Advancing business engagement in a landscape approach

Global Landscapes ForumDecember 7, 2014 in Lima, Peru

Contact Lee Gross at EcoAgriculture Partners (lgross@ecoagriculture.org) for more information

Advancing business engagement in a landscape approach

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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)

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Imp

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AltheliaClimate Fund

Ecosystem Services

Social development, jobs creation

Investors include:

Partners include:

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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 (lgross@ecoagriculture.org) for more information