Funding & Growth Strategy

Funding & Growth Strategy

How the HCSA is funded

The HCSA generates income though annual membership fees and from government and corporate donations and grants that support both project-led initiatives and core funding operations.

Overview of income for 2021

Please see HCSA Annual Reports and Financial Statements here.

Major donors

The Waterloo Foundation

Partnerships for Forests

The David & Lucile Packard Foundation

HCSA’s work would not be possible without the crucial support of our donors. We are grateful for the continued and committed support of Partnership for Forests, the Waterloo Foundation and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation for HCSA’s mission to conserve carbon-rich forests and biodiversity, uphold human rights and livelihoods and deliver credible climate action through the implementation of No Deforestation commitments. If you would like more information about the impact that HCSA donors have achieved, or if you are interested in supporting our work, please see our Fundraising Policy and contact Natalia Merchan Natalia@highcarbonstock.org

HCSA 2021-25 Strategic Business Plan

Launched in March 2021, the HCSA Strategic Business Plan sets out our goal to conserve 5 million hectares of forests under threat of conversion to agriculture by 2025 through scaling the use of the HCSA methodologies. There are three parallel strategies to deliver the Strategic Business Plan.

Strategy 1

Ensure successful implementation of the HCSA Toolkit within commodity certification and verification schemes and support for initiatives using the palm oil sector as a springboard for other commodities.

Strategy 2

Integrate the High Carbon Stock Approach with landscape and jurisdictional approaches and independent smallholder/farmer support initiatives with the biggest impact potential.

Strategy 3

Advocate and facilitate connecting existing and prospective HCSA Toolkit users such as growers, mills, commodity users etc. with partners who can deliver technical expertise capable of mapping High Carbon Stock forests, High Conservation Values and community rights.

The Strategic Business Plan has ten core metrics linked to specific targets including financial and organisational goals and Toolkit performance and impacts

Delivering this Plan also aims to strengthen HCSA’s position as a field-tested and internationally recognised initiative to mitigate climate change, conserve biodiversity and act in solidarity with indigenous peoples and local communities to uphold their rights and livelihoods.