Home » wwf

Certified Sustainable Palm Oil Trade Exceeds 250,000 MT

Posted by Environmental Leader on 02/11/2009

More than 250,000 tons (metric tons) of certified sustainable palm oil have been purchased (PDF) since its availability late last year, marking the first stages of a viable market for sustainable palm oil, according to the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). In the last two months alone, m ...

Business-to-Business Finance & Reporting Financial Food & Beverage Forests Global Manufacturing Partnerships Sustainability Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil RSPO Certified Oil Seventh Generation Sustainable Palm Oil Trade Unilever WWF

---

WWF to Screen Forest Carbon Investments

Posted by Environmental Leader on 26/10/2009

WWF’s Global Forest & Trade Network (GFTN) plans to launch investment screening guidelines for financial investors in the upcoming months to encourage support for responsible forest finance. WWF believes failure by the world’s financial leaders to support responsible forest financ ...

Climate Emissions Feature Finance & Reporting Financial Global Government U.S. climate change Deforestation Emission Reductions Finance Alliance for Sustainable Trade Forest Carbon Market Global Forest & Trade Network global warming Investment Screening Guidelines National Carbon Trust Northwest Forest Plan Wilderness Society WWF

---

US designates key areas of polar bear habitat across Alaska

Posted by AditiJ on 23/10/2009

We have long forgotten the phrase live and let live. It about time we start taking it seriously and show some humanity towards animals. An effort by the U.S. Department of the Interior certainly deserves appreciation. The department has today...

U.S. Department of the Interior Alaska Polar bear Sea ice habitat Barrier island habitat Terrestrial denning habitat Kavik River WWF Environment United States

---

Tetra Pak, HP Join Global Forest and Trade Network

Posted by Environmental Leader on 16/10/2009

Tetra Pak Inc., a manufacturer of food processing and packaging systems, and Hewlett-Packard have joined World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) Global Forest & Trade Network in North America (GFTN-NA) to support the trade of responsibly sourced forest products.The Global Forest & Trade Network ...

Climate Contracts & Installations Emissions Forests Major Players North America Paper & Packaging Supply Chain partnerships carbon footprint climate change Deforestation Forest Products Forest Stewardship Council Global Forest and Trade Network Responsible Forest Management Responsible Forest Products Responsible Forest Trade Tetra Pak WWF

---

Global Investors Favor Forest Carbon Market

Posted by Environmental Leader on 30/09/2009

A survey of investors, who manage approximately $7 trillion of assets, shows support for an expanded carbon market mechanism, which would address the estimated 20 percent of global carbon emissions due to deforestation and forest degradation, according to the WWF Forest Carbon Initiative. The inv ...

Carbon Offsets/RECs Conservation Finance & Reporting Financial Forests carbon emissions Carbon Market Deforestation Forest Carbon Market Forest Degradation Investors REDD WWF Forest Carbon Initiative

---