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How business can tackle deforestationInnovation, implementation and impact – stop deforestation in your corporate supply chainApril 3rd-4th, 2017 | Washington DC

A two-day discussion, debate and best practice forum, with interactive working groups

This conference is designed to provide practical guidance for the development and implementation of zero deforestation policies for business. The content will allow you to see how your organization’s sustainability strategy can best be applied to promote sustainable forestry in an impactful manner to stop deforestation and protect your company’s reputation.

Some of the key points the conference is addressing include:

From policy to implementation to impact: forests are still being cleared, learn how to start making an impact now.

Climate change and deforestation: learn how to tie it all together in a single corporate sustainability strategy.

New politics, new rules? Understand the implications of new US administration on forest regulation.

NGOs and campaigners: how to get ahead of the curve and stay out of the NGO firing-line.

Supply chain transparency and traceability: learn how new technology can increase both.

Participate in practical, insightful sessions on:

The latest best practice case studies from leading corporates.

How best to engage and work with key stakeholders – in-depth workshops on how to form partnerships with NGOs, government, suppliers and competitors.

Detailed commodity-specific workshop focused on the unique challenges that pertain to the drivers of deforestation in palm oil, paper and pulp, cattle and soy.

Simon Lord executive vice president, group sustainability & quality management Sime Darby

Jon Hixson vice president, corporate affairs Cargill

Marcio Nappo director, Corporate Sustainability JBS

Frances Seymour senior fellow Center for Global Development

Rachael Sherman director, global supply chain sustainability McDonald’s

Kelly Goodejohn director, ethical sourcing Starbucks

Sophie Beckham manager, forest stewardship and sustainability International Paper

Karimah Hudda global procurement sustainability lead Mondelez International

Barbara Bramble vice president, international conservation and corporate strategies National Wildlife Federation

Grant Rosoman forest solutions team leader Greenpeace

Dawn Krueger sustainability supply chain manager 3M

Founding member of TRANSITION500

Speakers confirmed include:Dawn Krueger sustainability supply chain manager 3M

Michael McManus VP, corporate and government affairs Asia Pulp & Paper

Anita Neville vice president corporate communications & sustainability relations, Golden Agri-Resources

Jillian Gladstone senior manager, forests CDP

Nathalie Wallace senior manager, investor program Ceres

Frazer Lanier environmental and social risk management associate Citi

Paige Goff VP, sustainability and business communications Domtar

Christine Riley Miller senior director, CSR Dunkin’ Brands

Chris Raynham forester, TFT Productive Forest Program, North America TFT

Grant Rosoman forest solutions team leader Greenpeace

Sophie Beckham manager, forest stewardship and sustainability International Paper

Skip Krasny sustainable forestry programs, global sustainability Kimberley Clark Corporation

Jolyne Sanjak chief program officer Landesa

Jon Hixson vice president, corporate affairs Cargill

Karimah Hudda global procurement sustainability lead Mondelez

Barbara Bramble VP, international conservation and corporate strategies National Wildlife Federation

Anita McBain head of sustainability research Permian Global

Olivia Watson head of environmental and social issues Principles for Responsible Investment

Lafcadio Cortesi forest campaign director Rainforest Action Network

Richard Donovan senior vice president and vice president of forestry Rainforest Alliance

Rachel Davis managing director and co-founder Shift

Stephen Donofrio senior advisor Supply Change (a Forest Trends project)

Ethan Budiansky director, environment World Cocoa Foundation

Félix Romero Cañizares key account manager FSC International

Renato Farias executive director Instituto Centro de Vida

Doug Boucher scientific adviser, Climate and Energy Program Union of Concerned Scientists

Chris Meyer senior manager, forest policy Environmental Defense Fund

Bambi Semroc Sr. Strategic Advisor, Center for Environmental Leadership in Business, Conservation International

Kelly Goodejohn director, ethical sourcing Starbucks

Marcio Nappo director, Corporate Sustainability JBS

Frances Seymour senior fellow Center for Global Development

Rachael Sherman Director, Global Supply Chain Sustainability McDonald’s

Simon Lord executive vice president, group sustainability & quality management Sime Darby

Nathalie Walker senior manager, tropical forest and agriculture project National Wildlife Federation

Diego Di Martino palm oil, general manager Archer Daniels Midland

Glenn Hurowitz managing director Waxman Strategies

Ruth Noguerón associate World Resources Institute

Etelle Higonnet campaign and legal director Waxman Strategies

• Focused, open discussion

• Senior participants

• Candid dialogue

Day one: Monday, April 3rd 2017

Opening remarks

Tobias Webb, founder, Innovation Forum

We’re failing to protect forests, so what needs to change to meet 2020 targets and long-term deforestation commitments?

