Agricultural Commodity Responsible Sourcing (ACRES): taking action within and beyond supply chains

Proforest has been working with companies throughout the supply chain to support them in delivering their responsible sourcing and production commitments for over 20 years. Building on this experience, we have been constantly reviewing and improving our approach to find the most effective ways to deliver company commitments, while also maximising the positive impacts this creates for the places and people where the commodities are produced.

This briefing note sets out our latest approach, developed in collaboration with the companies and partners we work with and reflecting all we have learnt together with them as well as our own thinking. It explains the importance of working both within and beyond supply chains, combining different actions and aligning and collaborating with others to achieve change.

Download: Agricultural Commodity Responsible Sourcing (ACRES): taking action within and beyond supply chains [ENGLISH] | [SPANISH] | [PORTUGUESE]

This document is part of a series of briefing notes about responsible sourcing and production. Download the other briefing notes below. 

• 1 Delivering responsible sourcing in practice: an integrated approach [ENGLISH] | [SPANISH] | [PORTUGUESE] | [INDONESIAN] | [FRENCH]
• 2 Introduction to landscape or jurisdictional initiatives in commodity agriculture [ENGLISH] | [SPANISH] | [PORTUGUESE] | [INDONESIAN] | [FRENCH]
• 3 Implementing responsible sourcing – using landscape or jurisdictional initiatives [ENGLISH] | [SPANISH] | [PORTUGUESE] | [INDONESIAN] | [FRENCH]
• 4 Building on legality [ENGLISH] | [SPANISH] | [PORTUGUESE] | [INDONESIAN] | [FRENCH]
• 5 Smallholder engagement [ENGLISH] | [PORTUGUESE]
• 6 Geospatial risk assessment and 'no deforestation' commitments [ENGLISH]
• 7 The High Carbon Stock Approach: an update [ENGLISH] | [SPANISH] | [INDONESIAN] | [FRENCH]
• 8 Responsible sourcing in practice: supplier engagement [ENGLISH] | [SPANISH] | [PORTUGUESE]
• 9 Socio-environmental monitoring of the cattle sector in Brazil [ENGLISH] | [SPANISH] | [PORTUGUESE]
• 10 Delivering company commitments to zero deforestation commodity supply chains [ENGLISH] | [PORTUGUESE] | [FRENCH]
• 11 Practical assessment and monitoring of forest biodiversity [ENGLISH] 
• 12 Accelerating implementation of responsible sourcing commitments: A Framework for Progress to 2020 and Beyond [ENGLISH] | [PORTUGUESE]
• 13 Agricultural Commodity Responsible Sourcing (ACRES): taking action within and beyond supply chains [ENGLISH] | [SPANISH] | [PORTUGUESE]