Events

Katoomba VI: Beyond Carbon: Emerging Markets for Ecosystem Services

Rüschlikon, Switzerland

The Katoomba VI workshop focused on frameworks for ecosystem service markets, including the roles of political institutions, bilateral and multilateral institutions as well as industry leadership through new initiatives such as the Equator Principles and the Sustainable Agriculture Initiative. Sector specific workshops explored the exposure of industries such as food and agriculture, mining, oil and […]

Katoomba IV: Capturing the Value of Ecosystem Services

Kew, United Kingdom

The integrity of natural ecosystems is now recognized as being crucial to the health of global financial and capital market systems. Bringing together appropriate investors, buyers and sellers will help to maintain ecosystem services and assets, and will ensure continuing global prosperity and environmental security. A number of markets already have started to trade waste […]

Webinar: State of Private Investment in Conservation

Forest Trends’ Ecosystem Marketplace is pleased to announce the release of its newest report, State of Private Investment in Conservation 2016: A Landscape Assessment of an Emerging Market. This new report builds upon the 2014 report by EKO Asset Management Partners (now Encourage Capital) and The Nature Conservancy’s NatureVest, Investing in Conservation: A Landscape Assessment of […]

Webinar: Business and Deforestation – Are Companies Going to Meet Their Supply Chain Commitments?

Two years remain in the timetable for deforestation commitments laid out by the likes of the Consumer Goods Forum, the New York Declaration on Forests, and We Mean Business. While there is growing evidence that companies are setting goals to manage deforestation within their commodity supply chains – with now nearly 450 companies profiled on […]

Forests and Finance: Advancing from Paris toward Marrakesh and Beyond

Offices of Baker & McKenzie LLP, Washington, D.C., United States

Forest Trends’ Ecosystem Marketplace will launch its annual State of Forest Carbon Finance report on Wednesday, October 26 at the offices of Baker & McKenzie in Washington, DC.  The event will also feature a panel discussion on the topic of “Forests and Finance” in the wake of the Paris Agreement and in the lead-up to COP […]

ACES 2016 Confernece

Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront, Jacksonville, USA

ACES: A Community on Ecosystem Services represents a dynamic and growing assembly of professionals, researchers, and policy-makers involved with ecosystem services. The ACES 2016 Conference brings together this community in partnership with Ecosystem Markets and the Ecosystem Services Partnership (ESP), providing an open forum to share experiences, methods, and tools for assessing and incorporating ecosystem […]

Webinar – Raising Ambition: State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2016

Washington, D.C., United States

Join Forest Trends’ Ecosystem Marketplace and the Climate Markets and Investment Association (CMIA) for a deep dive into Raising Ambition: State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2016 – Ecosystem Marketplace’s new annual report on the voluntary carbon markets. Lead report author Kelley Hamrick will share key findings, with guest commentary from Sean Penrith of The Climate Trust […]

Webinar: Water Footprinting

Water Footprinting and the Water Footprint Assessment are increasingly used by businesses and governments to assess their water risks, dependencies, and impacts. Now, some of its most advanced users are taking the next step and considering strategies and actions for reducing their water footprint and making it more sustainable. These water users, including companies like Nestlé and […]

Global Webinar – Supply Change: Tracking Corporate Commitments to Deforestation-free Supply Chains, 2016

Washington, D.C., United States

Join leading experts on commodity deforestation for a panel discussion co-hosted by Forest Trends and Innovation Forum featuring the new report, Supply Change: Tracking Corporate Commitments to Deforestation-free Supply Chains, 2016.  Register for the webinar here. Tuesday, July 12, 2016 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. EDT In this informative webinar, leading experts on commodity deforestation will discuss […]

Webinar: Alliances for Green Infrastructure

Forest Trends is pleased to invite you to a free webinar to explore findings from our latest report: Alliances for Green Infrastructure: State of Watershed Investment 2016. The report summarizes data from Forest Trends’ Ecosystem Marketplace’s semi-annual global survey of program developers to estimate the size, scope, and scale of market mechanisms for green infrastructure. […]