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“The chocolate and cocoa industry is facing growing consumer and compliance demands as well as climate change and environmental-related risks. Barry Callebaut identified agroforestry as a key intervention on their journey towards regenerative agriculture and way of growing cocoa with the farmers Barry Callebaut sources from. Partnering together with Treevaluation, we established a credible agroforestry program that creates a shared value for farmers, Barry Callebaut and nature. Thanks to our collaboration Barry Callebaut is aiming to become an industry leader in carbon insetting projects.”
What we delivered
- Agroforestry strategy and program desing
- Carbon removals quantification of the Agroforestry Program and its contribution to Barry Callebaut’s Science Based Targets (SBTs)
- Farmer engagement approach
- Payment for Environmental Services (PES) system design – transitional carbon finance
- Monitoring, Reporting and Verification approach – carbon insetting and SMART indicators
- Request for Proposals (RFP) and third party implementers contracting
All this for the company‘s operations in Ghana and Côte d‘Ivoire.
What we delivered:
- Integrated commitment to nature for the cocoa unit (forests, biodiversity, soil and carbon) including its quantification
- Cocoa Carbon Farming Program design and roadmap until 2030 and 2050 (agroforestry)
All this for the company‘s operations in Ghana, Côte d‘Ivoire, Ecuador and Peru.
We worked on a science-based (SBTs) carbon compliance roadmap for cocoa for a major Swiss chocolate brand. At the same time we helped to design its carbon farming program and biodiversity commitment going beyond farm activities.
“We were just at the beginning of our journey to establish a Carbon and Biodiversity Program with our partner farmers in Nigeria. Treevaluation provided strategic advice on how to set up the Program and what monitoring, reporting and verification approach to take. It saved us costs and prepared the ground for engagement with farmers and our clients.”
What we delivered:
- Advising on strategic options in the development of Monitoring, Reporting and Verification approach for the Carbon and Biodiversity Program (insetting and offsetting)
- Soil carbon monitoring tools assessment
- Client (B2B) positioning of the Carbon and Biodiversity Program
All this for company‘s the operations in Ghana, Côte d`Ivoire, Ecuador and Peru.