WWF GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS REPORT OVERVIEW of WWF’S LARGEST CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS FISCAL YEAR 2018 © WWF / ELMA OKIC WWF Global Partnerships Report – 2018
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INT WWF GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS REPORT OVERVIEW OF WWF’S LARGEST CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS FISCAL YEAR 2018 © WWF / ELMA OKIC WWF Global Partnerships Report – 2018 THIS REPORT The aim of this report is to give an overview of We know that one organization alone can’t the largest partnerships that WWF effect the change needed. That is why our has with individual companies, measured in work on the goals and drivers includes financial terms. This report details our partnerships with institutions and WWF’s 39 largest partnerships, each with an corporations, both local and global. The annual budget of at least €500,000. changes we want to see in the world can only come about through the efforts of many These funds are typically used by WWF to: actors: local communities and national and • Work with the company to reduce its impact multinational corporations, governments and and footprint and to help shift sectors toward NGOs, finance institutions and development sustainability in line with WWF’s global agencies, consumers and researchers. conservation goals; • Raise public awareness of key conservation There has never been a stronger sense of challenges; urgency for action. In WWF we are defining new • Directly support WWF conservation projects. ways of working together to make a difference at a scale that matters. We know we must redefine The lead office(s) mentioned in the report are humanity’s relationship with the planet. And the WWF country offices responsible together we passionately believe we can. for the main (contractual) agreement(s) with For further information on specific partnerships, please contact the WWF the companies concerned. The activities office leading the engagement. of the engagements, however, in many cases OUR WORK WITH THE CORPORATE SECTOR take place in other countries or regions. WWF’s mission is to stop the degradation of For information on international partnerships or on WWF’s corporate the planet’s natural environment and to build engagement in general, please contact This report covers the period 1 July 2017 to 30 a future in which humans live in harmony Puneet Bahl ([email protected]) June 2018 (FY2018). with nature. As the 2018 Living Planet Report demonstrates, the challenges that the global For any media enquiries, please contact environment is facing today are too big, too Sindiswa Nobula ([email protected]) TAKING BOLD COLLECTIVE ACTION interconnected and too urgent for any one The time to act is now. We have put in place organization to solve alone. a global conservation strategy that reflects the way the world is changing, meets the big Therefore, WWF seeks to work with those who environmental challenges of the age and helps have the greatest potential to reduce the most WWF is one of the world’s largest and most experienced independent conservation us simplify, unite and focus our efforts for pressing threats to the diversity of life on Earth organizations, with over 5 million supporters and a global network active in more than greater impact. and together find solutions to conservation 100 countries. challenges such as deforestation, over-fishing, WWF will continue to deliver locally in crucial water scarcity and climate change. The WWF’s mission is to stop the degradation of the planet’s natural environment and to build ecoregions around the world, but sharpen our corporate sector drives much of the global a future in which humans live in harmony with nature, by conserving the world’s biological focus on six global goals – wildlife, forests, economy, so we consider that companies also diversity, ensuring that the use of renewable natural resources is sustainable, and promoting oceans, freshwater, climate and energy, and have a specific responsibility to ensure that the reduction of pollution and wasteful consumption. food – and three key drivers of environmental the natural resources and ecosystems that degradation – markets, finance and governance. underpin their business are used sustainably. Published in May 2019 by WWF – World Wide Fund For Nature – (formerly World Wildlife We are creating global communities of practice Companies are also primed to lead on rapid Fund), Gland, Switzerland. Any reproduction in full or in part must mention the title and for each of the goals and drivers composed adaptation and on the innovative solutions credit the above-mentioned publisher as the copyright owner. of specialists from WWF and key external needed to drive change. partners. This will foster greater collaboration © Text 2019 WWF and innovation, incubating new ideas and taking By working with business, WWF aims to promising ones to scale, as we unite our efforts change behaviour and drive conservation All rights reserved. toward making ambitious targets a reality. results that would not be possible otherwise. 