Publications

Policy & Governance Review Relevant to the Agro-commodity Production Landscape in Ghana

Proforest

This policy and governance review provides an overview of existing policies that are relevant to the agro-commodity production landscape in Ghana, covering deforestation, human rights and smallholder support.

04 Guidance for child labour grievances

Proforest

How to verify and identify causes of grievances, develop action plans for remediation and resolution, and minimise chances of future non-compliance and conflict.

We have also published an introduction to this series...

Africa Palm Oil Initiative: highlights 2019-2020

Proforest

The 10 APOI countries have each followed a three-phase process: engagement, development and implementation. National Principles and Action Plans were developed to guide the implementation of sustainable palm oil...

06 Guidance for addressing land rights grievances

This document provides practical and action-oriented guidance on how to manage and address grievances related to land rights in the palm oil sector.

05 Guidance for forced labour grievances

This document provides practical and action-oriented guidance on how to manage and address grievances related to forced labour in the palm oil sector.

03 Guidance for minimum wage grievances

This guidance is primarily developed for growers or mills as a first point of contact, but corrective actions ultimately need to be carried out wherever a grievance on minimum wage is occurring, whether in mills, plantations they own or/and plantations of outgrower or smallholder farms they source from.

02 Guidance for deforestation grievances

This 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

The 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.

Siak Pelalawan Landscape Programme: How Companies Collaborate and Engage

Terra Komunika

This case study looks into private sector engagement in the Siak Pelalawan Landscape Programme, comprised of palm oil producers, traders, and downstream buyers, facilitated by Proforest and Daemeter Consulting.

Sustainable Palm Oil: Trade and key players between Indonesia and China

Segi Enam

Part 1 of this report provides a baseline mapping study of Indonesia-China sustainable palm oil linkages. The linkages are investigated from several angles, from an overview of the trade relationship between Indonesia...