- Rabobank and UN Environment join forces to finance sustainable agriculture with new billion-dollar facility
- Facility aims to finance sustainable land use and help achieve the Paris Climate Agreement and Sustainable 发展 Goals
- 该基金旨在提供赠款, de-risking instruments and credit to clients involved in sustainable agricultural production
墨西哥城，2017年10月16日: Rabobank and UN Environment announced today the creation of a new one-billion-dollar facility to finance sustainable agriculture using a combination of public and private funding. Together they also invite other interested financial institutions to sign up and work actively with global food companies to put this into practice.
该基金旨在提供赠款, de-risking instruments and credit to clients involved in sustainable agricultural production, processing or the trade of soft commodities who adhere to strict provisions for forest protection, 恢复和小农的参与.
Rabobank CEO Wiebe Draijer and UN UN Environment Latin America Director Leo Heileman announced the partnership at the 正规博彩十大网站’s Council Meeting on Tuesday 17 October 2017 in Mexico City. 作为对伙伴关系的贡献, the 正规博彩十大网站 invites other major global players in primary production, 食品行业和金融机构要共同努力.
该联盟从巴西和印度尼西亚开始. 在巴西，联合政府致力于促进和, 在可行的地方, 综合作物的融资, livestock and forestry (ICLF) farming practices on the 17 million hectares of existing arable land under the management of Brazilian farmers financed by Rabobank. 这项活动是世界自然基金会与荷兰合作银行战略合作伙伴关系的一部分. In Indonesia the coalition aims to finance replanting schemes for smallholders in partnership with corporate clients. These include forest and biodiversity protection, restoration and certification of oil palm.
“作为全球领先的粮食和农业银行, Rabobank recognizes its responsibility to combine long-term stability of food production for the growing global population and the transition to sustainable land use,” said Rabobank CEO Wiebe Draijer “That’s why we kickstart this initiative with our partners, 联合国环境署和正规博彩十大网站. 我们欢迎其他主要的全球参与者参与初级生产, 食品行业和金融机构与我们合作. Our aim is to substantially increase the quality of existing arable land while protecting biodiversity and reducing climate change worldwide. It is clear that a different way of agricultural practices is needed that includes incentives and provisions to protect forest ecosystems and restore degraded lands if we are to meet the 2030 Sustainable 发展 Goals as well as keep global temperature rises to below 2˚C as agreed in the Paris Climate Agreement.”
“Support from industry leaders like Rabobank is an extremely important first step,埃里克·索尔海姆说, 联合国环境署署长. “We want the entire finance industry to change their agricultural lending, 远离森林砍伐，走向一体化景观, 提供好的就业机会, 保护生物多样性, 对气候也有好处. Sustainable land use and landscape restoration is also fundamentally about sound investments and good business. We want to speed up this trend so that it becomes the 'new normal' for the finance industry.”
“We need more initiatives that go beyond just talking about the issues at hand,彼得·巴克说, President and CEO of the 正规博彩十大网站(WBCSD). “For this very reason this partnership is to be commended as it gives financing possibilities to feeding the world while using agricultural lands sustainably. This is just the beginning and we need other WBCSD members and major global players in primary production, the food industry and financial institutions to join this initiative and keep working on finding business solutions for climate smart agriculture.”
Halting climate change and an increasing agricultural footprint on the one hand, while ensuring growth in agricultural production to feed an estimated 9 billion people in 2050, 21世纪最具决定性的挑战是什么st century.
农业 is the second biggest driver of climate change related emissions, 约占年度温室气体排放总量的四分之一. 同时, there are more than 800 million people hungry at present and more mouths need to be fed in the future. We need to jointly stimulate existing and new best practices decreasing agriculture’s footprint and restoring quality of existing land used for agriculture and forestry. And to measure progress, generally accepted guidelines need to be established.