Despite all the meetings, frameworks and certification, forests are being cleared at a staggeringly unsustainable rate and as things stand they will be largely gone within 50 years. The current gradualist approach of continued deliberation on policy and methodology is failing to halt the seemingly inexorable process of forests clearance.

In this opening session, we provide a reflection on what the last five years have achieved in terms of corporate and NGO engagement with deforestation. We ask what has worked, what hasn’t, and how this should inform the next five years in terms of broad strategy to protect forests around the globe.

• NGO campaigners: Are NGOs to blame for the lack of progress? Have they focused too much on consumer-facing businesses letting traders and financiers off?

• Politics: How will the conservative and populist political movement sweeping western countries affect the protection of forests?

• Corporates: Are there any significant areas of progress that we can say are working?

• Do we need a fundamental redirect or refocus of strategy and what will it mean for each actor (corporate, NGO, government)?

• What are our ‘philosophical’ end-goals? What is the picture of the future that we are trying to work towards?

• Are we seeing the limitations of northern multinational initiatives? How do we engage with “southern” multinationals and more importantly, small-medium enterprises in the domestic markets?

Barbara Bramble, vice president, international conservation and corporate strategies, National Wildlife Federation

Frances Seymour, senior fellow, Center for Global Development

Simon Lord, executive vice president, group sustainability & quality management, Sime Darby

Doug Boucher, scientific adviser, climate and energy program, Union of Concerned Scientists

Climate change, SDGs and deforestation: can companies tie it together via carbon credits?

As part of this ‘solutions under the spotlight’ session series, we examine in-depth how the SDGs and carbon credits can be linked to provide an effective solution for companies.

The session will ask whether landscape and ecosytem development and the verified carbon credits generated, can be used as an effective three-way boost to corporate impacts in stopping deforestation, expanding global carbon sinks to aid climate change mitigation and support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.

Our speakers will outline their context and nature of their solution, followed by a direct Q+A with the audience, focused on challenges and solutions.

Anita McBain, head of sustainability research,  Permian Global

NGOs, investors and campaigners: what do they want from business?

NGOs, investors and campaigners are a major driver in pushing companies to engage with the issue of deforestation. NGO actions can affect the reputation of a business and negatively impact their market capitalisation, customer perceptions and overall commercial performance.

Understanding these perspectives and their plans for advocacy is an essential part of overall strategy to keep your company out of the negative headlines. In this session, we will speak to some of the most influential stakeholders in the deforestation debate to get their views on corporate performance and where their priorities will be for 2017 and beyond.

This session will also provide an objective, critical discussion on the corporate-NGO relationships and expectations.

Grant Rosoman, forest solutions team leader, Greenpeace

Chris Meyer, senior manager, forest policy,  Environmental Defence Fund   

Nathalie Wallace, senior manager, investor program,  Ceres

Olivia Watson, head of environmental and social issues,  Principles for Responsible Investment

Day one: Monday, April 3rd 2017

Commodity-specific discussionsIn these highly-interactive breakout sessions, we will split the conference into two tracks that focus on the key commodities that drive deforestation in different jurisdictions. The purpose of the format is to capture the unique socio-economic, environmental and cultural challenges of each commodity, the specific regional differences with regard to where they are produced, and how these issues can be addressed.

Our experts will facilitate the sessions to tease out the most topical questions for each commodity and to encourage the audience to discuss solutions.

Breakout one Palm oil in Southeast Asia

Rachel Davis, managing director and co-founder, Shift

Marcus Colchester, senior policy advisor, Forest Peoples Programme

Simon Lord, executive vice president, group sustainability & quality management, Sime Darby

Breakout two Soy in South America

Robin Barr, Director, Americas, TFT

Diego Di Martino, palm oil, general manager, Archer Daniels Midland

Glenn Hurowitz, managing director, Waxman Strategies

Breakout one Cattle in South America

Francisco Beduschi, coordinator, sustainable livestock, Instituto Centro de Vida

Nathalie Walker, senior manager, tropical forest and agriculture project, National Wildlife Federation

Isabelle Aelvoet, global sustainability director, Mars Petcare

Marcio Nappo, director, corporate sustainability, JBS

Rachael Sherman, director, supply chain sustainability Asia, McDonald’s

Breakout two Timber, paper and pulp in North America

Skip Krasny, sustainable forestry programs, global sustainability, Kimberley Clark Corporation

Sophie Beckham, manager, forest stewardship and sustainability, International Paper

Charles Barber, director, forest legality initiative, forests program, World Resource Institute

Paige Goff, VP, sustainability & business communications, Domtar

Satellite monitoring of deforestation: useful tool or just another tech fad?

