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A AFi trabalha com parceiros externos de entrega que oferecem apoio personalizado para empresas trabalhando para estabelecer e atingir metas de cadeias de suprimento alinhadas com a Accountability Framework.

Desde comparar as políticas da empresa em relação à Iniciativa, desenvolver planos de ação para desenvolvimento e implementação, e apoio no monitoramento e reporte, esses parceiros listados abaixo oferecem aconselhamento de especialistas e serviços em níveis globais e regionais.

Se você precisa de ajuda para se conectar com um parceiro que satisfaça suas necessidades, por favor contate-nos.

Nota: A AFi não acredita parceiros de entrega ou possui qualquer forma de relação comercial com os mesmos. Todos os parceiros listados abaixo se engajam regularmente com a AFi e são treinados para oferecer serviços e ferramentas alinhados com a Accountability Framework para acelerar a jornada em direção a cadeias de suprimento responsáveis.

AFi Coalition members

Efeca

Efeca

Key services

  • Advice and technical support to public and private sectors on policy commitments, regulations, and implementation guidance for responsible sourcing of forest risk commodities 

  • Trade and market analysis; providing strategic insights, reports and reflections  

  • Messaging, education, and awareness support to communicate progress and future action 

  • Strategic analysis and evaluation services; providing recommendations to increase effectiveness for both companies and a range of global programmes 

Profile

Efeca is a certified B Corp, which involves a legal commitment to making business decisions that create a positive impact for the environment, customers, suppliers, employees, and the community. A member of the Accountability Framework initiative's (AFi) Coalition, as well as a Tropical Forest Alliance partner, World Economic Forum preferred supplier, and UN Global Compact signatory, the Efeca team of technical experts works with a wide range of clients across public, private, finance, and civil society sectors to create a positive impact for people and planet.  

Efeca builds global engagements at national and local levels in over 30 countries. It works across agricultural and forest risk commodities, including palm oil, soya, timber, pulp and paper, cattle (beef and leather), sugar, coffee, cocoa, and rubber. In its engagements, Efeca provides facilitation, strategic planning, and programme support on responsible sourcing, and on sustainable trade and use of agricultural and forest commodities. Projects range from large, international donor programmes to the delivery of bespoke trainings for small and midsize enterprises (SMEs).   

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Preferred by Nature (PbN)

Preferred by Nature (PbN)

Principais serviços

  • Comparação de políticas e sistemas corporativos em relação a Accountability Framework.
  • Uso da “Sustainability Framework”, uma ferramenta alinhada com a Accountability Framework para conduzir análises de risco específicas para commodities, monitoramento e verificação de desempenho ambiental e social.
  • Engajamento na Cadeia de Suprimentos

Perfil

A Preffered by Nature é uma organização sem fins lucrativos internacional que trabalha para apoiar o melhor uso da terra e práticas empresariais que beneficiem as pessoas, a natureza e o clima. Por mais de 25 anos, a Preffered by Nature trabalha para viabilizar o uso sustentável da terra e o comércio responsável em commodities florestais e agrícolas através dos projetos de inovação, treinamentos, certificação e serviços em sustentabilidade. A Preffered by Nature possui mais de 270 colaboradores e atividades em mais de 100 países pela África, Ásia, Europa e Américas.

A Preffered by Nature apoia o forte impacto sustentável no campo ao oferecer um conjunto de serviços de consultoria especializado em sustentabilidade que está alinhado com a Accountability Framework. Os principais pacotes de serviços incluem a comparação de políticas e sistemas corporativos com as melhores práticas, engajamento na cadeia de suprimento para ajudar a construir confiança com seus atores da cadeia de suprimento, utilizando a ferramenta Sustainability Framework, alinhada com a Accountability Framework para realizar análises de riscos ESG específicos para commodities, e monitoramento e verificação do desempenho social e ambiental.

Contato​

https://preferredbynature.org/services

Proforest

Proforest

Principais serviços

  • Apoio a empresas no atingimento de compras e produção responsável, alinhado com a Accountability Framework.
  • Apoio a normas voluntárias e iniciativas multi-parceiros em linha com a Accountability Framework.
  • Efetiva colaboração, incluindo em iniciativas multi-parceiros e de paisagem.
  • Treinamentos através de ferramentas e orientações, a Estrutura de Reporte de Implementação NDPE, e treinamentos.

Perfil

A Proforest é uma organização global trabalhando em mais de 30 países e com mais de 20 anos de experiência em cadeias de suprimento global. As principais commodities cobertas em seus serviços de consultoria e programas financiados através de concessões são óleo de palma, açúcar, soja, carne, borracha, cacau, madeira de corte e produtos florestais. Também possuem experiência de trabalho com coco, café, algodão, alga vermelha, abacaxi, banana e carité. ​A missão da Proforest é apoiar a produção agrícola e florestal que entrega resultados positivos para as pessoas, a natureza e o clima.

