Alignment between the CS and corporate ESG frameworks

CMP Retreat 2023

AGENDA

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2:25 Welcome / Session objective / Introductions

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2:40 Overview of landscape and CMP work to-date

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2:50 Initial discussion of project vision and goals

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3:00 Discuss each recommendation and adapt / identify key tasks

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3:40 Discuss goals and priorities for next phase

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4:00 Finish

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Session Objectives

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A recent CMP Collaborative Learning Initiative - “Alignment between the CS and corporate ESG frameworks”- outlined a way forward for CMP to engage more closely with the evolving ESG field.  �In time, this field is likely to influence the initiation of conservation projects, and the flow of funding to them. 

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• Review the work completed to-date
• decide on CMP’s goal in this space and relative priorities
• confirm or adapt recommendations
• develop workplan for next phase of the work.

Introductions

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Comment briefly on -

1. What is the extent of your interest in / experience with ESG frameworks? �Have you been involved in any work in this field?
2. How familiar are you with the prior project - the webinar and guidance document that the team produced?
3. What do you hope to get out of this session?

AGENDA

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2:25 Welcome / Session objective / Introductions

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2:40 Overview of landscape and CMP work to-date

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2:50 Initial discussion of project vision and goals

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3:00 Discuss each recommendation and adapt / identify key tasks

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3:40 Discuss goals and priorities for next phase

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4:00 Finish

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Overview of landscape – ESG definition

“The goal of ESG is to capture all the non-financial risks and opportunities inherent to a company's day to day activities”

• greenhouse gas emissions
• air, water and ground pollution
• Resources use – materials, water, recycling
• Land use, deforestation, biodiversity
• positive sustainability impacts

Environment

Social

Governance

• employee development and labour practices
• product safety & quality liabilities
• supply chain labour
• health and safety standards

• shareholders rights
• anti-competitive practices and corruption
• board diversity
• executive compensation
• alignment of compensation with company’s sustainability performance.

“From a reporting perspective this is the most complex pillar.”

Overview of landscape – ESG and SDGs

Overview of landscape – ESG and Global Risk outlook

Source: World Economic Forum Global Risks Perception Survey 2022-2023.

Global risks over the short and long term

Overview of landscape - Evolution of ESG reporting frameworks

ESG Reporting Standards and Frameworks - High Meadows Institute, Inc.

Overview of landscape - TNFD reporting recommendations

Overview of landscape - CMP work to-date

Collaborative Learning Initiative - “Science Based Target Networks”

Worked to build awareness within SBTN of the Conservation Standards, and its supporting network of practitioners (CMP / CCNet) and ensure alignment between each organisation's processes.

Vision

Nature-related frameworks build off and align with each other to send a single, unified message to not-for-profit organizations, businesses, government agencies, and funders on how to act and report on both nature loss and climate change.

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Project Goals

1. Build relationships and mutual understanding and use the capacity that exists within our networks to support and learn from each other.
2. Increase our collaborations, using a common language, compatible frameworks, processes, guidelines, and tools.
3. Help organizations disclose the effectiveness of their projects and programs using common targets, indicators, and measurement methods.
4. Help organizations demonstrate their increased effectiveness at lowering pressures and restoring nature.

Overview of landscape - CMP work to-date

CMP Webinar Series: Alignment Between the Conservation Standards (CS) and Corporate ESG Frameworks

Alignment between the CS and corporate ESG frameworks - Guidance

Language equivalencies between nature-related frameworks

Conceptual model aligning CS, SBTN, and TNFD

Alignment of processes and tools – CS, SBTN, ISO14001

Overview of landscape - CMP work to-date

Recommendations

Establish a working group

Create a working group whose primary goal would be to foster relationships and collaborations that lead to an increased alignment with other nature-related frameworks (e.g., SBTN, TNFD, ISSB, Natural Capital Protocol (NCP), IUCN Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions, the Biological Diversity Protocol (BDP) and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)).

Review / adopt complementary external classifications

Officially adopt external classifications that are complementary to CMP/IUCN's habitat, stress, threats, and actions classification schemes (e.g. for Human well-being targets, Ecosystem services, Ecosystems, Economic activities, and Drivers).

Contribute to development of standard objectives and indicators

Contribute to the development of standard objectives and indicators to track results and impacts of conservation initiatives.

