Proforest
Budget
€1,047,372
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
10
9.5 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
At its core, Proforest is a mission-driven organisation. We believe that agricultural commodity production can and should work towards four environmental and four social outcomes. These provide the compass for all our work. We also believe it’s important that people in the regions where commodities are produced are empowered and responsible for driving sustainable practices. That’s why we have invested in developing our teams in Africa, Southeast Asia and Latin America, as well as internationally. Our regional teams bring a depth of local knowledge, while our wider team provides breadth of experience. As a global network it means we provide expertise at all stages of the supply chain for many commodities, including palm oil, soy, beef, sugar and rubber.
EU Legislative Interests
• EU Forced Labour regulation • EU Deforestation Free Regulation • EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive • EU Corporate Due Diligence Directive
Communication Activities
•European Deforestation Free Regulation: We have been collaborating with the German Agency for International Cooperation (financed by the European Union and the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development) to conduct EUDR pilots in Brazil (focused on soy and beef). As part of this, we have engaged with several National Competent Authorities with the aim of exchanging perspectives on EUDR implementation and compliance monitoring. Findings from the pilots, as well as global insights from our EUDR work with the private as well as public sectors, were shared to support alignment and inform ongoing stakeholder dialogues in producer countries. We have also engaged with the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Environment (DG ENV) and Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA) as part of this work.
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
Proforest B.V. is part of the Proforest group, a global organisation with entities in the following: Europe: UK, Oxford and the Netherlands, Leiden https://www.proforest.net/who-we-are/where-we-are/europe/ Southeast Asia: Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines, Thailand https://www.proforest.net/who-we-are/where-we-are/southeast-asia/ Latin America: Brazil, Brasilia https://www.proforest.net/who-we-are/where-we-are/latin-america/ Africa: Ghana https://www.proforest.net/who-we-are/where-we-are/africa/
Organisation Members
We are members of the following affiliations: Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil Round Table on Responsible Soy Global Roundtable on Sustainable Beef Global Platform for Sustainable Natural Rubber High Carbon Stock Better Sugar Cane Initiative (now Bonsucro) International Social and Environmental Accreditation and Labelling, now ISEAL Alliance World Business Council for Sustainable Development High Conservation Value Resource Network Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisory subs
Additional Information
Gross income turnover = 1,047,372
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.