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. The GGP has been working hard to further disseminate and respond to this call with advocacy, training, and advisory work at all levels. 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, raising awareness of these practices with soy farmers, traders, and financial institutions.

Supply chains, as most stakeholders know all too well, are intensely complicated and difficult to understand. The beef supply chain is a good example of this approach, because its tight relationship with the soy supply chain makes beef production even more complicated than many others, and its impact on land conversion and deforestation has far-reaching consequences on biodiversity and ecological stability. 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. Transformation in supply chain systems requires a deep understanding of the interests, concerns, and relationships of all the actors in that system, and ensuring that the benefits of producing more sustainably – and the finance to make that happen – offer an incentive to change.

When global companies set out over 15 years ago to ensure transparency and sustainability in the palm oil supply chain, it quickly became clear that just mapping the supply chain, let alone transforming it, was going to be a Herculean task. Even now, in 2022, corporate giants have not yet been able to eliminate deforestation from palm oil production, despite their best efforts. 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.

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.

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.