Forests are the lungs of our planet, essential to healthy ecosystems and vital to the livelihoods of billions. Yet, due to unsustainable agricultural practices, illegal logging, and rapid development, we are losing forests at an alarming rate—undermining biodiversity, carbon storage, and local communities.
From 2001 to 2023, the world lost 488 million hectares of tree cover—a 12% decline since 2000. In 2023 alone, putting global efforts to achieve the no-deforestation by 2030 goal set at COP26 further off track. This loss presents a risk of increasing global annual emissions, contributes to biodiversity loss, and directly threatens the future of forest communities.
Transitioning to a sustainable forestry model is critical. But for businesses with complex global supply chains, achieving a Forest Positive future—where forests are protected, restored, and sustainably managed—can be a significant challenge.
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).
As part of a Forest Positive approach, reforestation and afforestation initiatives are essential to restoring degraded landscapes, enhancing biodiversity, and increasing carbon sequestration. Anthesis supports clients in designing and implementing these nature-based solutions as part of their broader sustainability commitments.
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.
Utilising leading tools and resources to identify critical deforestation related risks within supply sheds, and actions to convert those risks into opportunities.
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.
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.
Engaging with suppliers through training, data collection, and policy alignment activities.
Assisting partners in developing and/or utilising monitoring and verification systems to detect challenges and assessing and communicating progress internally and externally.
The Forest Positive team has the tools and expertise to help companies
We help you to identify and evaluate risks related to conversion, deforestation, and human rights.
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).
We support you to develop monitoring and verification systems, assess results, and communicate progress toward deforestation and conversion-free supply chains.
We help you restore and regenerate forest ecosystems, and improve sourcing relationships with communities and suppliers.
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