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The Soy, Beef and Palm Oil Toolkits: Supporting Companies to Source Responsibly
Demanding that companies have strong commitments to source soy responsibly isn’t enough, if companies don’t have the capacity to implement it through their supply chains. A blog written by Jane Lino, Deputy Director at Proforest.
Good Growth Conference 2021: Moving from defense to offense in changing systems for sustainable commodity supply chains
The 2021 edition of the Good Growth Conference virtually took place from May 24 to 28, bringing together over a hundred of change makers to learn about System, Community, and Individual Transformation for Sustainable Commodity Supply Chains.
Why the Integrated Supply Chain Approach from the Good Growth Partnership is a Food Systems Game-Changer
Good Growth Partnership Global Project Manager Pascale Bonzom addressed the Danish National Summit Dialogue and explained how GGP’s Integrated Approach would be a game-changer in meeting food systems challenges, particularly in deforestation-free value chains.
Listening to Local Voices on Sustainable Palm Oil in Liberia
Liberia's sustainability efforts are progressing with the formation of a National Interpretation Working Group for the RSPO's global Principles and Criteria to guide the production of sustainable palm oil in the country.
Virtual Conversation: Business Action In and Beyond Supply Chains
During Climate Week NYC, the Good Growth Partnership in partnership with The Consumer Goods Forum and the Tropical Forest Alliance convened this virtual conversation.
Supporting a Resilient, Sustainable and Green COVID-19 Recovery in Brazil, Indonesia, Liberia and Paraguay
Presenting four research papers on the role of the Good Growth Partnership in supporting countries build back greener.
The Soy, Beef and Palm Oil Toolkits: Supporting Companies to Source Responsibly
Demanding that companies have strong commitments to source soy responsibly isn’t enough, if companies don’t have the capacity to implement it through their supply chains. A blog written by Jane Lino, Deputy Director at Proforest.
Good Growth Conference 2021: Moving from defense to offense in changing systems for sustainable commodity supply chains
The 2021 edition of the Good Growth Conference virtually took place from May 24 to 28, bringing together over a hundred of change makers to learn about System, Community, and Individual Transformation for Sustainable Commodity Supply Chains.
Why the Integrated Supply Chain Approach from the Good Growth Partnership is a Food Systems Game-Changer
Good Growth Partnership Global Project Manager Pascale Bonzom addressed the Danish National Summit Dialogue and explained how GGP’s Integrated Approach would be a game-changer in meeting food systems challenges, particularly in deforestation-free value chains.
Listening to Local Voices on Sustainable Palm Oil in Liberia
Liberia's sustainability efforts are progressing with the formation of a National Interpretation Working Group for the RSPO's global Principles and Criteria to guide the production of sustainable palm oil in the country.
Supporting a Resilient, Sustainable and Green COVID-19 Recovery in Brazil, Indonesia, Liberia and Paraguay
Presenting four research papers on the role of the Good Growth Partnership in supporting countries build back greener.
Time to Put Good Evidence to Good Use
One year since the launch of Evidensia, the go-to source of credible evidence on key sustainability issues.
Virtual Conversation: Business Action In and Beyond Supply Chains
During Climate Week NYC, the Good Growth Partnership in partnership with The Consumer Goods Forum and the Tropical Forest Alliance convened this virtual conversation.
Year three: highlights from the Good Growth Partnership
It's been three years since the launch of the Good Growth Partnership. Learn more about the impacts and progress we have made so far.
Year two: highlights from the Good Growth Partnership
It's been two years since the launch of the Good Growth Partnership. Learn more about the impacts and progress we have made so far.
Year one: highlights from the Good Growth Partnership
It's been one year since the launch of the Good Growth Partnership. Learn more about the impacts and progress we have made so far.
Good Growth Partnership aims to put Liberia’s palm oil sector on a sustainable path
Agriculture Minister, Mogana Flomo emphasized the government’s commitment to ensuring that Liberia’s pristine forests are protected as the country moves to improve livelihoods and the economy.
Sustainability heavyweights take aim at environmental impacts of soy, beef, palm oil
A new effort is aiming to minimize the environmental impacts of soy, beef and palm oil — by bringing together some of the world’s most significant players in sustainability.
Speech: Indonesia’s Deputy Minister for Food & Agriculture on the importance of ‘good growth’
Today we discussed and saw how other countries, developing countries, are able to grow their economies and establish good systems that can bring two interests together.
Panel Discussion: Catalysing Systemic Change in Agriculture Commodities
Achieving systemic, sectorial transformation in beef, palm oil and soy will require integrated action on multiple levels. What can help to deliver this sectorial transformation and what may get in the way?
Video: The Launch of the Good Growth Partnership Launch
Every now and then, a consortium of actors becomes a touchstone in a community. Our hope is that this Partnership could indeed be the touchstone that so many are looking for.
Panel Discussion: How to balance social, economic and environmental priorities
The pursuit of social and economic development is a vital priority for governments as they seek to reduce poverty and enhance the quality of life for their citizens. How do we manage situations in the development of the beef, palm oil and soy sectors where these objectives may come into tension with the needs of environmental conservation?
Video: Achim Steiner at launch of the Good Growth Partnership
Agriculture in the 21st century is fundamental, it’s foundational to our very existence, and ironically it has also become one of the greatest threats to a sustainable future.
CEO of the Global Environment Facility, Naoko Ishii, addresses launch event
In GEF’s view, business as usual conservation doesn’t work anymore. We need to depart from that thinking
[The GEF] How finance can reduce deforestation
Paul Hartman acknowledges in this blog the connection between agriculture and tropical deforestation and the key role of the financial sector in removing deforestation from commodity supply chains.
Climate change: could sustainable agriculture be the silver bullet we are looking for?
When we, the global community, are confronted with mounting and seemingly overwhelming challenges, it’s often difficult to know what to tackle first.
Liberia agriculture ministry launches new program to tackle deforestation
The Ministry of Agriculture, with the support of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), and Conservation International (CI) officially launched the Good Growth Partnership (GGP) in Liberia.
[The Guardian] Companies’ ‘zero deforestation’ pledges: everything you need to know
The UN has just launched the Good Growth Partnership, a four-year project led by the UNDP’s Green Commodities Programme aiming to transform the soy, beef and palm oil supply chains to meet SDG goals around poverty alleviation and tropical deforestation reduction.
[La Nacion] ‘Para alimentar al país, alimenten al bosque,’ nativo paraguayo en la ONU
Paraguay participa del lanzamiento de la Alianza para el Crecimiento Sólido del Programa de Green Comodities del Programa de las Naciones Unidas.
[Jakarta Post] UNDP launches program to improve sustainability of palm oil production
The UN has just launched the Good Growth Partnership, a four-year project led by the UNDP’s Green Commodities Programme aiming to transform the soy, beef and palm oil supply chains to meet SDG goals around poverty alleviation and tropical deforestation reduction.