Format: Live feedback, ‘solutions under the spotlight’

As part of this ‘solutions under the spotlight’ session, we examine the new in-vogue tech solution of monitoring deforestation using satellites. We explore the background technology of how the satellite-based system works and discuss the likely efficacy of such as tool in complementing corporate anti-deforestation strategy.

Our speakers will outline their context and nature of their solution, followed by a direct Q+A with the audience, focused on challenges and solutions.

Norbert Schmitz, managing director, GRAS Global Risk Assessment Services

Jurisdictional and government engagement: how do it in practice?

Government engagement is crucial to bringing real change and scale to any effort. This session will provide a pragmatic guide for companies to understand the best way to work with local, regional and national governments.

We will look to reflect on different examples of government engagement by companies on sustainability issues, how they have fared and what lessons have emerged.

• Everyone is talking about jurisdictional approaches, but what are we really talking about? Is it realistic for suppliers to engage in such an approach and what are the early lessons from initial examples of its implementation from companies and governments?

• How should a company manage the different approaches such as certifications and a jurisdictional approach to meet its commitments?

• How do we collectively demonstrate that delivering on the zero-deforestation agenda is in local and national self-interest?

• What does the demise of the Indonesian Palm Oil Pledge tell us about future private-sector-driven sustainability initiatives?

• Can we create genuine bottom-up engagement to circumvent issues relating to nationalism and sovereignty ‘defensiveness’ on the part of forest-hosting developing countries?

Frances Seymour, senior fellow, Center for Global Development

Richard Donovan, SVP and VP of forestry, Rainforest Alliance

Day two: Tuesday, April 4th 2017

Implementing a workplan to a zero-deforestation commitment – who is making real progress?

One of the main criticisms of company engagement on deforestation is that most are stuck at the policy phase. Writing a policy doesn’t stop deforestation whilst acting on the commitment does. In this session, we will have a cross-industry panel of leading companies have gone about bringing their commitments into their operations.

• We will have a pragmatic discussion on what actions companies with a zero-deforestation commitment need to take, and the best practices that are emerging as they get to grips with the reality of implementation.

• What KPIs are companies using to monitor progress?

• What incentives and dis-incentives are in place to encourage serious internal engagement?

• Who do you have to engage internally? Is it just about engaging your procurement department?

• What will it take for sustainability ‘characteristics’ to be as integral to commodity sourcing considerations as traditional, physical ones?

Karimah Hudda, global procurement sustainability lead,  Mondelez International

Rachael Sherman, director, supply chain sustainability Asia,  McDonald’s

Jon Hixson, vice president, corporate affairs, Cargill     

Anita Neville, vice president corporate communications & sustainability relations,  Golden Agri-Resources

Lafcadio Cortesi, forest campaign director,  Rainforest Action Network

Supply chain transparency and traceability: can technology finally deliver?

In this session, we debate the current approaches that companies are using in palm oil, beef and timber to drive transparency, traceability and transformation down their respective value chains. We will then discuss the innovations in technology that could be leading to breakthroughs in achieving these.

The second part of the session will give an overview of the key technologies from parameter detection to satellite scanning of forests to understand how these monitoring tools are faring in piloting and implementation.

Robin Barr, director, Americas, TFT

Chris Raynham, forester, TFT Productive Forest Program, North America

Luis Amaral, director, Global Forest Watch Commodities

Jillian Gladstone, senior manager, forests, CDP

Collaboration and partnerships: how can companies work both with NGOs and their competitors to scale impact?

Working in partnership towards a shared goal can reduce the burden for all, lower the cost for each partner and increase the scale of impact relative to a disjointed, individualistic approach. However, a lack of initiative, incompatibility of cultures and/or competitive instincts mean that there are few examples of companies properly engaging in effective collaborations with NGOs and competitors at any scale on sustainability issues.

In this session, we look to break down the barriers that prevent partnerships from forming on deforestation through a participatory set of multi-stakeholder tasks that will ask attendees to plan how to work with their potential partners.

• How do you define the partnership, the goals and who to work with?

• How do you structure a multi-stakeholder initiatives, where do you begin, what drives it and how can you ensure it does not run out of steam?

Ethan Budiansky, director, environment,  World Cocoa Foundation           

Paige Goff, VP, sustainability & business communications,  Domtar

Christine Riley Miller, senior director, CSR,  Dunkin’ Brands

Kelly Goodejohn, director, ethical sourcing,  Starbucks

Community-based approaches to protecting landscapes and forests – with APP

Forests can only thrive if people do. Community-based approaches are, theoretically, a very effective way to protect landscapes and reduce dependency on forest conversion and encroachment. In this session, APP shares their experience and learning in community engagement through a case study and an outline of what procedures have worked in delivering results.

