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Ghanaian businesses receive grants from the Private Sector Competitiveness Programme

Ten local enterprises have secured a total of GHC 12 million in grants under the Ghana Private Sector Competitiveness Programme (GPSCP) Phase II, a Swiss Ghanaian bilateral initiative to strengthen private sector development...

Launched - the Sugar Universal Mill List

The Sugar Collaboration Group aims to support the transformation of the sugar sector by raising the social and environmental sustainability baseline

The Sugar Collaboration Group has a global presence and aims to bring all actors...

Supporting sustainably managed forest in Sabah

Caption: A focus group discussion with women representatives in Kg Tungkuyan, Sabah. 

In February, Proforest, together with the Sabah Forestry Department (SFD), conducted a High Conservation Value (HCV) assessment for the...

A Just Transition to regenerative agriculture: putting support for small-scale farmers and workers at the heart of company action

There is huge potential for regenerative agriculture to strengthen and deliver on climate mitigation (climate targets), adaptation (resilience of farmers to climate change) and supply chain resilience (continued supply in the face...

Sustainability in practice: Strengthening Human Rights and HCV in the Sugarcane Sector

Held on February 4 and 5 in Cali, Colombia, the HCV & Human Rights in the Sugar Cane Industry Workshop —organized by Bonsucro and conducted by Proforest— brought together 49 participants from diverse organizations across Colombia,...

MY Voice Training of Trainers for NUPW

Caption: A group photo of NUPW members who attended the ToT.

The engagement between the MY Voice project and the National Union of Plantation Workers (NUPW) continues with an in-person Training-of-Trainers (ToT) session in Kuala...

Proforest and Fairtrade partner to launch Initiative for Deforestation-Free Cocoa Supply Chains in Ghana

The new project ‘Partnership for Deforestation- free Cocoa supply chains’ (P4DCG) aim to transform the cocoa sector with regenerative agriculture.  The project, funded by the International Climate Initiative (IKI) targets over...

ASCI wins the Schwab Foundation Award for Collective Social Innovators of the Year 2025

We’re thrilled to announce that the Africa Sustainable Commodities Initiative (ASCI) has been selected as a 2025 Awards winner by the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship.

GIZ, Proforest, Barry Callebaut, McDonald’s, Nestlé, and PepsiCo sign agreement to promote sustainable landscape in East Kutai

Photo caption: An Indigenous community representative from the Miau Baru village trekking through the Mejang River forest of East Kutai.  Kutai Timur (East Kutai) is a commodity-dependent district, among the top palm oil...

Connecting Action in 2024

"Connecting Action" is the theme of our 2024 highlights video, showcasing the depth and breadth of our global work. From fostering existing partnerships and building new ones, bridging policy to practice, implementing practical...