advancing business engagement in a landscape approach
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This slide deck includes the presentations of the panelists during the session titled "Advancing Business Engagement in a Landscape Approach" at the 2014 Global Landscapes Forum, specifically highlighting the major reasons why businesses should engage in sustainable landscape management. Includes information on cases presented on Rio Tinto, Olam, IDH-Sustainable Trade Initiative, and Althelia EcoSphere, as well as on the Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Initiative's work to promote business engagement, and the recent launch of the African Landscapes Action Plan, endorsed by NEPAD and TerrAfrica, which includes business engagement as a core component. Panelists/speakers included: Lee Gross, Senior Program Manager at EcoAgriculture Partners; Edit Kiss, Director of Business Development and Operations at Althelia Ecosphere; Magda Lovei, World Bank Practice Manager for Environment & Natural Resources, Africa Region; Edward Millard, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Rainforest Alliance; Juan Pablo Solis, Program Officer, Hivos; and Carlos Zapata, Head of Strategy and Planning, Rio Tinto, Peru.TRANSCRIPT
Advancing business engagement in a landscape approach
Global Landscapes ForumDecember 7, 2014 in Lima, Peru
Contact Lee Gross at EcoAgriculture Partners ([email protected]) for more information
Advancing business engagement in a landscape approach
www.peoplefoodandnature.org
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Co-organizers:
SABMiller’s Colombian subsidiary, Bavaria, in the Chingaza watershed outside Bogota. Credit SABMiller
Low private sector participation globallyin integrated landscape initiatives
Continent # ILI’s documented
In-countryagribusiness
Foreign agribusiness
Logging/Forest products industry
Asia 165 25% (41) 16% 16%
Africa 87 8% (7) 0% 5%
Latin America & Caribbean
104 22% (21) 7% 20%
Total 356
Source: LPFN Global Review 2012-2014
● Production of agro-commodities has impacts way beyond the farm itself, on the people that live and work there, and natural areas in and around the farm.
● Approaches and tools are available and being implemented for mitigating supply chain risks and farm risks.
● What about the landscape?
LandscapeFarm/Facility
Risks in the wider landscape
Risks at the farm or plant
Supply chain risks
Addressing risk at scales
Source: Reducing Risk: Landscape Approaches to Sustainable Sourcing. LPFN, 2013
Photo credit: UNEP, Tea plantations near South West Mau Forest, Kenya
Incentives for business to work at a landscape level
Natural resources
Landscape &
Market opportunities
Cost saving
Securing supply
Legal compliance
Farm
BUSINESS INCENTIVES FOR LANDSCAPE
COLLABORATIONS
Reputational risks
influence
Market. labels &
Consumers
influence
Issues on public agenda: ngo’s, gvt,
public
Resource mobilization
IDH Sustainable Land and Water Program
- In six in vulnerable agro-
commodity producing
regions, SLWP leverage the
interests of private sector to
manage water and land
resources sustainably,
- The program convenes
coalitions of public & private
stakeholders to collaborate
and invest in sustainable
land and water
management.
www.landandwaterprogram.org
Advancing business engagement in a landscape approach
Multiple actors joining efforts to accomplish a
shared vision
=
Vibrant Landscapes
Sustainability as a purpose
Business Case &
Value Creation
Water & Mining
Coexistance
Multi Stakeholder
Approach &
Articulation
Althelia: aligning economy with ecology
Purchase of environmentally
certified commodities
(FSC, cocoa, etc.)
Supply chain purchaser
Certified commodities (FSC, cocoa...)
Pledge and /or margin
Payment for Ecosystem services
Illustrative example of an Investment Implementation
Before(un-sustainable)
After(sustainable)
Neg
ativ
e En
viro
n.
Imp
acts
AltheliaClimate Fund
Ecosystem Services
Social development, jobs creation
Investors include:
Partners include:
Guarantors
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etw
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And a
holis
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landscape
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The World Bank Africa Program on Resilient LandscapesPoverty Eradication & Shared Prosperity for Sustainable Development
Advancing business engagement in a landscape approach
Global Landscapes ForumDecember 7, 2014 in Lima, Peru
Contact Lee Gross at EcoAgriculture Partners ([email protected]) for more information