REDD+ and Business Sustainability: A Guide to Reversing Deforestation for Forward Thinking Companies (DoShorts) - Softcover

McFarland, Brian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1909293334 ISBN 13: 9781909293335

Publisher: Routledge, 2013

Synopsis

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. 

About this title

About the Author:

Brian McFarland is currently the Portfolio Manager at Carbonfund.org Foundation, Inc. and the Project Origination Manager at CarbonCo, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Carbonfund.org. Brian McFarland is a CSA Standards Certified GHG Inventory Quantifier and a member of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments’ Air and Climate Public Advisory Committee.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1909293334
• ISBN 13: 9781909293335
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 90