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Nov

BMZ LAUNCHES DEVELOPMENT AND CLIMATE ALLIANCE

ForestFinest Consulting/CO2OL supports the initiative of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and Development Minister Gerd Müller to establish an “Alliance for Development and Climate”. The aim of the alliance is to make it easier for companies and organisations to voluntarily, vigorously and effectively finance CO2 offset projects in developing countries – for example biogas plants, wind power, solar energy or reforestation – and thus make their own CO2 balance climate-neutral. The financed projects avoid CO2 emissions or remove them from the atmosphere; at the same time they promote economic and social development locally. The Alliance...

Nov

CO2OL JOINED GOLD STANDARD NETWORK PLATFORM

Today, CO2OL has joined the Gold Standard Network Platform. The project of the international certification body uses a collaborative approach between companies, project developers, government agencies and NGOs to promote more ambitious steps for climate action and sustainable development. The network seeks to mobilise partnerships and drive new ideas that aim to achieve the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement as well as the UN Sustainable Development Goals. For more information: https://www.goldstandard.org/get-involved/join-platform

Nov

FFC Talk at Forest Investment Conference in Mexico

We are pleased to announce that Germán Rodriguez, Regional Director LatAM, will present at the DANA Forest Investment Conference in Cancún, Mexico on 14th November at 2.30p.m. This year’s conference includes agroforesty and agribusiness topics as funds that invest in forestry are increasingly looking to include agroforestry and agribusiness projects. There will be more than 20 speakers and panellists from different regions of the world. Germán’s talk will be on Investment opportunities in agroforestry systems – new horizons through the intensive use of new technologies.

Sep

ALTERNATIVE NOBEL PRIZE FOR REFORESTATION TECHNIQUE

Congratulations to Tony Rinaudo! The Australian agronomist has won this year’s “Alternative Nobel Prize” for a trailblazing reforestation technique. Since the 1980s, Rinaudo has been developing the so-called FMNR method for reforestation. FMNR stands for Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration. The method uses existing living root fragments of cut trees and makes them grow again. It is mainly used in desert and semi-desert areas in Africa. In the Sahel zone, millions of hectares of land have been restoring vegetation, thereby helping to stop desertification and re-green drylands. The FMNR method is also successfully implemented in our Sodo reforestation project in Ethiopia (https://www.co2ol.de/soddo-community-managed-reforestation/)....

Sep

CLOTHING RETAILER ENGBERS NOW CLIMATE-NEUTRAL

We are very pleased that Engbers, clothing retailer in Germany and Austria, is climate-neutral now. Together with us, the specialist for men’s fashion from North Rhine-Westphalia has calculated its ecological footprint and CO2 emissions across the entire value chain. Emissions that are currently unavoidable are offset with climate protection projects. The CO2 analysis focused on the transport routes from the producer via the head office to the shops, energy consumption, packaging, the vehicle fleet and business trips. Further information in German: https://www.engbers.com/header/unternehmen/ueber-uns/pro-mensch-natur/1-klimaneutraler-textileinzelhaendler/