Measurement and communication of impact Given their diverse mandates across complex landscapes, PPPs need common, credible metrics to measure performance, align incentives, demonstrate progress and build trust. Otherwise, they risk fragmented efforts, mission drift or loss of stakeholder confidence. With rigorous, transparent monitoring, reporting and verification systems, these partnerships remain accountable, adaptive and scalable, ensuring that their collective resources and strengths contribute demonstrably to transformation. For example, GEAPP’s approach to measuring systemic impact involves assessing the partnerships it builds, because its focus on bringing relational change among participants is vital for transformative change. Meanwhile, RPLCs define collaborative- level and project-level targets and are refining their approach to measuring portfolio-level impact. Ensuring scalability and replicability are prioritized In implementing local projects, partners never lose sight of their larger purpose: harnessing their combined resources to achieve systemic impact. They ensure that lessons emerging at project level are shared globally through a central coordinating body. With RPLCs, having already scaled-up from a focus on the cotton supply chain to a systemic landscape approach, a key focus is now on sharing lessons and disseminating successful practices across the different collaboratives. GEAPP similarly codifies learnings across projects – its project development playbook outlines replicable approaches and the conditions of success to enable projects to grow. Long-term financing Long-term financing is essential for scalability and sustainability. GEAPP’s BESS Consortium illustrates this through its robust pipeline of investable projects that offer clear pathways to invest in renewable solutions, aligned with the private sector’s long- term needs. RPLCs are exploring a blended global financing facility to ensure future financial sustainability, leveraging their value proposition of direct market access and supply chain visibility. To support this shift, RPLCs’ founding partners are exploring a variety of blended financing vehicles, ensuring they are tailored to the context in which the RPLCs operate, such as availability of small- ticket investments suitable to benefit farmers. Securing engagement and alignment across diverse stakeholders Cross-sector partnerships are vastly diverse in resources, scale, maturity and operating environments. Local knowledge and early experience benefit their progress. Before formalizing the collaboratives, RPLCs’ founding partner Laudes Foundation supported community farmers in producing sustainable cotton. Building local trust ultimately led to direct trade with leading food and fashion brands – in turn, attracting government support. Meanwhile, GEAPP’s operating model is based on forging close community, government and private sector partnerships at every level, for example through convening country workshops on specific topics. These partnerships aim to create relational change, a core element of systems change. Early proof points help solidify engagement. In the RPLC model, pilot projects demonstrate to communities and governments the value of market linkages between private sector brands and farmer collectives. In the BESS Consortium, GEAPP places significant focus on consolidating lessons from across the BESS project pipeline, aiming to highlight successful projects and financing models to strengthen stakeholder engagement in future projects. Key success factors – cross-sector partnerships With rigorous, transparent monitoring, reporting and verification systems, these partnerships remain accountable, adaptive and scalable. Cross-sector partnerships are diverse in resources, scale, maturity and operating environments. Local knowledge and early proof points benefit their progress.Model 3 Making Collaboration Work for Climate and Nature: Practical Insights from GAEA Award Winners 19