Edwina McKechnie

Experience

1. Executive Vice President Corporate Engagement

   Emergent

   Feb 2023 — Present · Washington, DC, US

   The LEAF Coalition is a unique public-private partnership focused on halting tropical deforestation by 2030. By bringing together forest governments, the private sector, donor governments, Indigenous Peoples and local communities, and civil society, LEAF aims to raise and deploy the finance needed to tackle deforestation by making tropical forests worth more standing. Emergent is the non-profit coordinator of The LEAF Coalition.Corporate engagement lead, working in partnership with over 25 companies, together with sovereign donors, forest governments, and civil society to build a market for high integrity, jurisdictional forest carbon credits. Responsible for growing and facilitating private sector participation in the LEAF Coalition from companies committed to working at scale to reduce emissions from deforestation, protect biodiversity and progress sustainable development goals.

Skills

• Climate Change
• Environmental Impact Assessment
• Business Strategy
• Sustainable Business
• Stakeholder Management
• Waste Management
• Analysis
• Green Building
• Sustainable Strategies
• Sustainability
• Project Management
• Sustainable Architecture
• Sustainable Design
• Sustainable Development
• Environmental Awareness
• Public Sector
• Management Consulting
• Contract Negotiation
• Sustainability Consulting
• Energy Efficiency