Projects

Mewah responsible sourcing support

Proforest SEA has been supporting two refineries of Mewah in Peninsular Malaysia for various types of responsible sourcing and sustainability works, ranging from policy review, suppliers engagement and capacity building...

Deforestation risk assessment across the global agricultural supply chain

Tyson Foods partnered with Proforest to conduct a deforestation risk assessment. The assessment concluded that nearly 94 percent of the company’s land footprint is at no to low risk of being associated with deforestation. 

Social and Environmental Beef Purchasing

Proforest supported the definition of the positioning of Grupo Pão de Açúcar – GPA (Cassino Group) vin the deforestation agenda and the revision of its Social and Environmental Beef Purchasing Policy in Brazil.

Deforestation Free Beef Procurement

We have been supporting McDonald’s Corporation since 2017 in developing, piloting, implementing and monitoring of its Deforestation Free Beef Procurement Policy in Argentina, Australia, Brazil and Paraguay as well as developing,...

AAK Multi Oils - Responsible Sourcing of Coconut and Soy Oils

In 2017 AAK published a Responsible Sourcing of Vegetable Oils policy (multi-oils policy), which combined with the existing Supplier Code of Conduct binds the sourcing of all vegetable oils to commit on labour, community...

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...

Supporting Nestle to assess compliance on land rights commitments in sugar

Assessing how suppliers are respecting land rights in their operations - our ongoing work with Nestlé

HCV Assessments

Proforest Africa has successfully conducted over 15+ HCV assessments mainly in West and Central Africa, but also in Rwanda in the east and the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar. In 2019 this included an HCV assessment for Presco...

ISF Strategic and Technical support

We are helping to strengthen The Intercontinental Specialty Fats Sdn. Bhd. (ISF) sustainability policy commitments.

Apical Sustainability Support Programme

Apical, a major producer of edible oils, supplies its products to companies and consumer brands worldwide. Apical’s major activities include refining, processing and trading palm oil. 

Working with Daemeter Consulting (as a...