CORPORATE TRACK

Capacity building for Gold Standard for the Global Goals projects 

This workshop will present an overview of Gold Standard for the Global Goals, including key learnings, new revisions and the next steps. It will then use facilitated roundtable discussions to address questions on the transition process, how to apply Renewable Energy Labels and the certification process for Land Use & Forest projects.

Speakers:

Abhishek Goyal, Senior Director, Gold Standard 
 

Business Leadership on Climate + SDGs

This interactive workshop will share the key takeaways from two recent publications focused on redefining business leadership in sustainability.

Corporate Climate Leadership, published with CDP, outlines four key pillars to an ambitious climate strategy.

Business and the SDGs: Best practices to seize opportunity and maximize credibility, authored with WWF Switzerland, captures the opportunities, challenges and common pitfalls for engaging with the SDGs.

Speakers:
Sarah Leugers, Director of Communications, Gold Standard

Sarah Leugers, Director of Communications, Gold Standard

"Finance Beyond": How companies can use markets to reduce emissions + contribute to sustainable development

Many companies have been using carbon markets to contribute much-needed finance to reduce emissions around the world. This session launches a new Ecosystem Marketplace report about how corporates include offsetting into their overall climate reduction strategies and features a range of innovative new climate projects.

NGO Supporter strategy session 

This interactive session will explore the role of NGO Supporters to co-create new solutions and how they can best engage with Gold Standard and collaborate with other stakeholders on existing and planned programmes.

Speakers:

CDP Workshop: Best practices in addressing corporate value chain emissions

Scope 3 (indirect) emissions often account for a major portion of a company’s climate impact. In fact, about 40% of the global GHG emissions are driven or influenced by companies' purchases or sold products, according to CDP data. Increasingly, companies are taking action to reduce these emissions and are seeking guidance on how to do so effectively. This interactive workshop will share emerging trends, including:

• Challenges in addressing scope 3 emissions
• A new accounting framework to recognize scope 3 investments
• Interactive discussion on best practices on scope 3 target setting and emissions reductions
• How companies can collect data from and engage suppliers through CDP’s Supply Chain Program
• How companies are currently demonstrating best practices

Speakers:

Alberto Carrillo, Director of Science Based Targets and RE Procurement, CDP
Ashley Allen, Climate & Land Senior Manager, Mars
Eric Soubeiran, Global Nature & Climate Senior Director, Danone
Owen Hewlett, Chief Technical Officer Gold Standard
Sandra Genee, Director of Partnerships and Business Development, Gold Standard

Scaling poverty-alleviation development

This workshop will focus on new opportunities to enhance the ability of projects that focus on poverty alleviation to attract finance.

Using facilitated roundtable discussions, we will explore ideas and opportunities to better highlight and enhance the narrative and claims of these projects.

Speakers (all Gold Standard):
Bernardo Lazo, Director of Partnerships + Business Development
Abhishek Goyal, Senior Director
Vikash Talyan, Technical Director, Energy + Waste
Richard Iliffe, Manager, Standards

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