Forest and Land Use
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Class 1 - Introduction
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Class 2 - Understanding the Questionnaire
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Class 3 - Deep Dive: Cattle
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Class 4 - Deep Dive: Soy
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Class 5 - Deep Dive: Palm Oil
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Class 6 - Deep Dive: Timber
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Complementary Material
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Forest and Land Use Module Quiz
Forests Module
Forest Module
Description
Environmental management must be at the core of companies' strategies and operations to ensure long-term succes. This course will help companies put environmental management at the heart of decision-making and take action to meet your stakeholder's expectations on environmental performance.
Category: Companies
General info
Content
- The Forest Module lays out the importance of identifying and managing commodities responsible for global deforestation, and how value chain engagement and improved traceability programs are essential to these efforts. Topics covered include forests risk management, traceability programs, supply chain engagement iniciatives, public deforestation commitments, and other important questions posed by the CDP Forest Questionnaire.
Objective
Overarching Goals:
Build capacity to understand and manage impacts
Improve company's environmental performance
Support companies' in reporting to CDP's questionnaires
Forest Module Objectives:
Introduce key topics and themes of the CDP Forest Questionnaire
Understand common business risks and opportunities related to deforestation
Identify best practice for forest resource management and reporting
Target audience
Companies, professionals and individuals who are interested in better understanding corporate environmental management and action and CDP Forest Disclocure.
Methodology
The course will feature lessons taught via video, reading material with content for further study, multiple-choice questions to assess students' knowledge, a chat for questions and discussions forum to facilitate conversations between students.
Certificate
Certificates are awarded to individuals who earn 70% or higher on the course's quiz.