Can JREDD+ help companies meet supply chain goals?

​Jurisdictional REDD+ programmes can provide financial pathways for forest protection that have buy-in from local governments and share benefits with communities and producers. However, even though most deforestation is associated with agricultural and forestry commodity production, JREDD+ programmes often have little direct engagement with the companies that source these products.

​During this session, the Accountability Framework initiative (AFi) will present findings from a new paper that explores the ways in which companies that source agricultural or forestry products from JREDD+ jurisdictions can invest or engage in these programmes to advance their own business priorities.

​The session will also provide a range of perspectives from participants in JREDD+ and commodity supply chain programmes.

​Speakers:

​AFi Director Jeff Milder and AFi Lead Scientist Leah Samberg will be joined by:

• ​Mario Boccucci, Head, UN-REDD Programme Secretariat

• ​Roselyn Fosuah Adjei, Senior Advisor Consultant, Forests, Environmental Defense Fund

• ​Sarah Lupberger, Technical Lead, Sustainability Services, Winrock International

​Hosted at the Ceres Nature Hive.