Rainforest

• The Meijer Sustainability Summit aims to build relationships with environmentally conscious suppliers to expand its sustainable product offerings in categories storewide.
• In order to meet its sustainability standards, Meijer merchants are targeting 38 different certifications on vendor products, or their manufacturing and procurement processes.
• Once applications for the event are submitted, Meijer teams will review and select the vendors they would like to meet at the summit.
• Suppliers not chosen for the summit will still be accessible through the RangeMe registration tool and may be reviewed by Meijer merchants again in the future as business needs change.

• This region was selected because some of Suzano operations are located in that area.
• The biodiversity corridor will benefit a range of native species in the region that are impacted by the fragmentation of habitats.
• According to SDG 17, we are pleased to partner with Suzano, one of our biggest suppliers to make a difference.
• We hope that this collaboration can prove the power of working together across the supply chain, to create positive change."

• This process, called fragmentation, is causing the deepest and darkest parts of the world’s forests to shrink.
• Forest fragmentation is bad news for many unique animal and plant species that rely on these forests for their survival.
• It also reduces the forest’s ability to capture and store carbon, which is an important part of tackling climate change.
• Researchers from Fudan University in China recently conducted a study that mapped changes in global forest fragmentation between 2000 and 2020.

Measuring a forest

• This is a common way to identify forests but has a limitation: it doesn’t distinguish between different forest types.
• In fact, a study conducted in the Mekong region of south-east Asia found that, in most cases, monoculture rubber plantations harbour less than half the plant- and animal-species richness of natural forest.
• Capturing the cyclical patterns of forest clearance and planting in such an analysis is also difficult.

Why are forests being lost or gained?

• The Fudan University study found that wildfires were linked to increased forest fragmentation in both the southern Amazon and central Siberia.
• But the reasons for these fires are probably very different and can often be complicated.
• In central Siberia, unusually high temperatures have led to forest fires in recent years.

Large tracts of forests are important

• Forests create their own microclimates, with depths of shade, humidity and specific soils.
• These microclimates are significantly altered at the edges of forests.
• In intact forests, animals can move over large distances without having to leave the habitat they depend upon.

• DevvStream is a technology-based ESG company that advances the development and monetization of environmental assets, with an initial focus on carbon markets.
• The Company works with governments and corporations worldwide to achieve their sustainability goals through the implementation of curated green technology projects.
• Today, we are here to discuss not only DevvStream’s latest project but also the largest single forestry project in the world.
• The biggest forestry carbon project in the Americas up to this point is roughly 5 1/2 M hectares.