Co-Chair

About Global Canopy

Global Canopy is a data-driven not for profit delivering real transparency and accountability for market impacts on nature and people. Our special focus is on ending deforestation – an essential step in achieving urgent global goals on climate, nature and human rights.

We deliver our work via three main strategies:

1. on open data (including via major global data platforms like Trase, Forest 500, Forest IQ, and ENCORE);
2. on creating stronger voluntary and compliance frameworks to address nature loss (we are a founding partner of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures);
3. and on accelerating accountability and action by the finance sector towards deforestation-free portfolios.

Our platforms, data and insights are relied upon by Fortune 500 companies, major financial institutions, national and regional governments, central banks and regulators – and some of the most effective campaigning organisations worldwide.

We work globally, with a focus on both forested regions (particularly across Latin America and South East Asia), and major consumer and financial markets (with a focus on Europe, the US, Singapore and China).

We have a distributed team of around 75 people worldwide, with a main office in Oxford (UK). We work via close and deep partnerships, including with institutions like the Stockholm Environment Institute, the UN Climate Change High-Level Champions, UNEP Finance Initiative, the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Oxford University – and many many others.

The Role

We are seeking a new Co-Chair of the Board alongside Sara Beck. You will be – a globally respected leader with the vision, influence and credibility to help us scale our impact at this critical time for people and the planet.

Critical to success is the alignment of your values with ours. You will understand the challenges faced by forests and forest people and be passionate about finding solutions. Key to Global Canopy’s success is mobilising resources to drive impact at scale and pace and the Co-Chair will need to be someone who can assist with this through high level connections and networking.

You may come from the world of business, sustainability, climate, nature, law, politics or government. You will need to understand the external environment our work exists within, be able to open doors, convene and make connections on behalf of our organisation. Global Canopy is high energy working on urgent issues and as such needs a Board that reflects the same tempo. You will be willing to take risks to achieve goals; have an opinion and a stance on the topic and be willing to use it for the organisation.

Core to this will be the following attributes:

• Credibility: A distinguished track record in sustainability, finance, government, international institutions or global business.
• Vision: The ability to articulate and champion a bold vision for system change on nature, climate and people.
• Influence: A powerful voice and network at the highest levels, capable of opening doors and shifting mindsets.
• Leadership: Board or senior governance experience, with the ability to support, challenge and inspire
• Commitment: Deep personal commitment to tackling nature loss, deforestation and climate change.

We are especially interested in individuals who can bring:

• Convening power with governments, corporates, investors and philanthropists.
• Experience steering complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives.
• A global outlook, with understanding of both Global North and South perspectives.

Finally, as Co-Chair of Global Canopy, you will contribute to our wider organisational culture of kindness, collaboration, rigour and accountability in equal measure. You will share our conviction that it is not just what we do that matters in our working life, but how we do it too.

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