How can banks and investors drive more capital to sustainable, commercially-viable agricultural production and processing models that are aligned with the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Climate Agreement? How can we address growing food demand and improve environmental and social outcomes? What roles can governments play to incentivise financial institutions and companies in the agricultural value chain to transition to deforestation-free production and supply chains? How do we create more “bankable projects” and move from niche to mainstream?
These questions were at the heart of the 4th Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) Investment Case Symposium, “How can we move financing sustainable land-use into the mainstream?”, which took place on 30 November 2019 in Luxembourg, with support from the Government of Luxembourg. CFU sponsored and supported this event, including several side events: managing environmental and social (E&S) risks and demonstrating impacts of sustainable land-use financing; barriers to mainstreaming successful pilot studies in deforestation-free commodity production; and carbon financing, offsetting and corporate mitigation strategies.
This conference was part of a 3-days series of events collectively branded as “Breakthroughs in Sustainable Finance” that also included the UNEP FI Regional Roundtable Europe that took place from 28-30 November in Luxembourg.
About the writer
Ivo Mulder, Head, Climate Finance Unit, UNEP
