Promerits es una iniciativa llevada a cabo por un grupo de Profesionales altamente cualificados en el ámbito de la Formación Superior Académica y Profesional para ofrecer a la sociedad Formación de Alto Nivel en las mejores condiciones para el alumno.
Investments in the forestry sector and climate change
SUST4IN & FSC España bring together forestry stakeholders in the forestry investments and climate change webinar. The aim of the event is to present the certification of ecosystem services according to FSC standards as a credible and recognized contribution in the fight against climate change and the current landscape of sustainable investments and opportunities in the forestry sector. FSC will also present case studies of forest carbon sequestration in Switzerland and Germany, their organizational models and mechanisms for trading forest carbon emission rights on voluntary markets.
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Speakers
Gonzalo Anguita
Executive Director – FSC España
“Committed to biodiversity. Certification of the supply chain and ecosystem services “
Gonzalo Anguita began his professional career in scientific research at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the Complutense University of Madrid, where he graduated with an extraordinary end-of-degree award, and received his doctorate with a cum laude qualification unanimously and was a trainer of Veterinary and Science students and Food Technology. He served on doctoral thesis tribunals, and has numerous scientific publications in leading international journals.
After working in the product quality area as an auditor, he went on to direct the agri-food sector at BUREAU VERITAS, expanded his professional horizon in the environment and CSR area, as Quality and Sustainability Manager at LEROY MERLIN of the Adeo group. Since 2010 he was part of the economic chamber of the board of directors of Fsc in Spain, and in 2011 he joined as a director, being appointed in 2012, executive director. Since then, he has led the FSC Team in Spain.
He has worked in SMEs and multinationals, living for a few years in the United Kingdom, where he held an official position as a veterinarian and where he was a pathologist and analyst, and has experiences in various countries such as Italy, China, Vietnam, Israel,….
He was trained in the Business Area at the Instituto de Empresa in Madrid and has been a member of the board of directors of the Green Building Council in Spain since December 2018.
Huberthus Schmidtke
Executive Director of FSC Switzerland and SilvaConsult AG
“Forest carbon sequestration projects in Switzerland and Germany”
Hubertus Schmidtke hails from the Black Forest in southern Germany, studied forestry at the University of Freiburg, Germany, and received his doctorate in the application of geographic information systems. For five years he worked in German state forest administrations. He is the founding CEO of SILVACONSULT AG for 20 years in Winterthur, Switzerland, a consulting and technical office company. Typical technical projects are terrestrial forest inventories, operational planning, remote sensing forest mapping, and GIS. In addition to this, we have experience in forestry investment consulting. Hubertus has experience in forest climate protection in many countries in South America, Africa, Asia as a project developer and auditor for the World Bank, Swiss institutions, TUEV SUED. In Switzerland, he has developed a methodology for climate protection projects in forests according to ISO 14064: 2 and has carried out several projects. SILVACONSULT manages the FSC Switzerland office under mandate. Hubertus is director of FSC Switzerland with a 50% workload.
Marcio Viegas
Founder and CEO – SUST4IN
“The growth of sustainable finance and opportunities in the forestry sector”
Marcio Viegas has spent more than 20 years dedicated to professional services related to sustainability in almost 30 countries: consulting, training, auditing, as well as the development of international standards and legislation in multinationals such as Bureau Veritas, British Standards Institution and Lloyd’s Register. Since 2014 he is the founder and CEO of SUST4IN, experts in sustainability. Marcio has a background in Civil Engineering and a Master in Hydraulic / Environmental Engineering from the University of Sao Paulo, combined with an MBA from IE Business School and the experience in social issues acquired during his career and projects in Africa and South America, among others. Currently, Marcio actively participates in organizations and initiatives such as the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), Green Bond Principles (ICMA, London), SASB (USA), Forum Clima (Brazil), Grupo Español de Crecimiento Verde (Spain) and others.