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28 Sep 2023
AFi updates its Operational Guidance on Cutoff Dates
This Accountability Framework document clarifies and expands guidance for companies on selecting cutoff dates for deforestation and conversion.
3 Jun 2021
Broader horizons and a new tagline for the AFi
What will it take to ensure that commodity supply chains are fully protective of natural ecosystems and human rights? It’s no exaggeration to say that the future of the world’s forests, global climate stability, and the wellbeing of millions of people hinge on getting the answer to this question right.
16 Mar 2021
Company guidance webinar series in Bahasa Indonesia
The Accountability Framework initiative (AFi) partnered with CDP Asia to host a series of webinars in Bahasa Indonesia to introduce the Accountability Framework to palm oil and forestry companies in Indonesia and Malaysia.
16 Mar 2021
Industry sustainability initiatives incorporate AFi guidance
“If you want to go far, go together.” When it comes to addressing deforestation and human rights across global supply chains, this proverb is as true as ever. That’s why industry groups and roundtables have come to play a key role in defining common standards and systems for responsible commodities.
8 Dec 2020
Four key elements for streamlined sustainability reporting
As companies gain a greater understanding of sustainability issues in agricultural and forestry supply chains they are faced with a growing number of non-financial disclosure requirements from their investors, customers, and civil society.
17 Nov 2020
Disclosure for a deforestation-free supply chain
As corporate policies and commitments to achieve ethical commodity production and trade become the norm, expectations for reporting related to these goals have increased as well.
12 Oct 2020
Company Training and Learning webinar series
Are you already applying the Framework and want to learn about other ways it can help your company achieve its goals? Are you interested in how your peers are using it?
19 Mar 2020
Thinking globally and acting locally to achieve ethical supply chains
To achieve ethical supply chains, companies must have clear global goals and mechanisms for protecting the environment and human rights that align with norms and expectations agreed upon by civil society, governments, investors, and others.
12 Mar 2020
Sustainability without silos
Managing a supply chain is rarely a seamless process. Even as you work toward your business objectives and focus on the bottom line, you also have to set goals, develop systems, and implement practices for corporate responsibility.
5 Dec 2019
Five reasons every company should use the Accountability Framework
Over the past decade, hundreds of companies that produce, trade, and purchase agricultural and forestry commodities have made commitments to ethical supply chains. Yet, for many, the path from commitments to action to results has been a rocky one.