Climate Change Data

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Community Development
• Employment
• Access to clean water
• Agricultural Assistance
• Education
• Environmental Sustainability

Environmental Achievements

• Provision of 15,000 cook stoves to reduce biomass burning and CO2 emissions.

Social Achievements

• Provided job opportunities for 5,000 local people.
• Provided school support to 1200 students.
• Established a soft loan scheme benefiting over 500 indigenous people.
• Construction of 150 boreholes to improve access to clean water.

Governance Achievements

• Implementation of a community development action plan with stakeholder consultation.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Limited asset base and livelihood options in the project area.
• High unemployment, particularly among women and young people.
• Lack of access to clean drinking water.
• Declining agricultural productivity.
• Low levels of formal education.
• High reliance on biomass fuel for cooking.

Mitigation Strategies

• Job creation initiatives.
• Construction of boreholes.
• Agricultural training and input provision.
• School support program.
• Soft loan scheme.
• Cook stove distribution.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement

• Collaboration with Smart Green Stove - Sierra Leone for cook stove procurement.

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Climate change impacts on agriculture.

Transition Risks

• Not disclosed

Opportunities

• Reduced carbon emissions through cook stove distribution.

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Null

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• SDG 1: No Poverty
• SDG 2: Zero Hunger
• SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being
• SDG 4: Quality Education
• SDG 5: Gender Equality
• SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
• SDG 13: Climate Action

The project's initiatives contribute to these goals through improved livelihoods, access to resources, and environmental protection.

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Not disclosed

Awards & Recognition

• Not disclosed

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Environmental
• Social
• Governance

Environmental Achievements

• 466 hectares of reforestation established in Maconteh and Kasseh chiefdoms since June 2022

Social Achievements

• Creation of employment opportunities for locals
• Collaboration with key stakeholders to support local good causes
• Distribution of financial benefits from plantation outputs for stakeholders

Governance Achievements

• ESIA conducted in accordance with statutory requirements of the Environmental Protection Agency Act of 2008 and its amendments

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Degraded land conditions
• Illegal settler farmers and cattle grazing
• Forest fires
• Poaching
• Water pollution from agrochemicals
• Lack of infrastructure and services

Mitigation Strategies

• Effective management and monitoring of the plantation
• Controlling the spread of illegal herders and farmers
• Limiting forest fires
• Limiting poaching
• Preventing damming of water courses
• Controlling the use of agro-chemicals
• Establishment of buffer and riparian strips
• Controlling use of water resources
• Creation of employment
• Support for the establishment of a vocational training center
• Skills development and capacity building
• Providing scholarships and educational grants

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Forest fires
• Changes in rainfall patterns

Opportunities

• Carbon credit generation

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Sierra Leone Environment Protection Agency (EPA) Act 2010

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Goal 7 (Affordable and clean energy)
• Goal 13 (Climate action)
• Goal 15 (Life on land)

The project contributes to these goals through reforestation, carbon sequestration, and biodiversity conservation.

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Timber products