Publications

02 Guidance for Deforestation grievances
29 September 2020This guidance is primarily developed for growers or mills as a first point of contact, but corrective actions ultimately need to be carried out where deforestation happened whether by mills, plantations they own or/and plantations of outgrower or smallholder farms that they source from.

01 Guidance for Peat Grievances
29 September 2020The guidance is primarily developed for growers or mills as a first point of contact, but corrective actions ultimately need to be carried out where peat degradation happened whether by mills, plantations they own or/and plantations of outgrowers or smallholder farms that they source from.

05 Worker Voice Technologies
31 August 2020This document discusses Worker Voice Technology, a term referring to digital worker reporting platforms designed to obtain information directly from workers in order to generate data on working conditions.

01 Gender Equality Guidance Paper for Projects to Implement Responsible Production
22 July 2020This paper is intended as a guide to consideration of gender equality in projects where we collaborate with companies and other stakeholders in existing supply chains to promote responsible practice.

02 Gender Equality Guidance Paper for Fieldwork
10 July 2020This guidance is intended to be used in projects and programmes where we do fieldwork visits to collect information from multiple sources.

04 Gender Equality Guidance Paper for Facilitating Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives
10 July 2020This guidance is intended for projects or programmes where we are convenors, facilitators, and/or trainers for a process of bringing together representatives of different sectors, working toward a common goal.
This includes work to develop or revise standards, policies or guidance, or to reach regional or national agreements or commitments or to facilitate the development of a specific technical tool.

03 Gender Equality Guidance Paper for Responsible Sourcing Projects
10 July 2020This guidance is intended for projects where Proforest supports the development and/or implementation of responsible sourcing policy commitments around soft commodities (e.g. soy, beef, palm oil, sugar, cocoa) or forest products. This work is almost always for a specific private sector client (typically a brand, manufacturer, retailer, or trader).

04 Understanding commitments to No Deforestation, No Peat and No Exploitation (NDPE)
19 March 2020This document provides an introduction to the key terms and ideas behind No Deforestation, No Peat and No Exploitation (NDPE) commitments.

02 Drivers of child labour, forced labour, inadequate health and safety, and land rights abuses and disputes in agriculture and forestry
30 October 2019Proforest | 2019 | Proforest
This document outlines some of the most common underlying conditions in which child labour, forced labour, inadequate health and safety, and land rights abuses and disputes are reported to occur in...

01 Using social risk assessment in approaches to responsible sourcing of agricultural commodities
18 October 2019Proforest | 2019 | Proforest
This document provides suggestions for how companies can use social risk assessment as part of their responsible sourcing strategies for agricultural commodities. It gives an overview of why social...