Thriving Forests

Just a handful of commodities — beef, soy, pulp and paper and palm oil — drive the majority of global deforestation. Halting deforestation from just these top four would remove about 1.7 gigatons of greenhouse gases from our atmosphere each year.

Globally, deforestation hotspots occur in South America, Southeast Asia and Western Africa.

Assessing risk is an important first step in understanding where deforestation might be hiding in your supply chain. By mapping your supply to the major deforestation hotspots, you can better target your efforts to reduce deforestation in meaningful ways.

Learn how to set meaningful and ambitious goals to address deforestation.

Engaging with your supply chain to drive improvement is the key to success. Here are resources that can be helpful in implementation.

Company efforts to clean individual supply chains are important, but when acting alone, they are insufficient to drive the change we need to see at scale. The Jurisdictional Approach aims to connect companies, governments and other stakeholders to work in concert to reduce deforestation across entire landscapes.

You are not in this alone. Look here for partners who are ready to help.

You can’t manage what you don’t measure. Here are tools that can help you measure progress in your supply chain, as well as account for environmental benefits.

Solving deforestation will require producers and other stakeholders to see that forests can be worth more alive than dead. Innovative financing mechanisms can work hand-in-glove with corporate efforts to scale change.

Find resources to help you consider how forest restoration and protection fit into your strategy.

While voluntary corporate actions to reduce GHG emissions are important, only public policy can deliver the pace and scale of reductions needed to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. That’s why policy advocacy is an essential element of corporate sustainability leadership. Companies can make a difference by supporting policies that reduce deforestation, unleash innovation and accelerate the transition to sustainable development.

Consumers and investors are becoming increasingly aware of the implications of deforestation and climate change. Companies with strong deforestation controls can benefit from reduced reputational risk and enhanced customer loyalty.