Category: Anniversary Project Case Study

Creating the Circular Action Hub

Project date: June 2019 – September 2021 Funder/s: P4G – Partnering for Green Growth Collaborator/s: Verra, Danone, Veolia, Nestlé, Tetra Pak, Lloyd’s Register, Conservation International, South Pole, Systemiq, Natural Capital Partners, and McKinsey.org Project type: Tool The problem Waste generation has increased massively worldwide in recent decades, and there are no signs of it slowing […]

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Connecting community forest management with markets that value sustainability

Project dates: 2017 – 31/12/2020 Funders: Good Energies Foundation, Climate and Land Use Alliance (CLUA), Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD), Conservation International  Partners: Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Brasil, Cooperativa Mista da Flona Tapajós (Coomflona), Serviço Brasileiro de Apoio às Micro e Pequenas Empresas (Sebrae) Type of initiative: Advocacy The problem Members of the Mixed […]

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Anniversary project case study timber

Promoting legal tropical timber trade – moving the focus to protect overused species in Ghana

Project dates: 2020-2021 Funder/s: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) Collaborators/s: The Forestry Commission of Ghana, The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research for the Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (CSIR-FORIG) Initiative type/s: Tool, Advocacy The Problem There are more than 50,000 species of timber in the world, but only a small proportion of these […]

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Reverse Logistics Credits – A social and environmental innovation to address urban waste and recycling

Project date/s: October 2012 to October 2013 Funder/s: Oak Foundation, ClimateWorks Foundation, UKFCDO Collaborator/s: National Association of Catadores Initiative type: Tool   The problem In 2010, Brazilian legislation introduced a form of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) requiring producers or importers in selected sectors to ensure the products they sold were collected and disposed of in […]

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