Proforest is a unique, non-profit group. We support companies, governments, civil society and other organisations to work towards the responsible production and sourcing of agricultural and forest commodities.
At Proforest we’re passionate about helping people produce and source agricultural and forest commodities responsibly. That’s why we support companies throughout supply chains to have positive social and environmental outcomes in the places where commodities are produced.
We help companies take action on responsible production and sourcing, both within and beyond their supply chains. Find out how.
We facilitate collaborations between companies, government, civil society and communities to achieve positive environmental and social outcomes. Find out how.
We build knowledge and capacity for responsible production and sourcing of agricultural commodities. Find out how.
Our work supports agricultural commodity production and sourcing that can deliver positive social and environmental outcomes. This means working with producers and supply chains to have positive impacts for the people and places where commodities are produced.
We work in Africa, Latin America and Southeast Asia, as well as internationally. Our regional and global team combines local expertise and a global network.
All members of the group voluntarily sign up to a commitment to re-invest any profit to continue the work of the group to advance our shared mission
Our latest news, events and expert insights.
A selection of events and webinars we've held or supported
We firmly believe in sharing our knowledge, whether new innovations or established best practice.
Proforest offers a wide range of workshops, courses and certificated programmes, combining a blended approach of delivery from online to face to face, fieldwork to webinars
These video and photo highlights take a look back over the year. Find out more about our vision and strategy here and take a look at all our projects here. Thank you and best wishes to all for the coming year.
Launch of our online learning and training portal, Proforest Academy
We supported more than 700 people with sanitary services, rest and shade, PPE, and water in San Luis Potosí, northeastern Mexico
Health & safety and hydration training for sugar workers in Mexico
Our Soy Toolkit webinar invited speakers from Cargill and AAK to share how they have been using the toolkit for supplier engagement and capacity building
HCV assessment & community consultation in Ghana
Looking at water management in palm oil production at the Lebrija River basin, Colombia
HCV/HCSA scoping in South Sulawesi, Indonesia
Throughout 2021 we worked on 200 projects, across 15 commodities in 25 countries
Agrovita Landscape Programme with PepsiCo Mexico and PepsiCo Foundation launches in Mexico
Supporting collaboration and multi-stakeholder initiatives within and beyond supply chains for governments, NGOs and companies
We opened new offices in Mexico, the Netherlands and Indonesia
We launched our website in Chinese
Learning about shea, with social and environmental risk assessments in Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana
We published guidance for companies in agricultural commodity supply chains to help them give specific recognition of risks faced by human rights defenders
NDPE Implementation Reporting Framework training workshop for refinery staff in Malaysia
Surin Suksuwan, Director of Proforest Southeast Asia, was invited to speak on “The State of Jurisdictional Approaches in Southeast Asia” at Climate Week NYC
Edo State FPIC Roadmap Validation Workshop facilitated by Proforest in Nigeria
We led a session on due diligence regulations and sustainable trade as part of Chatham House’s 31st Global Forum on Forest Governance, with viewpoints from government, smallholders, companies and those working on sustainable standards
We facilitated a multi-stakeholder workshop to select a landscape for a pilot landscape programme in Côte d’Ivoire, part of our Production Landscapes Programme work
National cross-commodity dialogue kick-off meeting, Cameroon
Great to see our teams starting to get back together in person, as social distancing allows, with a first meeting for some of our colleagues in Brazil
Proforest and Imaflora collaborated with supply chain actors to create a voluntary monitoring protocol for cattle suppliers in the Cerrado, Brazil
We were able to get together for meetings, workshops and knowledge sharing in Colombia, Mexico, Ghana, Indonesia, Malaysia and the UK!
Meetings and site visits with selected fresh fruit bunch dealers, Malaysia
We held our first ever RSPO course in Peru, combining time in the classroom with field trips
Proforest Malaysia invited to participate in the Malaysia Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO)’s Social Impact Assessment (SIA) Committee
Proforest and the Africa Palm Oil Initiative at CoP26: Marrakesh+5
Happy Holidays and best wishes for 2022!