Publications

Shifting towards sustainability: How the APOI is changing palm oil production in West and Central Africa

This publication provides a regional overview of the Africa Palm Oil Initiative's (APOI) progress across West and Central Africa so far.

Categories: APOI / Africa Sustainable Commodities Initiative Africa Palm oil

Drivers of child labour, forced labour, inadequate health and safety, and land rights abuses and disputes in agriculture and forestry

This is part of a series of documents about social risks within responsible sourcing.

Categories: Human Rights & Social Issues People

Using social risk assessment in approaches to responsible sourcing of agricultural commodities

This is part of a series of documents about social risks within responsible sourcing.

Categories: Human Rights & Social Issues People

Engaging with Landscape Initiatives: updated for 2020

This is part of a series of documents about engaging with landscape initiatives.

Category: Production Landscape Programmes

SHARP: A Retrospective

Proforest served as the global secretariat for the SHARP partnership from 2013 to 2019. This document outlines some of the key highlights of the partnership during that time.

Categories: Palm oil Soy Rubber

Overview and Analyses of Key National Policies, Strategies and Action Plans, Cameroon

This is part of a series of policy and governance reviews relating to the agro-commodity production landscapes of Ghana, Cameroon and Indonesia.

Agricultural Commodity Responsible Sourcing (ACRES): taking action within and beyond supply chains

This document is part of a series of briefing notes about responsible sourcing and production.

Category: Responsible Sourcing & Production Briefings

PES (Payments for Ecosystem Services) Project Directory

This document contains a directory of PES projects that have involved working with smallholders in tropical forest countries to protect watersheds, conserve biodiversity and minimise deforestation.

Moving towards sustainable production: the Africa Palm Oil Initiative impact report

This document highlights some of the key successes of the Africa Palm Oil Initiative, and considers the next steps to be taken.

Categories: APOI / Africa Sustainable Commodities Initiative Palm oil

HCV Assessment Manual

This manual guides the HCV assessor through the different recommendations and requirements for the execution of an HCV assessment as part of the ALS (Assessor Licensing Scheme).

Drivers of social risk

This is part of a series of documents about social risks within responsible sourcing.

Categories: Human Rights & Social Issues People Palm oil Sugar

Supporting companies to work at a landscape scale

This document is part of a series of Production Landscape Briefings, giving an introduction to working at a landscape scale.

Category: Production Landscape Programmes