2023-12-23 19:10:44
To do this, it joined the “1t.org” (trillion trees) initiative within the framework of the 28th UN World Climate Change Conference.
Photo: AJE.
Central America. To reinforce its commitment to protecting the environment in the countries where it operates, Grupo AJE publicly announced its adherence to the 1t.org (trillion trees) initiative promoted by the World Economic Forum.
The announcement was made during the UN world climate change conference -COP28-, which was held in Dubai from November 30 to December 12 of this year and is projected for the year 2030.
To be part of 1t.org, responsible companies voluntarily make a pledge that anticipates a positive impact on the protection, conservation and restoration of the world’s forest mass during the next decade.
Only companies committed to reducing emissions aligned with the Paris Agreement are eligible. In this sense, currently the initiative has affiliated 90 companies, from 67 countries around the world, with the joint commitment to protect 11.9 billion trees.
In the case of AJE, this commitment involves protecting 6 million hectares of primary forest around the world, and includes the creation of sustainable value chains with indigenous communities that simultaneously enhance their culture and support the preservation of endangered species. of extinction in order to protect the biodiversity that enriches the forests.
AJE is a company that has a vision of sustainability at the center and core of its business: on the one hand, it leads the Natural Revolution by valuing the biodiversity and cultural heritage of the countries where it operates, and on the other, it empowers its communities. Thus, it has committed to protecting primary forests in Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Central America, Mexico, Thailand and Indonesia through rigorous sustainable management of natural resources and in alliance with local communities.
It emphasizes that the sustainable supply chain contributes to improving the lives of communities, enhances their culture and protects native species that are at risk. For example, the protection of the Scarlet Macaw with the Wildlife Conservation Society in Guatemala, the Shihuahuaco tree with Arbio in Peru and the Giant Tortoise with the Galapagos Conservation Society in Ecuador.
Another important aspect that the initiative includes is adding value to the natural resources of protected areas, through the creation of sustainable markets for forest superfruits and other initiatives that protect wild fauna and flora.
In this way, fair trade is also promoted that generates positive impacts on communities through agreements that benefit them socially, economically and environmentally, in the short and long term.
The implementation of the AJE initiative has already resulted in 1,150,000 kilos of sustainably produced superfruits, a program in which 22 communities have been involved in an area of 112,000 hectares of protected areas, figures that are expected to double by 2030.
AJE’s -pledge- concludes by referring to the impact that its commitment will have on climate change: “Our protection initiatives contribute to addressing climate change, as we are working in the humid ecosystems of the Amazon of Peru and Ecuador, one of the main carbon reserves in the world, as well as in other large carbon reserves that exist in the tropical forests of Central America. “Through its conservation, billions of tons of CO2 are no longer emitted into the atmosphere, thus combating the effects of global warming.”
Grupo AJE is conserving 4.7 million hectares from 2020 to the present. The new challenge is to increase conservation projects in Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, Thailand and Indonesia to protect 6 million hectares by 2030. To do this, the company has the support and monitoring of the public conservation institutions of each country.
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