Mangroves store four to five times more carbon per hectare than terrestrial forests. Mangrove conservation and restoration provide a significant opportunity to address the intertwined crises facing sustainable development, biodiversity and climate, delivering benefits to people, climate and nature. Yet despite their value, half the estimated remaining 147,000 km² of mangroves are at risk.

As an investment, mangrove-positive action provides companies the opportunity to achieve their net-zero, nature-positive and SDG targets, while generating commercial value. Mangroves can reinforce operations through cost savings, adaptation and resilience benefits, while generating stackable carbon and biodiversity credits.

This Playbook is a guide for corporations that have their climate and nature strategies in place, and are seeking detailed opportunities to take action with the utmost integrity, highest value and lowest risk. The Playbook’s aims are to catalyse corporate mangrove-positive engagement, present potential avenues for action, help companies manage reputational risk in their sustainability claims, and support innovation around corporate and global goals for people, nature and climate.