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Practical Solutions to Mobilize Finance for Sustainable Land-use in Indonesia
Investing in sustainable land use practices, such as regenerative agriculture, [...]
Pulling on all the levers of change at the same time—the GGP integrated approach for sustainable soy, beef and palm oil supply chains
Complex food systems cannot be transformed by piecemeal approaches. The [...]
FOLUR Comes to Indonesia
The global Food Systems, Land Use and Restoration Impact Program (FOLUR) is now starting work in Indonesia following a successful Inception Workshop in Jakarta.
Reducing Deforestation from the Soy Supply Chain: the Story of the Good Growth Partnership
Transformation requires different types of interventions across multiple levels, sectors, and issues simultaneously, addressing supply systems, not just supply chains. That's what the Good Growth Partnership (GGP) and our Integrated Approach have been doing. Building a business case for rehabilitation of degraded land in the Cerrado in order to encourage farmers and companies to expand soy cultivation over degraded land instead of clearing native vegetation has been a key achievement of the GGP.
Reducing Deforestation from the Beef Supply Chain: the Story of the Good Growth Partnership
The GGP has supported the local chapter of the Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef in Paraguay, Mesa Paraguaya de Carne Sostenible (MPCS), to implement a set of national standards for best management practices in the beef supply chain.
Reducing Deforestation from the Palm Oil Supply Chain: the Story of the Good Growth Partnership
The GGP is committed to working with governments, companies, communities and partners, to build on collective experiences, everyday realities, and a shared, strong vision of an ecologically, socially, and economically sustainable future for agricultural commodities.
Practical Solutions to Mobilize Finance for Sustainable Land-use in Indonesia
Investing in sustainable land use practices, such as regenerative agriculture, [...]
Pulling on all the levers of change at the same time—the GGP integrated approach for sustainable soy, beef and palm oil supply chains
Complex food systems cannot be transformed by piecemeal approaches. The [...]
Reducing Deforestation from the Soy Supply Chain: the Story of the Good Growth Partnership
Transformation requires different types of interventions across multiple levels, sectors, and issues simultaneously, addressing supply systems, not just supply chains. That's what the Good Growth Partnership (GGP) and our Integrated Approach have been doing. Building a business case for rehabilitation of degraded land in the Cerrado in order to encourage farmers and companies to expand soy cultivation over degraded land instead of clearing native vegetation has been a key achievement of the GGP.
Reducing Deforestation from the Beef Supply Chain: the Story of the Good Growth Partnership
The GGP has supported the local chapter of the Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef in Paraguay, Mesa Paraguaya de Carne Sostenible (MPCS), to implement a set of national standards for best management practices in the beef supply chain.
Reducing Deforestation from the Palm Oil Supply Chain: the Story of the Good Growth Partnership
The GGP is committed to working with governments, companies, communities and partners, to build on collective experiences, everyday realities, and a shared, strong vision of an ecologically, socially, and economically sustainable future for agricultural commodities.
Policy Reform for Forest Positive Agriculture in Indonesia: the Impact of the Good Growth Partnership
One of the most essential building blocks of sustainable agricultural commodities production lies in policy reform. If the policy environment for valuing and protecting natural ecosystems is weak – or if it is not well enforced – then producers will find few impediments to expanding their agricultural activities into forests, peatlands, and wetlands. The UNDP through GGP hopes to provide essential support and facilitation in this next phase of transitioning to sustainable palm oil production.Please help us to continue this important work.
5 Principles to Transform Commodity Supply Chains – Event Highlights
Violet Baffour UNDP Deputy Resident Representative/Programme in Liberia writes about her Highlights of GGP’s event “An Integrated Supply Chain Approach to Transform Commodity Supply Chains.”
Our Journey Catalyzing Sustainable Commodity Supply Chains
It's been four years since the launch of the Good Growth Partnership. Learn more about the impacts and progress we have made so far.
What can governments do to create forest-positive commodity value chains?
Good Growth Partnership (GGP) Global Project Manager Pascale Bonzom outlines three key actions that governments should take now to facilitate forest-positive outcomes.
The Future is Deforestation-Free
Pascale Bonzom, Global Project Manager for the Good Growth Partnership spoke at an Affiliated Session at the UNFSS Pre-Summit: “A New Model for Agricultural Production: Deforestation-free and Conversion-free Supply Chains” hosted by the Food and Land Use Coalition, the Tropical Forest Alliance and WWF, bringing to the conversation the Good Growth Partnership’s innovative approach to transforming commodity supply chains through integrated collaborative action.
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.
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.