Reflecting on the origins of REFLECT
Conservation doesn’t work unless it works for people. Jo Anderson, CEO of Level and co-founder of Carbon Tanzania, shares how this insight led to the creation of REFLECT – a new approach to understanding how conservation finance is experienced by the communities at its heart.
Listening differently: What REFLECT taught my community
Reflecting on impact starts with listening. Kisaro Thomas Lombutwa, Makame Savannah Project Manager at Carbon Tanzania, shares how his community helped test REFLECT – a new approach to understanding the lived experience of conservation.
Level’s new REFLECT solutions tackle the social blind spot in climate and nature funding
REFLECT addresses a long-standing challenge in climate and nature finance: understanding whether projects and programmes are delivering fair, lasting benefits for people. REFLECT offers a credible, community-informed alternative to top-down monitoring, making social outcomes visible, participatory and grounded in lived experience. REFLECT launches with two solutions — a participatory evaluation service and a […]
UNDERSTANDING THE “S” IN ESG
In the face of a global environmental crisis, our article“Understanding the ‘S’ in ESG” examines the challenges in measuring and communicating the benefits of the social impact in nature-based solutions (NBS) projects. While there is an increasing acknowledgment of the significance of Indigenous peoples and local communities (IPs and LCs) in conservation, there is […]
