The AFi in Southeast Asia

The SEA Coalition comprises representatives from AFi´s global Coalition active in Southeast Asia that work together and in collaboration with others to address the key challenges faced in responsible commodity production and primary processing. Using the Accountability Framework to connect global norms to local contexts, Coalition members engage directly with producers and other upstream suppliers to set policies and practices that will deliver commodities free of deforestation, conversion, and human rights violations. The Coalition also works with industry initiatives, policy processes, and jurisdictions to help create the enabling environment for protecting natural forests, other natural ecosystems, and human rights.  

The AFi SEA Coalition consists of the following organisations: 

• CDP Asia 

• Global Canopy 

• LTKL 

• The Nature Conservancy Indonesia 

• Preferred by Nature 

• Proforest Southeast Asia 

• Rainforest Alliance Indonesia

• World Resources Institute Indonesia 

• WWF Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia

The AFi SEA Coalition recognises that actions are needed both within and beyond individualised supply chains to effectively achieve impact on-the-ground. Some supply chain actors are newer to, or have not yet begun, their sustainability journey and operate at a lower capacity to fulfil supply chain goals. Others, such as smallholders, may not yet be part of a specific supply chain and therefore cannot be engaged through traditional supply chain approaches for halting deforestation.  

To address these challenges, SEA Coalition members work directly with small and medium-size companies, supporting them to understand the gaps in their performance and the actions needed to close those gaps. Coalition members also engage indirect suppliers of global downstream companies to help them understand and be able to fulfil the expectations of their buyers. The Accountability Framework serves as the roadmap for these activities.   

In parallel, the SEA Coalition works collaboratively with policymakers and jurisdictions to create the necessary enabling conditions for companies to be better positioned to implement sustainable practices in accordance with the Accountability Framework.  

Finally, the Coalition engages with industry and multi-stakeholder initiatives, assessment platforms, and other organisations to integrate the Framework´s principles, guidance, and definitions into their existing/emerging policies and processes. This helps to ensure that good practices, such as those defined in the Framework, and effective tools developed through the collective efforts of other organisations, are readily accessible to the companies involved in these initiatives.