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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...

Multistakeholder meetings on soy and cattle in Brazil

From November 4 to 6, 2024, the Tropical Forest Alliance, Proforest and the Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) Forest Positive Coalition of Action (FPCoA), hosted for the second time the Multistakeholder Meetings on Soy and Cattle in...

Proforest organises workshop ‘Brazil and EUDR: from pilots to large scale’ in Brasilia

On 10 December, Proforest held a workshop ‘Brazil and EUDR: from pilots to large scale’. The event, which took place online and in person in Brasilia, was attended by experts and partners from the soy, meat and leather sectors, as...

Inclusion of gender and sustainability in the palm sector

Between December 2023 and July 2024, Proforest developed a pilot project aimed at advising suppliers in Cargill's supply chain on the implementation of actions to promote gender equity in their operations, thus contributing to the...

The Blueprint for mature landscape initiatives

In October 2024, Proforest was part of a coalition of organisations led by ISEAL which co-published a set of Core Criteria for Mature Landscape Initiatives.  While there has been a lot of interest in landscape initiatives as a...

Webinar: Building a common understanding, enabling corporate action

Proforest will be participating in the public webinar: Chain of Custody- Building a common understanding, enabling corporate action, organised by ISEAL, on the evolving landscape of Chain of Custody (CoC) and traceability. As...

Understanding the debate around the Soy Moratorium

Context of the Debate 

The Soy Moratorium, established in 2006, has long faced criticism from producers because it imposes stricter requirements than Brazilian law. Under the agreement, any detection of soy planted on area...

Partners for the Next 20: Proforest at RSPO RT2024

In supporting the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) continued drive for transformative and systemic change of the oil palm sector, Proforest participated in the Annual Roundtable Conference on Sustainable Palm Oil (RT2024)...