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Rainforest Alliance Corporate Advisory

Aconselhamento Corporativo da Rainforest Alliance

Principais serviços

  • Comparação da políticas e práticas empresariais em relação à Accountability Framework utilizando a ferramenta de avaliação da AFi, e apoio no desenvolvimento de planos de ação para atingir alinhamento.
  • Mapeamento da cadeia de suprimento, análise de risco e engajamento de fornecedores.
  • Apoio no desenvolvimento de políticas corporativas que endereçam o desmatamento, as conversões e os direitos humanos, e orientações de compras responsáveis.
  • Treinamentos.

Perfil​

A equipe de Aconselhamento Corporativo da Rainforest Alliance apoia as empresas no desenvolvimento e fortalecimento das políticas que endereçam o desmatamento, conversão e as questões de direitos humanos para commodities que representam risco florestal, como a palma, borracha, polpa e papel, e madeira. Compromissos corporativos, mecanismos de implementação e sistemas de reporte são avaliados em relação à Accountability Framework. Esse processo inclui a identificação de problemas e o trabalho com as equipes de sustentabilidade e de compras do cliente para desenvolver planos de ação para cadeias de suprimento éticas. Treinamentos para clientes e fornecedores da empresa também são oferecidos. ​A Rainforest Alliance também oferece a PIP, uma ferramenta de mapeamento que apoia a rastreabilidade da palma, madeira de corte, polpa e papel e borracha. Isso é complementado com outros serviços de cadeia de suprimento, tais como a análise de risco e o desenvolvimento de procedimentos de gestão de fornecedores.

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Verité

Verité

Key services

  • Benchmarking and improvement of human rights policies, codes of conduct, and other Human Rights Due Diligence tools, in alignment with the Accountability Framework, the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, and other legislation
  • Setting and tracking best-in-class human rights objectives, indicators, and targets
  • Assessing human rights risks, identifying salient issues, and building action plans at enterprise, supply chain, and farm/field level to tackle those issues 
  • Customised training programs to enhance the human rights capabilities of sustainability teams, agricultural processing operations, agronomists, field-based staff, farmers, and workers

Profile

Verité is a mission-driven, fully non-profit, international labour rights NGO that specialises in providing technical assistance to companies, governments, and civil society organisations to drive progress on labour issues in global supply chains. Verité staff are recognised global experts on forced labour and human trafficking for labour exploitation, responsible recruitment of workers, child labour, freedom of association, and fair, safe, and healthy conditions of work.

Verité has pioneered approaches to human rights due diligence at scale, through initiatives like CUMULUS Forced Labor Screen™, a platform that maps cross-border labour supply chains using patented technology and screens operations and supply chains for forced labour indicators. CUMULUS is especially suited to sectors with migrant labour and high forced labour risk, such as palm oil.

The organisation has a wide portfolio of multinational corporate clients, with particular depth in the fast-moving consumer goods and food and beverage sectors, including in palm oil, cocoa, coffee, and other agricultural commodities. Verité has also been instrumental in developing the AFi’s guidance on human rights and is highly engaged in the work of the AFi Coalition.

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World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)

World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)

Principais serviços

  • Desenvolvimento de políticas responsáveis e compromissos de cadeia de suprimento.
  • Identificação de ferramentas e recursos para apoiar a implementação de políticas.
  • Apoio na tomada de ações em nível de paisagem.
  • Apoio nos processos de comunicação.

Perfil​

Como uma das maiores organizações de conservação do mundo, a WWF trabalha com empresas nas cadeias de suprimento de commodities para viabilizar mudanças transformativas, incluindo o combate e a reversão da perda e degradação da natureza. A WWF se embasa nas definições e orientações da Accountability Framework para:

  1. Ajudar empresas a desenvolver ou atualizar políticas para endereçar o desmatamento, conversão e ameaças associadas aos direitos humanos.
  2. Orientar as empresas em direção a ferramentas apropriadas na avaliação de seus riscos de produção e compras, comunicação das expectativas e engajamento com fornecedores, monitoramento e verificação de progressos e reporte de resultados.
    1. Para empresas com pegada florestal, o programa Forests Forward apoia a melhoria do manejo florestal, a transição para compras responsáveis e a execução de intervenções baseadas na floresta.
    2. Para empresas que compram soja, carne ou couro da América do Sul, o kit DCF personaliza as orientações da AFi para apoiar cadeias de suprimento livres de desmatamento e conversões nesse contexto.
  3. Ações complementares para endereçar os riscos da cadeia de suprimento com soluções escalonáveis e baseadas na natureza nas principais paisagens de produção para endereçar desafios sistêmicos e apoiar a proteção, restauração e manejo melhorado das paisagens prioritárias ao redor do mundo.
  4. Identificação e execução de comunicações estratégicas para compartilhar o progresso e promover a agenda contra o desmatamento e conversões.

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Other consultancies

Anthesis Group

Anthesis Group

Key services

  • Identification and evaluation of value chain risks related to conversion, deforestation, and human rights
  • Development of responsible sourcing policies, deforestation-free commitments, and science-based targets for climate and nature
  • Supply chain engagement and development of monitoring and verification systems
  • Assessment and communication of progress towards deforestation- and conversion-free supply chains

Profile

Anthesis brings together 1,000+ experts operating in 40 countries across Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas, to serve more than 2,000 clients. Anthesis exists to shape a more productive and resilient world and is committed to creating a future in which people and nature thrive. Anthesis is a B Corp and a member of Business for Nature, the Capitals Coalition, the Task Force for Nature-Related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) Forum, and the Science-Based Targets Network Corporate Engagement Program.

