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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])
Photo: Sophie Persey
1. Why we need the Landscape Standard
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
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
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
● Attract buyers and investorsImage from Pexels
2. What is the Landscape Standard?
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!
The Principles, Criteria & Indicators
Principles
★ Ecosystems
★ Biodiversity
★ Ecosystem services
★ Intensified production
Principles
★ Land use planning & management
★ Land/resource tenure
★ Human well-being
★ Human rights
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
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)
3. Our Pilots
The pilots
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
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
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
Image courtesy of Francesco Veronesi on Flickr
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)
4. Questions