By Francis Vorhies – Forbes Blog – July 6, 2011

Earlier this week, Danone (the giant French food products and packed water multinational) along with several other companies launched a new Livelihoods Fundto give investors “access to carbon credits with ‘strong social impact’.” [...] In addition to being a core investor in the new Livelihoods Funds, Danone also brings expertise and experience to the table from its 3-year Wetland Carbon Partnership with IUCN (the International Union for Conservation of Nature) and the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands Secretariat. Together Danone, IUCN and Ramsar developed a standard for wetland carbon as well as new mangrove carbon methodology approved by the Executive Board of the Clean Development Mechanism. The Partnership also identified potential investment opportunities and in so doing raised awareness and interest in wetland carbon. For full blog post, click here.