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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Bioenergy Supplier Engagement and Deforestation Risk Assessment

Situation Anthesis supported an American Food and Beverage provider in its efforts toward reducing their exposure to key risks within their bioenergy supply chain. Impact Overview of location-based priority risks associated with their biomass sourcing including both physical and socio-political risks. Solutions Nature Situation Anthesis supported an American Food and Beverage provider in their efforts…

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Deforestation-Free Supplier Roadmap for a Global Food and Beverage Company

Situation A Global Food and Beverage company engaged Anthesis to support in developing a high-level no deforestation roadmap for supplier engagement which involved an update and review of its current no-deforestation policies. This engagement was largely driven by the client’s need to comply with the EUDR Deforestation Regulation. Impact These two steps fed into to…

Select EUDR Readiness & Supplier Survey Review for Multinational Life Sciences Company EUDR Readiness & Supplier Survey Review for Multinational Life Sciences Company

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EUDR Readiness and Supplier Survey Review for Multinational Life Sciences Company

Situation A multinational life sciences company—reached out seeking support to amplify its already ambitious No Deforestation commitment and to better understand its potential obligations under the European Union’s Deforestation Regulation.  Impact The analysis, research, and recommendations provided by the Forest Positive team has helped our partner further tailor and adapt its sourcing strategy to better…

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Collaborating with the WWF on Financial Sector Impacts Report

Situation The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) sought to investigate how the UK financial sector impacts deforestation in Asia and Latin America. Impact Solutions Human Right & Social Impact Services Situation We collaborated with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) to write and publish a report regarding the UK financial sector’s role in…

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Reforestation in Tanzania

This reforestation project in Tanzania is set up to combat climate change by replanting degraded forest land. It also contributes to an alternative livelihood for the people in the project area. Climate & Environment Social & Economic Background The project covers two areas: Uchindele and Mapanda forests in the poverty-stricken districts of Kilombero, Morogoro and…

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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.