Code REDD

Mission:

Code REDD is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to support and scale the REDD+ mechanism to realize its full potential to empower people, preserve forests, protect wildlife, and reduce emissions.

Vision:

We aim to create a world where the REDD+ mechanism is widely adopted within private sector practices, corporate business models, and regulatory frameworks to drastically reduce deforestation, value ecosystem services, promote low carbon development, and enable a transition to the green economy.

Objectives:

 

• Engage and build demand within the private sector by educating, fostering awareness, and communicating the real value of REDD+;
• Align and build support for REDD+ within climate policies, environmental reporting, and development priorities;
• Build, unite, and advance the global REDD+ community.

 

Private Sector Engagement:

Code REDD works to build long-term, sustainable demand for REDD+ Verified Emission Reductions (VERs). To do this, we educate and create awareness of the powerful benefits of REDD+ within the business community.

Code REDD ‘connects-the-dots’ between REDD+ investments and integrated reporting, innovative CSR, and citizenship goals. We work with the private sector to meet the size and scope of deforestation while achieving global emission reductions.

Policy Alignment:

Code REDD’s objective to align REDD+ with a national climate movement is a critical element of our work to support comprehensive solutions to the interconnected climate and deforestation crises.

Fundamental to this effort is coordinating and facilitating demonstrated support for REDD+ in California’s climate legislation. Policy solutions are desperately needed to protect the world's remaining forests while providing low-carbon development opportunities for forest communities.

The REDD+ Community:

Code REDD's ecosystem of stakeholders make up a diverse platform of project developers, NGOs, companies, and multilateral bodies. The community builds collaboration, shared support, and awareness for REDD+ stakeholders.

Code REDD's platform of supported projects are already in a dozen countries – benefitting over a million rural community members, creating over 1,000 sustainable jobs, preserving over 19.2 million acres of forest, protecting over 90 endangered/threatened species, and reducing 17.3 million metric tonnes of annual CO2e emissions. And these numbers are growing every day.