Explicador: Establecimiento y aplicación de compromisos de no deforestación en el marco de la iniciativa SBTi FLAG

As deforestation is a major contributor to land sector emissions, the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)’s Forest, Land, and Agriculture (FLAG) Guidance requires companies to set a no-deforestation commitment with a target date of 2025 or earlier. The SBTi FLAG Guidance further recommends that this commitment align with the Accountability Framework.  

As such, the AFi has launched its Explainer on Setting and Implementing No-Deforestation Commitments under SBTi FLAG. The explainer can be used by all companies that are working to set SBTi FLAG targets, including producers, manufacturers, and retailers of food, beverage, and forestry products. Drawing on both SBTi FLAG Guidance and the Accountability Framework, this explainer contains recommendations on the following topics: 

• Best practice for companies when setting no-deforestation commitments as part of SBTi FLAG targets
• Which companies need to set no-deforestation commitments 
• The commodities for which companies should set no-deforestation commitments (ie, beef, cocoa, palm oil, soy, timber, and wood fibre)
• How companies can approach the 2025 target date required by SBTi 

For more information, read the announcement of the launch of this explainer here.