linked to organised crime, money laundering etc.) on individuals and their families.
Definition: Keeping gambling clubs, casinos, horse-racing grounds, producing slot machines, companies lending money in gambling clubs.

g) Entities active in pornography.
Pornography fails to show respect to human dignity and may have negative impact (organised crime, discrimination, sexually motivated violence etc.).
Definition: Production of sexually obscene and degrading nudes disrespecting human dignity, active distribution of such materials in media, shops and over the internet.

h) Entities producing GMOs.
With regard to the current level of scientific expertise and knowledge and lack of experience, we cannot safely rule out negative impact on public health and possibly the environment.
Definition: Companies involved in development and production of GMOs or related products.

Toleration principle

The Board of the Czech Environmental Partnership Foundation makes a decision, upon advice from the CEPF’s office, on acceptability of a donation on the basis of the following principles:

a) It will not accept a donation from entities defined as unqualified sources if their activities in one the fields defined above or their total sum exceed 5 % of their total turnover. The CEPF’s Board reserves the right to decide otherwise in special cases.

b) It will not accept a donation from entities defined as unqualified sources if their activities exceed 2 % of the share in the Czech Republic or a foreign market. Business associations as defined in the Czech Commercial Code are regarded as companies in the sense of this Code of Ethics.