Publications
Beyond Supply Chains: Pulp, Paper and Packaging Companies Take Landscape Action for Sustainability at Scale
5 May 2023This report explores why and how downstream and midstream companies are engaging at landscape scale to achieve sustainable land use in pulp, paper and packaging (PPP) production areas. Companies engage at this scale to meet their own sustainability commitments and improve relationships with local communities and stakeholders.
- English (4.88 MB)
Categories: Supporting companies Landscapes Forest products
The Africa Sustainable Commodities Initiative
3 April 2023Ten West and Central African countries commit to sustainable commodity production, with new Declaration signed at CoP27, November 9, 2022
Categories: APOI / Africa Sustainable Commodities Initiative Africa Palm oil Forest products Rubber Cocoa Timber
Respecting Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in Landscape Initiatives
21 March 2023This guidance is a resource for planners and implementers of landscape initiatives and suggests practical approaches to ensuring IPLC participation in, or ownership of, decisions in landscape initiatives at various key steps.
- English (1.28 MB)
Categories: Human Rights & Social Issues People Landscapes
Company Landscape Engagement for Cocoa Sustainability
1 February 2023The study aims to advance understanding of landscape and jurisdictional approaches as a key corporate strategy towards nature-positive businesses and to map the way forward to mobilise more private sector action and multi-stakeholder collaboration at scale.
- English (5.18 MB)
Categories: Landscapes Cocoa
Company Landscape Engagement for Cocoa Sustainability: Progress and the Path Forward
30 January 2023This report explores why and how manufacturers, retailers, and traders are using landscape and jurisdictional approaches in cocoa production areas. The most prominent systemic issue companies seek to address using landscape...
- English (5.18 MB)
Categories: Landscapes Cocoa
Guidance on Engagement Principles for the National Oil Palm Strategy and Action Plan of Liberia
18 January 2023Agriculture is the predominant source of livelihoods for over 70% of Liberia’s population. The government of Liberia has prioritised palm oil production as one of the most important industries for the future and there is interest from global companies who have committed to invest around USD 6 billion.
- English (871 kB)
Categories: Production Landscape Programmes Landscapes Africa Palm oil
Engaging with Landscape Initiatives: A practical guide for supply chain companies in Indonesia
16 January 2023This guide collates our learning on where and how supply chain companies can most effectively engage with these landscape initiatives to help meet their commitments, recognising the different roles and participation of other stakeholders in the process.
- English (4.99 MB)
Categories: Production Landscape Programmes Supporting companies Landscapes Southeast Asia
Creating Harmonious Industrial Relations Through Bipartite Cooperation Institutions (Bahasa Indonesia)
9 January 2023The document is a guidance for companies in Indonesia that aim to develop bipartite agreements.
- Bahasa Indonesia (3.50 MB)
Categories: Southeast Asia Palm oil
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 (EUDR).
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: Human Rights & Social Issues Production Landscape Programmes People Nature 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