Forest Positive

Accelerating a Forest Positive future by helping our partners take action to create a deforestation- and conversion- free value chain.

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As the lungs of our planet, forests play a critical role in the functioning of healthy ecosystems and ecosystem services, and are vital to the livelihoods of billions of people across the world. However, we are losing forests at an alarming rate due to unsustainable agricultural practices, illegal logging, and rapid development.

In 2022, the world lost 6.6 million hectares of forests, putting us off course from achieving the no deforestation by 2030 goal set at COP26. This loss presents a risk of increasing global annual emissions, contributes to biodiversity loss, and directly threatens the future of forest communities.

Staying on course and achieving a Forest Positive future can be challenging, though, especially for businesses with complex and intricate supply chains.

Promoting Sustainable Forest Management

We support companies and financial institutions in leveraging their purchasing power and investment capital to promote sustainable forest management, conservation, and restoration. By helping our clients develop ambitious strategies, solutions, and actionable roadmaps to create deforestation and conversion-free commodity supply chains, we enable them to translate ambition into action and accelerate a nature-positive future. In doing so, we employ internationally recognised best practices as a delivery partner for the Accountability Framework Initiative (AFI).

Our services include but are not limited to: benchmarking, target setting, policy development and implementation, risk and opportunity assessment, and supplier engagement. Whatever stage you are at in your journey toward a Forest Positive future, Anthesis is here to help.

Our Approach to Forest Positive

Benchmarking – Benchmarking client’s responsible sourcing policies, targets, commitments, sourcing practices, and procedures against industry best practice and peers’ policies to identify gaps and improvement opportunities.

Risk & Opportunity Assessment – Utilising leading tools and resources to identify critical deforestation related risks within supply sheds, and actions to convert those risks into opportunities.

Target Setting & Roadmapping – Setting strategic, context-based/science-based goals and targets that will drive corporate action to meet no-deforestation goals. Developing accompanying roadmaps with clear milestones to guide activities and assess progress towards targets.

Policy Development & Implementation – Establishing/revising responsible sourcing policies. Creating training resources and developing supplier data collection systems to action responsible sourcing policies and evaluate sourcing activities. Embedding deforestation commitments into the company’s internal business activities and investment strategies.

Supplier Engagement – Engaging with suppliers through training, data collection, and policy alignment activities.

Monitoring & Communicating Progress – Assisting partners in developing and/or utilising monitoring and verification systems to detect challenges and assessing and communicating progress internally and externally.

Case Studies

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Developing Chemical Management Approach for Holt Renfrew

Situation Holt Renfrew wanted to develop a chemical management for beauty and personal care products and establish criteria for the H Project Approved Clean Beauty program. Impact Chemicals of concern were identified and refined the criteria for the H Project Approved Clean Beauty program. Solutions Situation Anthesis worked with Holt Renfrew to gather information to…

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Conducting ESG Assessment for a Food Brand

Situation A food branded needed to conduct a comprehensive ESG risk assessment and determine ‘Value at Risk’ (VaR) for a food and nutrition category. Impact Developed an improved enterprise risk register, blending ESG risk with commercial risk in a way that mainstreams sustainability at a senior leadership level. Solutions Situation A food branded needed to…

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Setting Science-based Targets Across Hg’s Portfolio

Situation Hg was adopting science-based targets (SBT) per SBTi private equity guidance for its private equity investments. Impact Hg committed to SBTs, targeting a ~90% reduction in scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions across its 40+ companies by 2050. Solutions Situation In 2021, the Science-Based Target Initiative (SBTi) launched new Guidance for the private equity sector to enable…

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Analysing Basin Data to Inform Apparel Facility Water Targets

Objective Conduct a water risk assessment for global apparel facilities in South India.Leverage combined data for basin-level context and facility water consumption. Services Impact

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Hydrogen Feasibility Study for Enfinium

Objective Evaluate the commercial opportunities of the production of hydrogen from waste compared to electricity. Services Technical assessment, concept design for deployment of hydrogen generation, concept design documentation. Impact Electrolytic hydrogen generation was found to be technically feasible at all the sites, at varying scales.

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Delivering Materiality and Sustainability Reporting for Guess

Objective Transition towards integrated financial and non-financial reporting. Services Double materiality assessment, refreshed sustainability strategy and full sustainability reporting. Impact Guess understood the significance of material topics and used it to inform its strategic planning process.

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Wind Farms in India

The deficit is being met by stimulating the development of renewable energy technologies (RETS). Wind energy – with a share of 70% of the total supply of RETS energy – has emerged as the winner within the program within recent years. Currently, an estimated 28,000 jobs have been created in the wind energy sector and…

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Landfill Gas Turkey

In terms of waste management, Turkey is working hard towards a landfill policy that meets the EU’s strict standards. The result has been greater levels of controlled waste dumping and recycling, which is a good thing. This project ensures that landfills catering for nonrecyclable materials are fitted with special equipment that turns waste into energy…

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Efficient Cookstoves in Uganda

Over a third of the global population relies on open fires for cooking. This usually happens indoors. These fires produce a lot of smoke, which is dangerous to people’s health. Globally, four million people die from respiratory diseases caused by cooking over an open fire. This is more than the collective death toll of tuberculosis,…

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Biogas project in Cambodia

This offset project invests in making biogas installations available in Cambodia, aiming to increase rural people’s access to a sustainable supply of clean energy. The initiative was established by Cambodia’s National Biodigester Programme, which is a collaboration between the local department of Forestries and Fisheries and SNV The Netherlands. About the project Many Cambodians in…

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Anthesis conducted a bioenergy risk assessment that enabled us to gain a comprehensive understanding of the risks involved in our bioenergy supply chain. They provided us with an insightful analysis and valuable guidance on managing potential risks and we feel well-equipped to take this work forward.”

Catherine Zimmerman, Vice President, Global Environment, Health, Safety & Sustainability, Ingredion

Our Expertise

The Forest Positive team has the tools and expertise to help companies

Gain insight into supply and value chains

We help you to identify and evaluate risks related to conversion, deforestation, and human rights.

Future-proof

We support you to develop responsible sourcing policies, deforestation-free commitments, and science-based targets for climate and nature that meet the current and future demands of investors, customers, and regulatory requirements, such as the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR).

Engage and communicate

We support you to develop monitoring and verification systems, assess results, and communicate progress toward deforestation and conversion-free supply chains.