Publications
EU Regulation on Deforestation-Free Products: Operational Guidance for Cocoa Producers and Importers
22 December 2022Proforest has developed an operational guidance for cocoa producers and importers to support the implementation of the upcoming EU regulation on deforestation-free products.
Categories: Supporting companies Cocoa
EU Regulation on Deforestation-Free Products: Reference Document for Cocoa Producers and Importers
22 December 2022In 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.
Categories: Supporting companies Cocoa
Gender and social inclusion strategy for the Asunafo-Asutifi Production Landscape
21 December 2022The 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.
- English (1.38 MB)
Categories: Production Landscape Programmes Landscapes Africa
Review and Analysis of Key Policies and Institutional Framework Governing Deforestation and Associated Social Issues in the Tree Crop Sector of Liberia
20 December 2022The 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.
- English (1.64 MB)
Categories: Production Landscape Programmes Landscapes Africa
Gender and Social inclusion in Production Landscapes
21 November 2022A case study of the Asunafo-Asutifi Landscape in the Ahafo Region of Ghana
- English (2.02 MB)
Category: Africa
Verified Deforestation and Conversion-free Methodology
15 November 2022Generic Deforestation and Conversion Free Methodology
- English (535 kB)
Categories: Responsible Sourcing & Production Briefings International
How good supplier engagement can contribute to delivering on sustainability commitments
25 October 2022Proforest guidance on supplier engagement for responsible sourcing
- English (3.36 MB)
Landscape Reporting Framework
9 September 2022Introducing a framework for companies to report on progress made in delivering positive impacts for people, nature and climate, within landscape initiatives.
- English (5.41 MB)
Categories: Production Landscape Programmes Landscapes
Guidance Paper on Social Dialogue, Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining in the palm oil sector in Indonesia
30 August 2022This 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.
- English (2.27 MB)
- Bahasa Indonesia (2.18 MB)
Categories: Human Rights & Social Issues Southeast Asia Palm oil Bahasa Indonesia English
Human Rights Policy Commitments Guide
31 July 2022Guidance on the process, structure and content of the commitments that can be used to develop a company's Human Rights Commitments Policy.
- English (895 kB)
Category: Human Rights & Social Issues
Guide pour l'engagement des entreprises prives dans la REDD+ au Cameroun
22 June 2022Depuis 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.
- French (1.08 MB)
Categories: Supporting companies Africa French
Achieving inclusive governance in GCFRP implementation in Ghana
4 May 2022Lessons and Experiences in Setting up and the Functioning of Companies and Government Collaborations in the Asunafo-Asutifi Landscape Programme
- English (4.79 MB)
Categories: Landscapes Africa