Learn how to use the AFi’s Common Methodology
17 June 2024
Use aligned metrics to assess performance on deforestation and conversion
In January 2024, the AFi launched an updated version of the Common Methodology for Assessment of Progress Towards Deforestation- and Conversion-Free Supply Chains.
The Methodology offers a set of recommended metrics that can be used to assess company policies, actions, and performance on eliminating deforestation, conversion, and associated human rights abuses from commodity supply chains. Use of the Common Methodology by stakeholders looking to assess company performance can help ensure alignment and standardisation both in the way companies are asked to provide information and in the way that performance is assessed.
Today, we are pleased to launch our latest How To guide, which acts as a companion to the Methodology itself: How To Use the Common Methodology for Assessment of Progress Towards Deforestation- and Conversion-Free Supply Chains.
The How To guide covers:
- An overview of what the Common Methodology is
- The value that the Common Methodology can bring to organisations that use it in their own work
- How to practically make use of the information contained within the Common Methodology
- An outline of the document’s structure for easy reference
The Common Methodology was created in partnership with several organisations: CDP, Ceres, Climate Advisers, Climate Focus, Global Canopy, Proforest, Supply Change/Forest Trends, Trase, World Resources Institute / GFW Pro , WWF, and ZSL SPOTT.