Issue 6 | June 2021
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About UNEP’s Land Use Finance Programme

To pioneer the transformation towards sustainable land use at scale, the UN Environment Programme
Land Use Finance Programme, managed by the Climate Finance Unit aims to proactively unlock public and especially private capital for deforestation-free commodity production, restoration of degraded land and improvement of smallholder farmer livelihoods.  


Investing in sustainable sourcing - Forest positive and socially inclusive palm oil production
The &Green Fund invested in PT DHARMA SATYA NUSANTARA TBK (DSNG) in 2020, establishing a 10-year partnership with a top-10 Indonesian palm oil company. With &Green's financing, DSNG will be working towards meeting international sustainability standards as well as its commitments in terms of the &Green LPP. 
Investing in sustainable cattle farming - Integrated crop-livestock system
The &Green Fund signed a USD 10 million, 8-year loan facility with Grupo Roncador, a Brazilian company invested in sustainable cattle ranching and soy and corn production, in the Mato Grosso state, in 2020.
Training on deforestation risk management for the Central Bank of Brazil
The Good Growth Partnership capacity building training for the Central Bank of Brazil, from 28 June to 3 July, aims to highlight fundamental concepts about deforestation risk management, present tools and procedures for risk mitigation, and provide practical references on how financial institutions are managing deforestation risk on a daily basis.

Land Use Financing Positive Impact Indicators Directory
A directory of KPIs has been developed to help harmonize measurement and reporting across a range of positive E&S impact areas: biodiversity conservation, climate adaptation, and mitigation, forest protection, and sustainable livelihoods.
Demonstrating positive environmental and social impact of sustainable land use finance 
The Environmental and Social Knowledge Exchange Network (ESKEN) community hosted its first webinar of 2021, where two funds shared their insights and experience in measuring positive environmental and social impact. If you are interested in having access to the webinar and joining the network, expert sessions and more, please get in touch with unep-cfu@un.org. 

Private investment for restoration: Addressing the pipeline bottleneck
On 22 June, Andréanne Grimard, ESG & Impact Director at Ecotierra and Fogoh John Muafor, Country Manager for Cameroon, the Restoration Initiative shared their views on the main challenges and opportunities in scaling up the deployment of private finance in restoration.

Listen back to the webinar here