Tackling deforestation and conversion and identifying business opportunities using the DCF implementation Toolkit

How the Toolkit can Help Your Organization

The Deforestation and Conversion Free (DCF) Implementation Toolkit is designed to support companies and financial institutions of all sizes with their unique needs. Explore how our proven framework can help your organization meet its targets.

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How Companies and Financial Institutions are tackling deforestation

Discover how leading companies and financial institutions are implementing innovative strategies with support from the Toolkit to tackle deforestation and conversion

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Establishing an implementation plan for a Global Food Sector Holding

  • The Deforestation and Conversion Free (DCF) Implementation Toolkit has helped the global food sector holding establish a robust DCF commitment aligned with the Accountability Framework Initiative (AFi)

  • With a commitment in place, the organization also developed an Implementation Plan based on the template with Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-Bound (SMART) milestones year over year.

  • The Implementation Plan provides a progress reporting structure for the company regarding commitments to all critical stakeholders.

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Global retailers are engaging critical suppliers to achieve deforestation and conversion free commitments

  • After conducting a DCF assessment and developing an Implementation Plan, a global retailer brand realized the need to engage critical suppliers to meet its commitment.

  • The retailer supported private label suppliers to assess their own practices and to define a clear plan of how to achieve DCF commitments.

  • The DCF initiative is supporting the retailer’s response to global legislation and to achieve defined commitments.

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Banks determine financial agreements focused on halting deforestation and conversion

  • A global bank with a DCF commitment has supported a client to develop and execute an Implementation Plan based on the DCF Implementation Toolkit to halt deforestation in its supply chain.

  • The DCF Implementation Toolkit helped define KPIs for a DCF-linked loan with incentives to achieve DCF commitments.

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Global investors analyze deforestation in South America with soy and beef companies

  • A group of global investors, concerned about material risks, requested traders and food companies with operations in South America to respond to the DCF Implementation Toolkit evidence-based assessment.

  • The assessment provided investors an in-depth assessment of companies’ engagement on supply chain deforestation management

  • Investors required companies to provide detailed, time-bound Implementation Plans to address gaps in reaching their commitments. The DCF Implementation Plan template provided suggested quantitative and qualitative milestones over time and further provided structural engagement with companies on deforestation.