The Landscape Standard - Verra · Landscape Standard Progress & Timeline 2019 June Public...
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The Landscape StandardA global framework to drive environmental, social and economic
sustainability in production landscapes
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Agenda
1. Why does the world need the Landscape Standard?2. What is the Landscape Standard?3. Our pilot landscapes4. Questions & Discussion
Presenters: Naomi Swickard, Verra ([email protected])Sophie Persey, Rainforest Alliance ([email protected])
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1. Why we need the Landscape Standard
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We face severe and urgent challenges...
Source: Guardian,8 October 2018 Jonathan Watts
“Civilisation is in crisis.
We can no longer feed our
population a healthy diet whilst
balancing planetary resources.”
Tamara Lucas, Richard Horton.
Comment: The 21st century great food transformation
#EATLancet
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We need ambitious solutions
● Better visibility of risks within a landscape
● Willingness to take responsibility for
impacts beyond production unit
● Tools to support cross-sectoral action at
landscape scale
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How the Landscape Standard (LS) can help:
● UNDERSTAND: Consistent and holistic set of
metrics to assess landscape sustainability
● COMMUNICATE: Verification of assessment &
credible reporting of progress
● INCENTIVISE: Investment & sourcing decisions
linked to landscape performance
● ACTION: drive cross-sectoral, multi-stakeholder
action to improve landscape sustainability
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Landscape actors★ Natural
resource-based industry
★ Government
Who could benefit from using LS?
Global actors★ Supply chain
companies★ Donors &
investors
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Use LS to assess & mitigate risk
● Information about the cumulative impact
of activities within a landscape
● Visibility of issues which may impact the
future viability of operations or investment
● Take action to mitigate or adapt to threats
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Use LS to drive aligned action
● A practical tool to assess the most critical
indicators of landscape sustainability
● Help diverse stakeholders to agree on
what to monitor
● Catalyst for cross-sectoral action to
improve landscape sustainability
● Could inform setting of shared targets
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Use LS to demonstrate impact and differentiate
● Demonstrate leadership by being transparent
about sustainability performance beyond direct
operations or supply chain
● Provide stakeholders with greater reassurance
that an operation or investment will be
sustainable
● Credible reporting of landscape sustainability
performance
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2. What is the Landscape Standard?
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It is not a traditional certification standard...
It is...
● A consistent and holistic set of metrics (Principles, Criteria & Indicators)○ Assess the state & trajectory of sustainability outcomes at landscape scale
○ Using existing data sources wherever possible
○ Specifies outcomes against which improvement is desirable
○ Does not dictate practices that must be adopted or performance thresholds that must be met
● A system for verifying outcomes and making claims
● An online platform - registry of verified landscape sustainability performance
● Supporting tools○ Eg. Verification of actor contribution, scenario planning/modelling
Watch this space for a new name!
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The Principles, Criteria & Indicators
Principles
★ Ecosystems
★ Biodiversity
★ Ecosystem services
★ Intensified production
Principles
★ Land use planning & management
★ Land/resource tenure
★ Human well-being
★ Human rights
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Landscape Standard Progress & Timeline
2019 JunePublic consultation on draft Principles, Criteria & Indicators
A new name for the Landscape Standard
December Beta testing of 1st version of the framework and associated guidance materials
2020 Development of data platform, assurance mechanism & claims framework
2nd formal public consultation
December Full framework released for public use
2021+ Continuous refinement and development of new tools & guidance
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A collaborative initiative
Advisory Group
Secretariat
Global partners
Axel Hebel (European Investment Bank)Christopher Stewart (Olam)Daniel Spethman (Working Lands)Ernest Dwamena (Touton)Greg Watson (Inter-American Development Bank)Jan Kees-Vis (Unilever)
Jonas Dallinger (GIZ)Kim Frankovich (Mars)Ruth Thomas (Global Agribusiness Alliance)Sara Scherr (EcoAgriculture)Simon Lord (Sime Darby Plantation)Stephen Donofrio (Supply Change)Raphaele Deau (WWF Landscape Finance Lab)
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3. Our Pilots
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The pilots
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Peru
● Selected Lamas District in San Martin
Province
● San Martin government keen to market itself
as a sustainable jurisdiction
● A multi-commodity landscape (cocoa, coffee,
oil palm)
● Primarily smallholders with some links to
global coffee & cocoa supply chains
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Costa Rica
● Selected a watershed near San Jose
● Collaborating with the Agua Tica
Water Fund to:
○ Demonstrate impact of
investment and restoration
activities
○ Link to other initiatives in
landscape
● Coffee producers and traders can
use LS to assess sustainability risks
and better position their products in
market Members of the Agua Tica Water Fund
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Ghana
● Potential to help private sector and
government demonstrate
compliance with Cocoa and Forest
Initiative and REDD+ commitments
● Focusing on REDD+ Hotspot
Intervention Areas in Juabeso Bia
and Kakum
● Likely implemented through Public-
Private Partnerships
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Guatemala
● Challenges in Costa Sur Landscape::
○ Water overexploitation
○ Coastal resilience
○ Large-scale restoration
● Large-scale industrial commodity production
with interest in improved marketing to US
(sugar cane, bananas, oil palm)
● Key partners: RA, Solidaridad, Agroamerica,
Assoc. of Banana Producers, Ministry of
Agriculture (MAGA)
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4. Questions