1 © WWF / ELMA OKIC WWF Global Partnerships Report – 2018 WWF Global Partnerships Report – 2018 OUR VISION FOR CHANGE HOW WE MAKE IT HAPPEN 6 global goals, 3 cross-cutting drivers, BETTER CHOICES delivered by powerful communities of FROM A ONE PLANET practice and partners PERSPECTIVE PRESERVE NATURAL CAPITAL Food Energy Wildlife Oceans Forests REDIRECT EQUITABLE Climate & FINANCIAL PRODUCE BETTER RESOURCE Freshwater FLOWS GOVERNANCE Markets CONSUME MORE WISELY Finance Governance ECOSYSTEM FOOD, WATER AND INTEGRITY ENERGY SECURITY Communications & Marketing BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION Partnerships, Fundraising Operations (Finance, HR, etc.) More specifically, our work with the corporate level, and supporting credible certification sector aspires to do this by: schemes (e.g. Forest Stewardship Council • promoting better production and responsible (FSC), Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) sourcing of raw materials that otherwise Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC), drive deforestation or unsustainable use of Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), water; Roundtable on Responsible Soy (RTRS). • encouraging a switch away from fossil fuels We also publish scorecards and reports on to 100 per cent renewable energy; company or sector performance (e.g palm • engaging jointly on public policy; oil scorecard; soy scorecard, and sustainable • supporting the equitable sharing of natural cotton ranking), mobilize public pressure resources; through high-profile campaigns on issues • redirecting financial flows to support related to business activities (e.g. Seize conservation and sustainable ecosystem Your Power, Virunga, Reviving the Oceans management; Economy), as well as work in partnership with • raising awareness of the need to consume individual companies. more wisely; and • protecting some of the world’s most ecologically important places. WWF’s CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS Our cooperation with partners is based on We do this in a variety of ways, including a common understanding of issues, shared supporting regulations that stop illegal ambitions or activities, and a willingness to or unsustainable activities, encouraging speak out in public. In general, we distinguish companies and industry platforms such three types of partnerships with companies: as the UN Global Compact, Science Based 1. Driving sustainable business practices; Targets, the Consumer Goods Forum) to make 2. Communications and awareness raising; ambitious commitments (and to engage in and public policy discussions at global and local 3. Philanthropic partnerships. 2 3 © WIM VAN PASSEL / WWF WWF Global Partnerships Report – 2018 WWF Global Partnerships Report – 2018 INFORMATION ON WWF’S LARGEST Driving sustainable business practices issues. As such, they involve opportunities and Our bilateral partnerships aim to deliver direct risks for both parties. At WWF, we manage the conservation results on key issues or in priority risks by having clear guidelines and criteria in places by changing practices throughout a place, including a due diligence process. In all CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS company’s operations and value chain. These relationships, we maintain and exercise the intend to reduce the major environmental right to public commentary. The largest partnerships that WWF has with individual impacts of some of the world’s largest companies globally for FY 2018 are the following: companies, achieve conservation results that would not otherwise be possible, and influence TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY related sectors and markets. Results and impact, both qualitative and quantitative, are essential for us. We advocate Communications and awareness raising transparency in action by all stakeholders as a The second way that WWF partners with crucial step toward sustainability. We believe Apple Inc. business is by raising awareness of key that accountability for results and transparency AB InBev environmental issues and mobilizing to our supporters and our members on how we Banco do Brasil consumer action through communications deliver those results are key to our approach Bank of America and campaigns (including cause-related of working in a constructive, cooperative Cisco Systems, Inc. marketing campaigns). These partnerships manner with all our partners, including the Coop also aim to highlight the beauty and corporate sector. We want all our partnerships Discovery Communications, LLC uniqueness of WWF’s priority places with companies to deliver the greatest impact Domtar Corporation and species. This approach includes, for possible, with the goal of creating lasting Edeka example, consumer actions to encourage the results at scale. We have therefore started Google purchase of sustainable products such as a process of deeper and more systematic