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Investing in Sustainable Agriculture: How can sustainability standards reduce financial risks?

Achieving food security requires a rapid shift to a more sustainable and resilient agriculture that remains viable in the face of economic volatility, supply chain disruptions, and increasing adverse impacts from the changing climate, which will exacerbate the estimated USD 260 billion investment gap that needs to be overcome to meet the targets of Sustainable Development Goal 2 (zero hunger). We need to feed the planet using farms that can limit greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to the changing climate while protecting forests and biodiversity. And we need investors to quickly get behind this transition to make it happen.

On April 26th, 2022, we hosted a webinar that explored the findings from IISD's State of Sustainability Initiatives (SSI) Review: Standards and Investment in Sustainable Agriculture. The report looks at voluntary sustainability standards (VSSs) from the investor's perspective and shows that sustainability standards promote synergies between sound business practices and better environmental and social performance to catalyze much needed investment in sustainable agriculture.

Moderators and presenters:

Cristina Larrea, Lead II, Sustainability Standards, IISD and report co-author
Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder, Senior Director, Economic Law and Policy, IISD
Vivek Voora, Senior Associate, IISD and lead report author

Confirmed speakers:

Andrew Ahiaku, Agricultural Investment & Technical Assistance Specialist, Aceli Africa
Giacomo Celi, Sustainability Director, Mercon Coffee Group
Ignacio Antequera, Team Leader Technical Key Accounts, Senior Technical Expert, Global G.A.P
Lava Bellarmin, Director of Cooperative PAACO (Agricultural and Artisanal Products of the East Coast) and President of the Network of Fair-Trade Cooperatives, Madagascar
Marinà Herisoa Rakotoniaina, Director of the Directorate of Support to Producers' Organization and Agribusiness, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Government of Madagascar
Representative of National Agriculture Export Development Board (NAEB), Rwanda