Mercuria CSR report 2023 - Flipbook - Page 54
PARTNER PROFILE 2023
UPLINK & 1T.ORG
Technology & nature-based solutions, Global
UpLink9s Innovation Ecosystem empowers Top Innovators to drive positive impact on the
environment, society, and economy. position. 1t.org, the 1 trillion trees community, supports and
empower companies and individuals to undertake nature conservation and restoration.
UpLink is an initiative to support innovators, entrepreneurs and 8eco-preneurs9 accelerate
progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). UpLink is building innovation
ecosystems around these much-needed entrepreneurs, bringing together investors, experts,
and partner organizations. It forms part of the World Economic Forum (WEF). Throughout the
year, UpLink runs innovation challenges to identify new innovators across different SDGs.
1t.org (1 trillion trees community), another part of the WEF, is an initiative to support and
empower companies and individuals to undertake nature conservation and restoration.
WHY IS BIODIVERSITY AND NATURE
RESTORATION IMPORTANT?
WHY IS MERCURIA PARTNERING WITH
UPLINK & 1T.ORG?
Biodiversity is declining faster than at any rate
in human history – wildlife populations have
fallen by 69% by 1970 according to the WWF.
In 2023, Mercuria announced Silvania, our
commitment to invest USD 500M to support
nature restoration and biodiversity.
We rely on nature for food, water, medicine, a
stable climate, economic growth, among
others. It is estimated that over half of global
GDP is dependent on nature and more than 1
billion indigenous people & local communities
rely on forests for their livelihoods.
The existing nature restoration ecosystem
cannot deliver the restoration at the scale and
speed required and there are still significant
capability and technology gaps.
The land and the ocean absorb more than half
of all carbon emissions but nature is in crisis. Up
to one million species are threatened with
extinction, many within decades. Irreplaceable
ecosystems like parts of the Amazon rainforest
are turning from carbon sinks into carbon
sources due to deforestation.
This requires substantial funding, according to
the IUCN an extra $711 billion every year over
this decade alone.
We have partnered with Uplink and 1t.org to
identify and support high-impact innovators
aimed at advancing solutions to the biodiversity
and climate crises.
WHAT IS THE BIODIVERSITY CHALLENGE?
In April 2024, Mercuria and 1t.org launched the
Biodiversity Challenge on the UpLink platform.
The
challenge
called
for
innovative
ecopreneurial solutions that promote the
conservation, protection, and restoration of
biodiversity, while enabling the maintenance of
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