Production Landscape Programme Africa - supporting supply chain companies
The Production Landscape Programme (PLP) is supporting supply chain companies in Ghana, Liberia and Cameroon to work effectively at the landscape level by aligning their actions and commitments on deforestation and other...
19 October 2020 Projects
Working together for sustainable palm oil in Mexico
In Mexico, Proforest is working with PepsiCo, Nestle, Oleopalma (a palm oil production company) and Femexpalma (the Mexican Federation of Oil Palm producers) on a sector-wide collaboration focused on making Mexico’s palm oil more...
19 October 2020 Projects
Hydration and safer working conditions for sugar cane cutters
In Mexico, Proforest is working with Nestlé and Beta San Miguel (BSM) to support the hydration and safer working conditions of sugar cane cutters. BSM is the largest producer of sugar in Mexico with 11 mills that produce around 1...
19 October 2020 Projects
Africa Practitioners Network – Strengthening understanding
In West and Central Africa, agricultural and forest commodity production is rapidly expanding and there is growing interest in making production responsible. Capacity development is essential to address the lack of practical...
19 October 2020 Projects
Benchmarking national legislation against voluntary certification schemes
Legal compliance is a vital first step to reducing forest loss and helping businesses meet their sustainability commitments. This programme promotes legal compliance as a first step to demonstrating compliance with national and...
19 October 2020 Projects
Developing practical resources for HCVs management and monitoring
In 2018, Proforest facilitated the development of a practical resource for identifying HCVs in Malaysia: the Malaysian National Interpretation (MYNI) of the Common Guidance for the Identification of HCVs. In 2019 Proforest was...
19 October 2020 Projects
Working with cocoa and chocolate companies through the World Cocoa Foundation
The World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) is a non-profit international membership organisation whose vision is a sustainable and thriving cocoa sector. Under the Healthy Planet Pillar, WCF is leading the Cocoa & Forest Initiative (CFI)...
2 September 2020 Projects
Proforest supports Corrie MacColl Limited in improving its sustainability performance
Proforest Africa has worked with Corrie MacColl Limited (a subsidiary of Halcyon Agri Corporation Limited) to improve the sustainability of its Cameroon plantations acquired in 2016. This strategic partnership which began in 2018...
2 September 2020 Projects
Procedures to remediate serious human rights issues
Alongside our CORE partner, Daemeter we have worked with Wilmar, a palm oil refiner, grower and trader, to develop a procedure for how their suppliers should address serious non-compliances with Wilmar’s ‘No Exploitation’...
13 August 2020 Projects
Enabling Workers Voices to be heard
Proforest is implementing a trial of ‘workers voice’ tools at palm oil mills in Latin America and Southeast Asia, in collaboration with Cargill, PepsiCo, RSPO and Ulula. We work with mill managers, and workers to roll out...
13 August 2020 Projects