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Invitation to WRI & WBCSD webinars on
Join us for an introduction to the WRI & WBCSD’s Sustainable Procurement Guide for Wood and Paper-based Products.Ruth Nogueron, of the World Resources Institute and Uta Jungermann, of the WBCSD, will discuss how to make informed choices on forest products and how to use the guide to develop or improve your sourcing policy for paper, packaging or furniture and other products derived from forests. The Guide is designed to help you implement and deliver on critical supply chain commitments to eliminate deforestation and thereby incentivize sustainable forest management.
The webinar is particularly prepared for corporate procurement managers that purchase wood and paper-based product and is intended to give participants useful information to apply in business immediately. Corporate leaders will also join the webinar to share their experiences in using the Guide.
We will offer three 90 minute sessions until the end of this year, please register for the date and time that works best for you:
Option 1: July 22, 2015, 10am US Eastern // 4pm Central European
Option 2: September 30, 2015, 10am US Eastern // 4pm Central European
Option 3: November 11, 2015, 10am US Eastern // 4pm Central European
Use this link to register: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/rt/7213193568675130370
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
In the meantime, if you want to learn more about the Guide, click here!
For more information or any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Loretta Cheung (LCheung@wri.org) or Uta Jungermann (jungermann@wbcsd.org).
Thank you & looking forward to engaging sessions.
Uta Maria Jungermann
Manager l Forest Solutions Group
World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Maison de la Paix l Chemin Eugène-Rigot 2 l CP 246 1211 Geneva 21
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Warm thanks to those who participated in the webinars we organized last week and earlier this week. You will find in this email links to the material that we used, as well as a survey on your interest in the specific topic of Net Positive Impact.
Webinar on financing natural capital
You can download the slides we used during the webinar from the following link: https://goo.gl/6Xin9I
We would like to warmly thank the speakers for their very insightful presentations. They would be happy to be contacted for any follow-up questions you may have on their programs, so feel free to write to them directly:
· JP Morgan and the NatureVest initiative: Camilla Seth at camilla.seth@jpmchase.com
· UNCCD Land Degradation Neutrality Fund: Simone Quatrini at SQuatrini@unccd.int
· European Investment Bank Natural Capital Financing Facility: Enrico Canu at e.canu@eib.org
IUCN webinar on ‘No Net Loss and Net Positive Impact Approaches for Biodiversity’
You can download the slides IUCN used during the webinar from the following link [https://goo.gl/8soAyv], and you will find below links to the recordings of the sessions:
· Webinar 1: 10.00 CET [https://youtu.be/CyPgSpA_jk4 ](report from 13’ mins; discussion from 37’ mins)
· Webinar 2: 16.00 CET [https://youtu.be/tPgqPrWTpg0 ](report from 7’10” and 23’20”, discussion part 1: from 6’18”; part 2: from 21’30”; part 3: from 34’20” mins)
The report is available on IUCN’s website at https://portals.iucn.org/library/sites/library/files/documents/2015-003.pdf
Please also feel free to follow up with the report authors directly:
· Deviah Aiama – Deviah.Aiama@iucn.org and
· Steve Edwards – Steve.Edwards@iucn.org
Next steps
We encourage you to fill in a very short survey before June 29th, to let us know if:
· You are interested in receiving more information on NPI in the future?
· You are interested in having a follow-up discussion on the issue of NPI?
· Your organisation is interested in piloting the NPI approach on the ground in specific landscapes?
Survey Link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/YX3VR29
With many thanks and best regards,
Violaine, Dalma, Tatiana, Uta, Eva, Karolina
The WBCSD team of
Ecosystems & Landscape Management Cluster
Water Cluster
Forests Solutions Group
Natural Capital Protocol
Global Network
Invitation to webinar on
No Net Loss and Net Positive Impact Approaches for Biodiversity: exploring the potential application of these approaches in the commercial agriculture and forestry sectors
Dear all,
We would like to kindly invite you to two webinars that we are (co-) organizing next week that we believe would be highly relevant for you. Please find the short descriptions below and the full invitation attached.
Webinar on financing natural capital
Timing: Tuesday 16 June at 09:00-10:30am CET then 4:00-5:30pm CET
We invite you to join a webinar that aims to introduce the landscape of investment in conservation as well as a number of existing funds and investment mechanisms. This will be of interest to all companies aiming to better understand and explore innovative ways of financing natural infrastructure, sustainable land management, or ecosystem restoration-related projects.
Please see the attached webinar invite. A calendar invite will follow shortly.
IUCN webinar on ‘No Net Loss and Net Positive Impact Approaches for Biodiversity: exploring the potential application of these approaches in the commercial agriculture and forestry sectors’
Timing: Thursday 11th June – 2 options, either 10.00 CET or 16.00 CET (1 hour)
WBCSD and IUCN’s Global Business and Biodiversity Programme invite you to a webinar to present a summary of IUCN’s new report, discuss its implications and possible next steps. The report – entitled ‘No Net Loss and Net Positive Impact Approaches for Biodiversity: exploring the potential application of these approaches in the commercial agriculture and forestry sectors’ – will be of interest to anyone working on biodiversity in landscapes with commercial agriculture and forestry activities, as well as biodiversity-related best practices and standards in these sectors.
Please see the attached webinar invite. A calendar invite will follow shortly.
Best regards,
Violaine, Dalma, Tatiana, Uta, Eva, Karolina
The WBCSD team of
Ecosystems & Landscape Management Cluster
Water Cluster
Forests Solutions Group
Natural Capital Protocol
Global Network
Dalma Somogyi
Food & Biomaterial Solutions Associate
World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
Maison de la Paix l Chemin Eugène-Rigot 2 l CP 246 1211 Geneva 21
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E: somogyi@wbcsd.org l Skype : wbcsd_dsomogyi l W: www.wbcsd.org