Earthworm Foundation
Key services
- Support for defining and operationalising responsible sourcing commitments, including policy frameworks and implementation roadmaps that reduce deforestation, respect human rights, and improve supply chain sustainability.
- Assistance establishing transparency systems, traceability mechanisms, grievance processes, and monitoring and verification frameworks to build accountability and manage social and environmental risks across supply chains.
- Field-based co-creation of regenerative agriculture and landscape approaches that improve soil health, conserve forests, and strengthen community and farmer resilience in sourcing regions.
- Facilitation of dialogues and collaborative platforms that bring together companies, suppliers, farmers, civil society, and local authorities to co-design solutions and drive collective progress.
- Development and deployment of tools for ongoing monitoring, evaluation, and real-world impact tracking at both landscape and supply chain levels, integrating satellite verification and community-led data collection.
- Training and technical assistance for corporate teams, producers, and local partners on best practices for environmental stewardship, community engagement, regenerative agriculture, and responsible sourcing.
- Deliver tailored capacity building for corporate teams, suppliers, and smallholder producers to enhance skills in sustainability implementation and regenerative practices.
Profile
Earthworm Foundation is an impact-driven non-profit dedicated to regenerating soils and forests with and for people. It works in raw material supply chains and in the sourcing landscapes where they are grown/produced.
Earthworm Foundation works with companies, suppliers, and farmers across the globe, with the aim of improving conditions for people, forests, and soils impacted by the sourcing of raw materials like cocoa, paper packaging, palm oil, rubber, and more. Since its inception in 1999, it has built a network of over 100 members and partners, including multinational brands like 3M, Mars, and Nestlé, and technology partners like Airbus Intelligence and Kermap.
To achieve its mission, Earthworm Foundation co-develops scalable solutions through the power of collective action. It fosters collaboration between companies and NGOs, buyers and suppliers, cities and rural areas.
Through its landscapes program, Earthworm Foundation works in high-value landscapes worldwide to support local and international stakeholders in creating pathways for regenerating lives and nature, building resilient supply chains, and achieving responsible sourcing goals—demonstrating significant progress across regions.
