Publications

EU Deforestation Due Diligence: Operational Guidance for Cocoa Producers and Importers

In September 2022, the European Union (EU) Parliament voted amendments and adopted its position on the EU Commission proposal for a regulation to prevent products associated with deforestation and forest degradation from being placed on the EU market. In this Operational Guidance, we summarise what cocoa supply chain companies will need to do to meet the upcoming regulation.

Categories: Responsible Production, Supporting companies, Cocoa

Deforestation Due Diligence: Reference Document for Cocoa Producers and Importers

In addition to this reference document, Proforest has developed an operational guidance intended for cocoa supply chain companies and focusing on compliance with the DDD regulation proposed the EU Commission.

The operational guidance is a complementary, shorter, and more operational version of this reference document.

Categories: Responsible Production, Supporting companies, Cocoa

Gender and social inclusion strategy for the Asunafo-Asutifi Production Landscape

The 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.

Categories: Gender, Landscapes, Africa

Review and Analysis of Key Policies and Institutional Framework Governing Deforestation and Associated Social Issues in the Tree Crop Sector of Liberia

The 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.

Categories: Landscapes, Africa

Gender and Social inclusion in Production Landscapes

A case study of the Asunafo-Asutifi Landscape in the Ahafo Region of Ghana

Categories: Gender, Landscape Approaches, Africa

Verified Deforestation and Conversion-free Methodology

Generic Deforestation and Conversion Free Methodology

Categories: Responsible Sourcing, International

How good supplier engagement can contribute to delivering on sustainability commitments

Proforest guidance on supplier engagement for responsible sourcing

Category: Responsible Sourcing

Landscape Reporting Framework

Introducing a framework for companies to report on progress made in delivering positive impacts for people, nature and climate, within landscape initiatives.

Categories: Landscape Approaches, Landscapes

Guidance Paper on Social Dialogue, Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining in the palm oil sector in Indonesia

This 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.

Categories: Human Rights, Southeast Asia, Palm oil, Bahasa Indonesia, English

Guide pour l'engagement des entreprises prives dans la REDD+ au Cameroun

Depuis 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.

Categories: Responsible Sourcing, Responsible Production, Supporting companies, Africa, French

Achieving inclusive governance in GCFRP implementation in Ghana

Lessons and Experiences in Setting up and the Functioning of Companies and Government Collaborations in the Asunafo-Asutifi Landscape Programme

Categories: Landscape Approaches, Landscapes, Africa

Private Sector Engagement in Sustainability Landscape Initiatives in Cameroon: Guidance on Engagement Principles

Within the framework of our Production Landscape Programme, we have developed principles and guidance on how companies can engage with and collaborate on landscape initiatives.

Categories: Landscape Approaches, Landscapes, Africa