Building Bridges Between Commodity Roundtables and REDD+ The Global Producer Support Initiative: a partnership with five commodity roundtables managed by the Solidaridad Network
About Solidaridad • • • •
Founded 1960s, pioneered fair trade in 1988 Co-founded FLO 1991 Fair trade coffee, banana’s, fashion in 1990s 2002: UTZ Certified; mainstream quality concept for coffee, tea, cocoa brands and retailers • 2006: Commodity roundtables as pre-competitive sustainability platforms • 100 staff globally, 12 commodities, 9 regions
The Theory of Change: LOWER CARBON EMISSIONS, LESS POVERTY
JURISDICTION-WIDE REDD PROGRAMS
INTERIM REDD+ FINANCE
ROUNDTABLE CERTIFICATION
UNCERTIFIED FARMERS
REDD MARKETS
COMMODITY MARKETS
LOW-EMISSION FARM SECTORS
VIRTUOUS CYCLE?
Glopsi-REDD+
FARMER ENGAGEMENT
REDD+ COMMITMENT
Solidaridad’s role • Support farmers to improve income and livelihoods through implementation of RT standards • Engage with RT supply chain actors to provide or fund farmer support • Market (B2B) verified/certified commodities • Engage civil society and policy actors to promote sustainable trade and address laggards • Identify and develop additional benefits of sustainable production for farmers (REDD+, GDI)
GLOPSI Programme facts and figures • Expansion of successful Schokland Fund programme managed by Solidaridad since 2009 (€ 16 M) • Upscaling: € 68.5 M for 2011-2015 period – €29.5 M Dutch ODA, €39 M Cofunding
• Five commodity programmes: Soy, Palm, Sugar cane, Livestock, Cotton • Targeting 400,000 farmers and 400,000 workers in 8 regions • Commitment of 15 global multinationals
How does a Glopsi project work? • RT members propose farmer support projects towards compliance with the respective RT standards • GLOPSI can fund 30-40% of the budget with DGIS resources • The applicant, supported by the RECs involved in the applicants’ supply chain, source the remaining 60%, which can be partially in-kind • Quality of the proposal is screened by a Glopsi panel that includes external experts • The overall programme is guided by a steering group comprising the RT Chairs, Solidaridad, WWF and IDH
How does the Glopsi programme work? • To ensure good project identification and management, resources are available for producer support, market development and PME staff at the relevant RECs • The RECs are supported in PME, budgeting and accounting, communications and market linkage by Solidaridad Network and Netherlands office • RECs commit to identify X volume of Glopsi proposals and associated cofunding and progress is monitored by Glopsi Secretariat • Progress is reported to DGIS by REC Europe based on Glopsi secretariat and PROMIS info
Which companies have pledged support? Commodity
Existing New in Glopsi (Schokland Fund / BCI FTF)
Soy
FrieslandCampina, Cono, Unilever, Keurslagers, Interchicken
Nutreco, Agrifirm, For Farmers, Cargill, Rabobank
Palm Oil
Unilever, Cono
Cargill, Kraft, Rabobank, Johnson&Johnson
Sugar Cane
Suikerunie, Delicia, Unilever
Coca Cola, Cargill, Kraft North Sea Group, BP, Shell, Rabobank
Livestock Cotton
Rabobank, Zandbergen H&M, IKEA, Levi Strauss
Deliverables of the programme Target in 2015 Outcome
400,000 small holder producers implement sustainable practices 400,000 estate workers work according to ILO standards 750,000 hectares under sustainable management 30 local technical institutions supporting sustainable production
Output
250,000 small- and medium scale farmers trained 40 corporate – producer sustainability partnerships 30 training institutes capacitated At least 30 corporate partners provide € 20 million cofunding
SOYPSI: Campina and Samarth Kisan in India Payment for verified responsible soy
Responsible soy Technical Support and microcredit
Feed Compound feed producer
Organizational and Financial Support Local processors
Commodity market soy International trader
RTREDD Example: APDC/Aliança da Terra in Brazil Payment for certified responsible soy and beef
Brazil REDD+ program REDD+ funding
Avoided deforestation Responsible beef & soy
Technical Support, monitoring and REDD+ funding Verification and REDD+ funding
GRSB and RTRS members
Glopsi participation Organizational support and market linkage
Thank you for your attention! For more information:
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