Review selected actors and methods

Select nature-related disclosure actors and methods (e.g., the UNEP WCMC Aligning Biodiversity Measurement for Business (ABMB) project), ensure that Miradi is compatible with disclosure systems and that information can be easily transferred.

Overview of landscape - CMP work to-date

AGENDA

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2:25 Welcome / Session objective / Introductions

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2:40 Overview of landscape and CMP work to-date

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2:50 Initial discussion of project vision and goals

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3:00 Discuss each recommendation and adapt / identify key tasks

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3:40 Discuss goals and priorities for next phase

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4:00 Finish

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Initial Vision and Goals

Vision

Nature-related frameworks build off and align with each other to send a single, unified message to not-for-profit organizations, businesses, government agencies, and funders on how to act and report on both nature loss and climate change.

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Project Goals

1. Build relationships and mutual understanding and use the capacity that exists within our networks to support and learn from each other.
2. Increase our collaborations, using a common language, compatible frameworks, processes, guidelines, and tools.
3. Help organizations disclose the effectiveness of their projects and programs using common targets, indicators, and measurement methods.
4. Help organizations demonstrate their increased effectiveness at lowering pressures and restoring nature.

AGENDA

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2:25 Welcome / Session objective / Introductions

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2:40 Overview of landscape and CMP work to-date

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2:50 Initial discussion of project vision and goals

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3:00 Discuss each recommendation and adapt / identify key tasks

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3:40 Discuss goals and priorities for next phase

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4:00 Finish

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Discuss recommendations

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1. Establish a working group �
2. Review / adopt complementary external classifications�
3. Contribute to development of standard objectives and indicators�
4. Review selected actors and methods

For each recommendation, and given what we currently know – �

• Does the recommendation seem appropriate? Any refinement needed?
• What additional details are needed before work could proceed?
• What’s the key outcome being sought?
• What skillsets are needed to do this work?
• Identify potential next-steps�

AGENDA

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2:25 Welcome / Session objective / Introductions

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2:40 Overview of landscape and CMP work to-date

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2:50 Initial discussion of project vision and goals

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3:00 Discuss each recommendation and adapt / identify key tasks

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3:40 Discuss goals and priorities for next phase

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4:00 Finish

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Summary – discussion of next-steps

• Given this discussion, how important is this work for CMP?
• Where would you rate it amongst other priorities within the Strategic Plan?
• What goals should we set?
• What immediate next-step should we take?

Theory of Change from �CMP Strategic Plan

Alignment between the CS and corporate ESG frameworks

CMP Retreat 2023

Recommendation 1

Establish a working group

“Create a working group whose primary goal would be to foster relationships and collaborations that lead to an increased alignment with other nature-related frameworks (e.g., SBTN, TNFD, ISSB / IFRS, Natural Capital Protocol (NCP), IUCN Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions, the Biological Diversity Protocol (BDP) and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)).”

• Does the recommendation seem appropriate? Any refinement needed?
• What additional details are needed before work could proceed?
• What’s the key outcome being sought?
• What skillsets are needed to do this work?
• Identify potential next-steps

Recommendation 2

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Review / adopt complementary external classifications

“Officially adopt external classifications that are complementary to CMP/IUCN's habitat, stress, threats, and actions classification schemes (e.g. for Human well-being targets, Ecosystem services, Ecosystems, Economic activities, and Drivers).”

• Does the recommendation seem appropriate? Any refinement needed?
• What additional details are needed before work could proceed?
• What’s the key outcome being sought?
• What skillsets are needed to do this work?
• Identify potential next-steps

Recommendation 3

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Contribute to development of standard objectives and indicators

“Contribute to the development of standard objectives and indicators to track results and

impacts of conservation initiatives.”

• Does the recommendation seem appropriate? Any refinement needed?
• What additional details are needed before work could proceed?
• What’s the key outcome being sought?
• What skillsets are needed to do this work?
• Identify potential next-steps

Recommendation 4

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Review selected actors and methods

Select nature-related disclosure actors and methods (e.g., the UNEP WCMC Aligning

Biodiversity Measurement for Business (ABMB) project), ensure that Miradi is compatible

with disclosure systems and that information can be easily transferred.

• Does the recommendation seem appropriate? Any refinement needed?
• What additional details are needed before work could proceed?
• What’s the key outcome being sought?
• What skillsets are needed to do this work?
• Identify potential next-steps