Stream B: REDD+ Relevant Commodity Supply Chains
Parallel B 1
Voluntary efforts to remove deforestation from supply chains
This session will provide an opportunity to learn about the commitments made by producer and consumer-facing companies to eliminate deforestation from supply chains, and to discuss how to realize synergies with REDD+ initiatives. The key questions to be addressed would be: What can companies do to promote sustainable commodity production and reduce deforestation? What are the key barriers and possible innovations related to wider adoption of commitments to deforestation-free supply chains, and to accelerated/transparent implementation? What are the potential synergies between voluntary certification initiatives and REDD+? What are the limits to these approaches?
When?
Day 1, October 29th 14:00 – 15:30
Where?
Parallel Room 2 (Scandinavia Hall)
Session moderator:
Andrew Bovarnick, United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
Speakers:
Darrel Webber, Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO SG)
Julia Urrunaga, Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA)
Jonathan Horrell, Mondelēz International
Michiel Hendriksz, Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM), Cocoa division
Background material:
Managing the Root of the Problem (Andrew Bovarnick, UNDP)
Parallel B 2
Demand side policies in consumer countries
This session will provide an opportunity to learn about the policies that that have been put into place by consumer country governments to reduce deforestation in commodity exporting countries and to discuss how approaches previously developed for timber could be adapted for application to other commodities. The key question to be addressed would be: What are the potentials and pitfalls of such demand-side policies for advancing the objectives of REDD+, and what are the priorities for action?
When?
Day 1, October 29th 16:00 – 17:30
Where?
Parallel Room 2 (Scandinavia Hall)
Session moderator:
Liz Crosbie, Strategic Environmental Consulting
Speakers:
Duncan Brack, Independent Policy Analyst
Giuliana Torta, Directorate for Environment, European Commission
Rachel Butler, Independent Technical Advisor
Silas Kpanan'Ayoung Siakor, Sustainable Development Institute (SDI)
Background material:
Ending Global Deforestation - Chatman House (Duncan Brack, Independent Policy Analyst)
Addressing the challenges of deforestation and forest degradation to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss (Giuliana Torta, EU Commission)
Forest Footrprint Disclosure Annual Review 2012 (Liz Crosbie, Strategic Environmental Consulting)
Presentation Liberia VPA (Silas Kpanan'Ayoung Siakor, SDI)