{"id":2353,"date":"2022-05-12T13:18:30","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T18:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cf.iisd.net\/ssi\/?p=2353"},"modified":"2023-03-25T16:12:05","modified_gmt":"2023-03-25T21:12:05","slug":"investing-in-sustainable-agriculture-how-credible-voluntary-schemes-can-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/webinar\/investing-in-sustainable-agriculture-how-credible-voluntary-schemes-can-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Investing in Sustainable Agriculture: How credible voluntary schemes can support"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The need to transition towards a sustainable agricultural sector is now undeniable. Addressing both the climate and poverty crises will require farming that is both more sustainable and profitable. Such a transformation requires large-scale financial investment to manage risk, incentivize a change in practices, and support millions of farming communities to make the shift. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Voluntary sustainability standards are a strong catalyst for embedding good agricultural practices within smallholder communities in many key sectors. This learning event, hosted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.evidensia.eco\/\">Evidensia<\/a>, in partnership with IISD, explored the question: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>To what extent can voluntary sustainability standards act as a catalyst to ramp up sustainable finance and investment in this sector? <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The webinar drew on insights from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.evidensia.eco\/resources\/1301\/standards-and-investments-in-sustainable-agriculture\/\">IISD&#8217;s new review on Standards and Investment in Sustainable Agriculture<\/a>. Speakers included lead researchers on the review and practitioners from finance and sustainability standards bodies to explore next steps in supporting future action in this space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Date: Thursday, May 26, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Time: 9:00am EST \/ 3:00pm CET<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Speakers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Cristina Larrea<\/strong>, Lead II, Sustainability Standards, IISD<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Vivek Voora<\/strong>,&nbsp;Senior Associate, IISD<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dieter Fischer<\/strong>,&nbsp;Lead for Agribusiness Advisory Services in Latin America and the Carribean at IFC \u2013 International Finance Corporation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Edward Millard<\/strong>,&nbsp;Senior Advisor, Program Strategy and Development, Rainforest Alliance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ana Lopez<\/strong>,&nbsp;Investment Officer at Conservation International Ventures<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This webinar examines how voluntary sustainability standards can act as a catalyst to ramp up sustainable finance in the agriculture sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":2369,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-webinar"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2353\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}