Anthesis experts offer advice and technical support to companies on their journeys to create deforestation– and conversion-free value chains in alignment with the Accountability Framework. This includes:

  • Identifying and evaluating value chain risks
  • Developing responsible supply chain commitments and science-based targets for climate and nature
  • Developing responsible sourcing policies and supporting supply chain engagement
  • Benchmarking responsible sourcing policies and programs
  • Developing Forest Positive strategies to support regeneration and restoration of forest ecosystems
  • Developing monitoring and verification systems and supporting clients to communicate progress and performance

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FAI

FAI

Key services 

  • Consultancy programmes for sustainable and regenerative animal-based supply chains for food and fibre, integrating social, animal welfare, and environmental objectives 

  • The delivery of deforestation risk assessments, including benchmarking against the Accountability Framework, rapid supply chain audits, and mapping 

  • The provision of advisory services for delivering remediation and mitigation actions in collaboration with suppliers and aligned with the Accountability Framework, to protect forests, natural ecosystems, and human rights 

  • The collection of data using supply chain assessments and surveys for storage and presentation within our bespoke online portal, allowing monitoring, benchmarking, analysis and reporting of outcome measures, and due diligence processes for farmed animal supply chains 

Profile 

FAI is a multi-disciplinary international team of farmers, scientists, and consultants, who partner with corporations to deliver positive change to animal-based production systems. To regeneratively nourish and clothe a growing population, FAI believes we need diverse production systems that deliver positive outcomes for people, animals, and the environment. Therefore, FAI approaches the problem of deforestation with a unique perspective, recognising that a sustainable future is dependent upon social justice, flourishing ecosystems, and high standards of animal welfare.   

With offices and representatives in the UK, Brazil, Germany, and the USA, FAI works with producers, suppliers, and retailers to identify problems and design meaningful solutions to mitigate risks and realise long-term business benefits for its partners. It is ISO 27001 certified for information security.  

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Nextra Consulting

Nextra Consulting

Key Services: 

  • Implementation of EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) using synergies with AFi’s approach 

  • Quick-check of deforestation- and conversion-free (DCF) strategies, including status-quo assessment and roadmap development; comprehensive analyses to identify gaps and formulate tailored recommendations; development of strategies, targets and implementation plans with KPIs for progress tracking; development of commitments and policies for ethical supply chains or assessing the suitability of tools and standards for companies 

  • Facilitation of stakeholder dialogue and engagement, both internally (eg, involving purchasing or other departments) and externally (eg, communication and collaborating with supply chain partners as suppliers) 

  • Support of upstream activities (producers) to develop strategies and practices aligned with the Accountability Framework, including training of suppliers regarding requirements of the AFi (and if relevant, connected regulations as the EUDR) 

About Nextra Consulting: 

Nextra Consulting is an internationally operating sustainability consultancy based in Germany. With a belief that sustainability must be considered holistically for successful implementation, Nextra operates with an interdisciplinary team, providing tailored solutions for an international and diverse clientele. The clients range from producing industry, retailers and financial institutions to political institutions, research institutes, and non-profit organizations. 

Nextra specializes in supporting clients in developing and realizing their sustainability goals as well as in meeting external regulations (eg, EUDR, Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)) and requirements. Their services encompass various aspects such as gap analysis, strategy development, and the implementation of concrete measures. Within the context of deforestation and conversion, Nextra understands the hurdles of value chain actors and offers best practice approaches to overcome obstacles and enable sustainable development. 

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South Pole

South Pole

Key services 

  • Assessment of potential exposure to risks associated with deforestation, conversion, and climate change. This includes quantifying emissions resulting from associated land use changes
  • Support in developing commitments, policies, and strategies for eliminating deforestation and conversion from supply chains, and in mitigating associated risks. This includes harmonisation with existing climate ambitions
  • Development of time-bound roadmaps, mechanisms, and tools for accelerated implementation of no-deforestation and no-Conversion commitments
  • Development of approaches and tools for monitoring, verification, and reporting of company and supply chain performance against no-deforestation, no-conversion, and climate action commitments

Profile 

Founded in 2006, South Pole is a leading climate consultancy with the mission to accelerate the transition to a climate-smart society. South Pole believes that a more prosperous future is within reach, but only if everyone plays their part today. South Pole’s 1400 employees develop, implement, and advise emission reduction strategies and projects that turn climate action into long-term business opportunities for companies, governments, and organizations around the world. South Pole knows that climate action is a team sport – which is why the organization goes beyond the boundaries of day-to-day business to partner with like-minded peers and organizations around the world to drive systemic change, together.  

South Pole believes that eliminating deforestation and ecosystem conversion in the production and sourcing of forestry and agricultural commodities is critical for achieving climate goals. With the private sector at the forefront of this challenge, South Pole supports corporate and financial actors with effective and comprehensive approaches and tools to set and achieve no-deforestation and no-conversion pledges - in line with international best-practice. 

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