The Climate, Community & Biodiversity Alliance (CCBA) brings together leaders from the environmental and business communities to promote land-use-based carbon offsets as equitable, measurable and cost effective solutions for managing multiple global problems.
The CCBA is a CELB-convened partnership between ten of the world’s leading companies and NGOs seeking to leverage markets to foster the development of forest protection and restoration projects around the world that deliver significant climate, local community and biodiversity benefits.
To achieve this goal, the CCBA is helping jump-start the creation of a robust, global market for multiple-benefit land-based projects and their associated carbon offsets, and promoting the adoption of the Climate, Community & Biodiversity (CCB) Standards by project developers, investors and policymakers.
CCBA members include five companies (BP, Intel, SC Johnson, Weyerhaeuser and GFA: Germany) and five NGOs (Conservation International, the Hamburg Institute of International Economics, Pelangi Indonesia, The Nature Conservancy and the Wildlife Conservation Society).
The Climate, Community & Biodiversity Standards are an invaluable tool for businesses undertaking climate change mitigation activities and other forest-based activities.
DOWNLOAD: The CCB Standards Fact Sheet
Companies can use the CCB Standards to effectively screen land-based carbon projects prior to supporting them. The Standards enable corporate investors to identify exceptional, high-quality projects that will generate the greatest returns for the lowest risk. In addition, supporting multiple-benefit projects can create valuable regulator, employee and customer goodwill. Finally, the CCB Standards can help companies protect their corporate reputation by screening out projects that could lead to negative ancillary outcomes and by highlighting project design improvements that may be needed.
If you are interested in joining the Alliance, learning more about the Standards, or getting the latest information on CCBA Activities or Events, please visit http://www.climate-standards.org/