Accountability Framework initiative (AFi)

🇪🇺 Last week, the European Commission delayed the compliance deadline of the EU Deforestation Regulation (#EUDR) by 12 months, citing the need for proper time for implementation. Originally scheduled for the end of 2024, the law will now become applicable on 30 December 2025 for large companies and 30 June 2026 for micro- and small enterprises. In addition, the Commission also published some long-awaited guidance and a framework for international cooperation. Find out more on the EC website below 👇 https://lnkd.in/dywTvCTx

📅 EVENT NEWS: AFi Director Jeffrey Milder and AFi Senior Operations Manager Adrienne Brown will be attending Reuters Events Sustainable Business Sustainability USA conference today and tomorrow in New York.   Jeff will be speaking at a workshop on the second day entitled Natural Capital: Building nature into long-term business strategy. The panel will discuss how companies can better understand their climate risk exposure and integrate nature into their net zero transition plans. In particular, Jeff will offer insights on addressing deforestation and conversion, future-proofing supply chains for upcoming regulation, and prioritising investments related to land.    Jeff will be joined by Aidan Charron, Associate Global Director, EARTHDAY.ORG., Carolina C. Murphy, Director, Advisory & Corporate Insights, CECP, and Martha Stevenson, Senior Director, Forests Research & Strategy, World Wildlife Fund.   🔗 See the full event agenda here:  https://lnkd.in/efqRQhyz    If you’d like to get in touch with Jeff or Adrienne to arrange a meeting at the event, please contact our team via contact@accountability-framework.org. Let us know if you’ll be there too!    #SustainabilityUSA #SustainabilityEvents 

Later this month the Convention on Biological Diversity will be hosting it's 16th summit (#COP16). Ahead of the event, AFi Coalition member WWF has released new analysis (and a handy complementary tracker tool) on countries’ National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs). Unfortunately, it looks like many countries are falling behind on their pledges to halt and reverse the loss of nature by 2030. Only 20 fully revised NBSAPs and 60 national targets have been published, out of a total of the 196 countries that adopted the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) in 2022. Read the full analysis on the WWF website below 👇 https://lnkd.in/gzSqHU5t

See the Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU) 2030 strategy for transforming food and land use systems. The strategy is focused on four key impact areas: ➡️ Improving human health and food security ➡️ Supporting resilient farmer and community livelihoods ➡️ Reducing and reversing nature loss ➡️ Addressing climate change Find out more below 👇 https://lnkd.in/exNzKbY8

AFi Coalition member CDP has recently released a report entitled: Commitments and Actions of Prominent Cattle and Soy Producers. 🚜🐄 The report offers a snapshot of the current performance and progress of eight prominent cattle and soy producers, including Amaggi and Minerva. The analysis is based on 2023 disclosures made to CDP across a range of key performance indicators (KPIs). The report also includes recommendations for stakeholders on how to meet KPIs if they have not already done so. See the full report at the link below 👇 🔗https://lnkd.in/eQAgwQqA #CorporateDis

It’s #InternationalCoffeeDay! ☕ This year, we’re highlighting the value of collaboration to achieve a more sustainable coffee sector.    Around half a trillion cups of coffee are consumed each year, with over 100 million people depending on coffee for their livelihoods. The sector is vast, spanning over 70 countries, although only five represent 70% of total coffee supply: Brazil, Colombia, Ethiopia, Indonesia, and Vietnam.    Environmental issues within coffee supply chains, like deforestation, won’t be solved by individual companies working on their own. Instead, companies should work together with their peers, governments, and local communities to find effective, and long-lasting solutions at a sectoral, landscape, or jurisdictional level.   At the AFi, we aim to empower companies with agricultural and forestry commodity supply chains, including coffee, to make their business operations more responsible with the guidance of the Accountability Framework. By setting goals, taking action, and reporting on their progress, companies can make their coffee supply chains more sustainable – one cup at a time!     #ICD2024 #Coffee #SustainableCoffee #Commodities

Over the last few months, the AFi and World Resources Institute (WRI) have been working together to contextualise and operationalise definitions of non-forest ecosystem conversion. The team has organised two workshop sessions with a diverse array of stakeholders, focused on non-forest ecosystem conversion in both North and South America.    Some of the key takeaways include:    📑 Companies and other stakeholders need clearer guidance on how to define, identify, and map non-forest ecosystem conversion in their supply chains.  🌎 Regional engagement is crucial to understand the nuances in how these definitions can be applied across different geographies and ecosystem types (ie, wetlands vs. grasslands).  🌧️ Varying environmental conditions (eg, differing levels of rainfall) play a part our understanding of how non-forest land is used.  📊 More accessible, consistent, and reliable data is a must.    See the full summary of the project and insights from the workshop sessions, penned by Sam Levy, Science & Policy Fellow, The AFi/Rainforest Alliance and Ana Reboredo Segovia, Research Associate, WRI, on the AFi blog.    🔗 https://lnkd.in/ggCb7q3g  

AFi Coalition member WWF recently released the Great Food Puzzle, a tool designed to help identify high-impact and place-based solutions to make complex regional food systems more sustainable Find out more here ➡ https://lnkd.in/e4dHND49