This slide deck includes the presentations of the panelists during the session titled "Advancing Business Engagement in a Landscape Approach" at the 2014 Global Landscapes Forum, specifically highlighting the major reasons why businesses should engage in sustainable landscape management. Includes information on cases presented on Rio Tinto, Olam, IDH-Sustainable Trade Initiative, and Althelia EcoSphere, as well as on the Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Initiative's work to promote business engagement, and the recent launch of the African Landscapes Action Plan, endorsed by NEPAD and TerrAfrica, which includes business engagement as a core component. Panelists/speakers included: Lee Gross, Senior Program Manager at EcoAgriculture Partners; Edit Kiss, Director of Business Development and Operations at Althelia Ecosphere; Magda Lovei, World Bank Practice Manager for Environment & Natural Resources, Africa Region; Edward Millard, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Rainforest Alliance; Juan Pablo Solis, Program Officer, Hivos; and Carlos Zapata, Head of Strategy and Planning, Rio Tinto, Peru.

1. Advancing business engagement in a
landscape approach
Global Landscapes Forum
December 7, 2014 in Lima, Peru
Contact Lee Gross at EcoAgriculture Partners (lgross@ecoagriculture.org) for more information

4. Advancing business engagement in a
landscape approach

5. Plus more than 60 strategic partners! See them all at:
www.peoplefoodandnature.org
Co-organizers:

6. SABMiller’s Colombian subsidiary, Bavaria, in the Chingaza watershed outside Bogota. Credit SABMiller

7. Low private sector participation globally
in integrated landscape initiatives
Continent # ILI’s
documented
In-country
agribusiness
Foreign
agribusiness
Logging/For
est products
industry
Asia 165 25% (41) 16% 16%
Africa 87 8% (7) 0% 5%
Latin America &
104 22% (21) 7% 20%
Caribbean
Total 356
Source: LPFN Global Review 2012-2014

8. ● Production of agro-commodities has impacts way beyond the
farm itself, on the people that live and work there, and natural
areas in and around the farm.
● Approaches and tools are available and being implemented for
mitigating supply chain risks and farm risks.
● What about the landscape?
Landscape
Farm/Facility
Risks in the
wider landscape
Supply
chain risks
Risks at the
farm or plant
Addressing risk at scales
Source: Reducing Risk: Landscape Approaches to Sustainable Sourcing. LPFN, 2013

9. Photo credit: UNEP, Tea plantations near South West Mau Forest, Kenya

10. Incentives for business
to work at a landscape level
Natural
resources
Landscape &
Securing supply
Legal compliance
Cost saving
Market opportunities
Farm
BUSINESS INCENTIVES FOR
LANDSCAPE
COLLABORATIONS
Reputational risks
influence
Market.
labels &
Consumers
influence
Issues on public
agenda: ngo’s, gvt,
public
Resource mobilization

11. IDH Sustainable Land and Water Program
- In six in vulnerable agro-commodity
producing
regions, SLWP leverage the
interests of private sector to
manage water and land
resources sustainably,
- The program convenes
coalitions of public & private
stakeholders to collaborate
and invest in sustainable
land and water
management.
www.landandwaterprogram.org

12. Advancing business engagement in a
landscape approach

14. Multiple actors joining
efforts to accomplish a
shared vision
=
Vibrant Landscapes

15. Sustainability as a purpose
Business Case &
Value Creation
Water & Mining
Coexistance
Multi Stakeholder
Approach &
Articulation

16. Althelia: aligning economy with ecology
Illustrative example of an Investment
Certified
commodities
(FSC, cocoa...)
Purchase of
environmentally
certified
commodities
(FSC, cocoa, etc.)
Implementation
Payment for
Ecosystem
Services
Ecosystem services
Pledge and /or
Supply chain
purchaser
margin
Before
(un-sustainable)
After
(sustainable)
Negative
Environ.
Impacts
Althelia
Climate Fund
Social
development,
jobs creation
Partners include:
Guarantors
Investors include:
A Strong Public- private- civil society network
And a holistic, multiple revenue landscape
approach

17. The World Bank Africa Program on Resilient Landscapes
Poverty Eradication & Shared Prosperity for Sustainable Development

18. Advancing business engagement in a
landscape approach
Global Landscapes Forum
December 7, 2014 in Lima, Peru
Contact Lee Gross at EcoAgriculture Partners (lgross@ecoagriculture.org) for more information