| ecosystem restoration & carbon offsets |
As concern grows about the effects of global climate
change, many industries and businesses are searching
for ways to offset their carbon footprints – on a voluntary
basis, as well as to comply with the requirements that are
being placed on them by national governments and the
global community. The international market in carbon
offsets and credits has mushroomed over recent years.
One area of increasing growth and interest is investment
in ecosystems – nature’s carbon sinks – as a means of
sequestering carbon and offsetting emissions.
We have been providing economic and financial technical
advice to the development of a pilot carbon standard and
ecosystem restoration guidelines for the Danone Fund for
Nature – a partnership of the Danone Group, the Ramsar
Convention on Wetlands and the International Union for
the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). This aims to preserve
wetland ecosystems that are crucial to the carbon cycle,
in various locations across the planet. Specifically, its
objective is to provide a means for the Danone Group to
offset the carbon emissions of some of its brands,
primarily Evian bottled water, by preserving and restoring
wetlands.
change, many industries and businesses are searching
for ways to offset their carbon footprints – on a voluntary
basis, as well as to comply with the requirements that are
being placed on them by national governments and the
global community. The international market in carbon
offsets and credits has mushroomed over recent years.
One area of increasing growth and interest is investment
in ecosystems – nature’s carbon sinks – as a means of
sequestering carbon and offsetting emissions.
We have been providing economic and financial technical
advice to the development of a pilot carbon standard and
ecosystem restoration guidelines for the Danone Fund for
Nature – a partnership of the Danone Group, the Ramsar
Convention on Wetlands and the International Union for
the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). This aims to preserve
wetland ecosystems that are crucial to the carbon cycle,
in various locations across the planet. Specifically, its
objective is to provide a means for the Danone Group to
offset the carbon emissions of some of its brands,
primarily Evian bottled water, by preserving and restoring
wetlands.
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