Insights

Over the past 25 years, we’ve seen corporate responsibility expand from niche certification to mainstream legislation. With the increasing level of environmental and social scrutiny and legislation, companies are keen to reduce their exposure to risk of non-compliance.

Abraham Baffoe reflects on his week at the World Economic Forum in Davos while collecting the Collective Social Innovators award from the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship on behalf of the Africa Sustainable Commodities Initiative

In the latest Proforest Insight, Isabella Freire discusses these crucial questions using her decades of experience working in various commodities, and in preparing companies towards compliance with legislation such as the upcoming EUDR.

While government is clearly the prime instigator of legislation and policy, 25 years of experience working closely with both public and private sectors in Africa, tells us that engagement and alignment are essential for workable outcomes.

In the lead-up to Climate Week New York City, we believe it’s essential to focus on ways to reduce emissions from forest, land and agriculture (FLAG) activities, and not just exclude producers from individual supply chains.

Our first Insight by Ruth Nussbaum shares the approach we’ve developed to guide practical and impactful decision-making while working across many different situations, with different impacts and trade-offs.