OUR HISTORY
1997
JUNE 4
Wildlife Works Inc. established. Rukinga is selected as the first project site.
SEPTEMBER 16
Wildlife Works EPZ is incorporated in preparation of the fair trade factory in Kenya.
1998
JUNE 14
First rangers are hired. No gun policy is established. 800 snares removed per day.
2000
JANUARY
First elephants return to Rukinga.
2001
JANUARY
First school is built.
AUGUST
First finished t-shirt comes off the production line.
AUGUST
Four out of the "big five" return to Rukinga.
2002 TO 2003
New logo and launch of our direct-to-consumer website.
A few PR highlights
2005 TO 2008
Wildlife Works takes financial responsibility for protecting Rukinga Sanctuary.
2007
Pilot pop-up store opens in San Francisco.
JUNE 2005
Produced fashion show for U.N. World Environment Day in SF.
2008
Debut at London Fashion Week.
2009
JANUARY
Wildlife Works Carbon LLC founded.
DECEMBER
Received first CCB Gold Validation for biodiversity and community excellence for Kasigau.
FEBRUARY
Started work on certifying the first REDD+ pilot project with Kasigau, Kenya.
2010
SEPTEMBER
Launched VCS REDD+ Methodology Development Program.
JANUARY
Launched community phase of REDD+ project in Kasigau to expand protection area to 500,000 acres (from original 80,000) which provides carbon credit income to 5,000 local land owners and cobenefits to 100,000 people in the surrounding area.
Wildlife Works Rebrand
FEBRUARY
Kasigau Corridor REDD+ project delivered the world's first REDD+ VCS Carbon Credits.
JANUARY
Received double approval of VCS methodology.
2011
2012
JANUARY
Founded Code REDD, a nonprofit to grow the market and cross industry support for REDD credits.
JUNE
Global launch of Code REDD at the 20th Anniversary of the Rio Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro Brazil.
DECEMBER
Validation and 1st Verification of Mai Ndombe REDD+ Project.
2015
FEBRUARY
Launched Stand for Trees, a direct to consumer platform to sell REDD+ credits and grow awareness for protecting forests to fight climate change.
APRIL
We partnered with Prince EA to produce "Dear Future Generations: Sorry" that received over one hundred million views and brought $500k in consumer offsets purchases to Stand for Trees.
2016 TO 2017
JANUARY
Started providing consulting services for other REDD+ projects.
NOVEMBER 2016
IFC lists world's first Forest Bond that pays Wildlife Works credits as dividends on London Stock Exchange.
MARCH 2017
Rob Dodson, Head of African Operations, tragically passed away.
His spirit lives on in our hearts.
2018
OCTOBER
Mai Ndombe REDD+ Project nested under jurisdictional program, making it the first program in the world to make it through the World Bank pipeline to nest a project within a jurisdictional program.
MAY
Started work in Colombia: USAID awarded us management of 8 REDD+ projects in Colombia under Program Paramos y Bosques.
DECEMBER
Issued first REDD+ credits for the Southern Cardamom REDD+ Project in Cambodia in partnership with Wildlife Alliance after successful validation and verification in August.
2019
2021
2023
JUNE
Opened first Wildlife Works retail store in Nairobi.
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