Making Social Impact Count: A Dialogue on Trade offs, Challenges and Opportunities

Across global carbon markets, a significant gap persists between stated commitments to social impact and how procurement decisions are actually made. As scrutiny on corporate climate claims intensifies, buyers are being asked to demonstrate measurable value for communities, for workers, for women, not only tonnes. Yet procurement strategies rarely reflect this, and the market infrastructure to support it is still being built.

Jeannette Gurung and Sandeep Roy Choudhury (Co-founder & Director, VNV) will facilitate the closed door buyer-led dialogue, during the London Climate Action Week. They will explore how social impact, livelihoods, and gender inclusion can become real drivers, not afterthoughts, in carbon credit procurement.