Redd+ and Business Sustainability: A Guide to Reversing Deforestation for Forward Thinking Companies

ISBN-13: 9781909293335 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 90 str.

Brian McFarland

Opis

This book provides a detailed look at REDD+ business case studies and best practice and highlights the future of REDD+ in providing a promising mechanism for financing forest conservation while increasing the sustainability and profitability of forward-thinking companies.

How can sustainability leaders reverse tropical deforestation? What exactly are payment for ecosystem service forest conservation projects, otherwise known as Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+), and how can these projects contribute to business sustainability and profitability?

Tropical forests are quickly disappearing - at a rate of nearly one football or soccer field every few seconds. REDD+ simultaneously offers a scalable conservation finance mechanism and a platform for business sustainability. This book focuses on the nexus between tropical forest conservation projects and the sustainability practices of major global businesses.

This book contextualizes the issues, defines REDD+ and focuses on its significance to business sustainability including: the role of REDD+ in mitigating global greenhouse gas emissions while reducing business risk to a changing climate; as part of a firm's philanthropic work; a mechanism to increase consumer loyalty; benefitting upstream local communities and ecosystem services; enhancing corporate social responsibility image and upholding corporate principles; and providing unique marketing opportunities and product positioning through private-sector support of charismatic REDD+ projects.

Spis treści

1. The world’s forests and global deforestation and degradation2. The importance of mitigating deforestation and degradation and preserving ecosystem services3. What is REDD+ and how to use as a tool for accelerating business sustainability4. Business case studies and REDD+ best practices5. The future of REDD+Concluding remarksFurther readingRelated resourcesNotes and references

O autorze

McFarland, Brian