Publications

EU Regulation on Deforestation-Free Products: Reference Document for Cocoa Producers and Importers

In this reference document, Proforest synthesises existing best practices and tools for conducting supply chain Deforestation Due Diligence in the cocoa sector and identifies key unanswered questions for regulators and companies.

Category: Cocoa

Gender and social inclusion strategy for the Asunafo-Asutifi Production Landscape

The objective is to promote gender and social inclusion actions in the identified Hotspot Intervention Areas (HIAs) in the Asunafo-Asutifi landscape in the Ahafo region of Ghana. This is to ensure a gender responsive forest landscape that gives equal voice, access, participation and influence for diverse women and men, mostly in the implementation of the ongoing Ghana Cocoa Forest REDD+ Programme (GCFPR) and other future natural resources projects and programmes in the landscape.

Categories: Human Rights & Social Issues Production Landscape Programmes People Nature Production landscapes Africa

Review and Analysis of Key Policies and Institutional Framework Governing Deforestation and Associated Social Issues in the Tree Crop Sector of Liberia

The overall aim of this study was to identify existing laws, policies and strategies on the cultivation of selected tree crops (cocoa, natural rubber, palm oil and timber) linked to deforestation, child labour, forced labour, land rights, and smallholder inclusion in Liberia.

Categories: Production Landscape Programmes Production landscapes Africa

Gender and Social inclusion in Production Landscapes

A case study of the Asunafo-Asutifi Landscape in the Ahafo Region of Ghana

Categories: Human Rights & Social Issues People Production landscapes Africa

Verified Deforestation and Conversion-free Methodology

Generic Deforestation and Conversion Free Methodology

How good supplier engagement can contribute to delivering on sustainability commitments

Proforest guidance on supplier engagement for responsible sourcing

Categories: People Nature Climate Responsible sourcing Responsible production

Landscape Reporting Framework

Introducing a framework for companies to report on progress made in delivering positive impacts for people, nature and climate, within landscape initiatives.

Categories: Production Landscape Programmes Production landscapes

Guidance Paper on Social Dialogue, Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining in the palm oil sector in Indonesia

This document is developed to provide guidance to palm oil supply chain actors; producers (plantation and mills), refineries, traders, manufacturers and international consumer goods companies connected to the palm oil sector in Indonesia.

Categories: Human Rights & Social Issues People Responsible production Southeast Asia Palm oil

Human Rights Policy Commitments Guide

Guidance on the process, structure and content of the commitments that can be used to develop a company's Human Rights Commitments Policy.

Categories: Human Rights & Social Issues People

Guide pour l'engagement des entreprises prives dans la REDD+ au Cameroun

Depuis 2009, le Cameroun est engagé dans la REDD+. La REDD+ est un processus qui permet de valoriser le rôle joué par la forêt dans la stabilisation du climat mondial à travers le stockage des gaz à effet de serre.

Category: Africa

Achieving inclusive governance in GCFRP implementation in Ghana

Lessons and Experiences in Setting up and the Functioning of Companies and Government Collaborations in the Asunafo-Asutifi Landscape Programme

Categories: Collaboration Production landscapes Africa

Private Sector Engagement in Sustainability Landscape Initiatives in Cameroon: Guidance on Engagement Principles

Within the framework of our Production Landscape Programme, we have developed principles and guidance on how companies can engage with and collaborate on landscape initiatives.

Categories: Production landscapes Africa