Michael McManus, VP corporate and government affairs Americas, Asia Pulp & Paper

High Carbon Stock convergence explained – with Greenpeace

Understanding what zero-deforestation means is one of the most difficult questions for a business to answer, but it is essential to ensuring commitments and strategy are realistic. In this session, we discuss the latest approach that has come out of the High Carbon Stock Convergence Group of palm oil producers, buyers and NGOs in creating a unified approach to implementing zero-deforestation commitments.

Grant Rosoman, forest solutions team leader,

Greenpeace

Accelerating collaboration to drive supply chain sustainability goals – with 3M

In this session, 3M leads a discussion on what brands, producers and others can do pre-competitively to achieve common forest products supply chain goals.  They will discuss the most difficult shared challenges, and how they can be more collaborative to amplify efforts and accelerate on-the-ground improvements.

Dawn Krueger, sustainability supply chain manager, 3M

Partnering for impact on climate change and deforestation in coffee – with Starbucks and Conservation International

This session will explore the role that the coffee sector can play in promoting resiliency in rural communities while mitigating carbon emissions. It will draw from the experience of the Starbucks – Conservation International partnership interventions, including the C.A.F.E. Practices sourcing standards, on-the-ground investments in coffee and climate initiatives, and the work of the Sustainable Coffee Challenge to advance actions that sustain the supply of coffee while conserving nature and improving the livelihoods of producing communities. 

Kelly Goodejohn, director, ethical sourcing, Starbucks

Bambi Semroc, senior strategic advisor, Conservation International

The road to zero-deforestation rubber, tyres and cars – with Waxman Strategies

Rubber trees are one of the fastest growing factors in forest conversion, yet the response of the overall industry has been apathetic, sluggish and conservative in understanding how they can minimise their negative impacts. Rubber is the integral ingredient in car tyres so in this session we discuss how rubber producers, tyre and car manufacturers can help to halt the forest degradation that their value chain is causing – and what the NGO plan is for advocacy in sparking meaningful engagement from these actors.

Etelle Higonnet, campaign and legal director, Waxman Strategies

Félix Romero Cañizares, key account manager, FSC International

How to achieve 100% sustainable palm oil sourcing – with Mondelez International

As part of its updated Palm Oil Action Plan, and in a move to hopefully catalyze systemic change, Mondelēz was the first multinational consumer goods company to require suppliers to track oil sourced from third-party suppliers as well as their own farms. In this session, we get an insight into the practical actions being taken by the company to achieve the new milestones and requirements in has set for suppliers in working toward a truly sustainable supply chain for palm oil.

Karimah Hudda, global procurement sustainability lead, Mondelez International

How to prepare a sustainable hamburger – with McDonalds and JBS

Being able to produce beef without deforestation, while at the same time addressing increasing cattle productivity and raw material quality is essential to protect the environment and mitigate Climate Change effects. The McDonald’s and JBS partnership to produce the “Sustainable Hamburger” in Brazil is an innovative approach to develop a sustainable food chain. This session will provide an overview of two global company’s collaborative work and explore the challenges and opportunities in replicating and scaling up this model.

Marcio Nappo, director, corporate sustainability, JBS

Rachael Sherman, director, global supply chain sustainability, McDonalds

Day two: Tuesday, April 4th 2017

Corporate case-study breakouts In these concise 50-minute sessions, we outline highly informative case studies from the corporate and NGO world where organisations have made significant progress.

Three reasons to attend 150+ peers and colleagues – benchmark, debate and learn from the leading business practitioners the

effort to stop deforestation.

40+ expert speakers sharing insights – you simply will not find a stronger, more focused collection of leading businesses focused on tackling deforestation throughout company supply chains anywhere else.

20+ hours of thought-provoking content – case studies, debate and group discussions to equip you with the skills and insights to move your effort forward in the year ahead.

Leading companies attend our conferencesInnovation Forum has a track record of bringing together business to engage with the difficult questions in sustainability by providing a platform for novel solutions, creative thinking and sharing best practice.

This conference is made for senior professionals from business, government, NGOs and the financial community. Delegates are from CSR, sustainability, ethical trade, legal, procurement and supply chain, corporate affairs and communications functions.

Some of the businesses that attended last year’s conference include:

What makes Innovation Forum conferences different? More time for genuine discussion –the agenda and timings have been built to provide time for in-depth debate

and meaningful exchange beyond introductions and superficial descriptive outlines. There will be a lot of experience in the room and therefore we intend for the discussions to be participatory and interactive.

The event is held under the Chatham House rule – this event is not intended as a PR platform – we hold the event under a covenant of confidentiality to promote honest exchange and generate new thinking and solutions.

Content is designed for action and practice – the event structure is designed to provide actionable tools and practical insights that can be applied. We will also be sharing post event notes with all participants.

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