Corporate Advisory Services

We provide in-depth assessments to help you understand your company’s supply chain risks including deforestation, and other social and environmental risks. This includes:

• Accountability Framework Assessment (AFI) & action plan
• Nature assessment (determining which of the commodities you source has the biggest impact on nature)
• Deforestation assessment
• Country risk assessment (a sustainable and social profile of one commodity in one specific country)
• Certifications benchmarking
• SBTN preparation – materiality assessment

We can help your company to achieve its sustainable sourcing goals by developing sustainable practices, conducting risk assessments, mapping suppliers, and fostering meaningful relationships with supplier engagement programs. This includes:

• Practices and systems development for sustainable sourcing, such as grievance mechanisms, suppliers’ compliance, traceability, verification, and more
• Supply chain mapping
• Risk assessment on specific supply chains such as palm, cocoa, coffee and coconut
• Suppliers’ engagement programs

Enhance your company’s sustainability narrative with our guidance in developing credible claims and co-creating impactful pitches for key industry events.

• Claims development support
• Joint pitches at key events
• Co-branding and endorsement opportunities

We help companies define bold sustainability targets and craft robust policies, including procurement guidelines, that align with their corporate commitments and stakeholder expectations. This includes:

• Target setting
• Policy development
• Procurement policy development

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Sustainability strategy development

Companies can rely on our expertise to develop tailored sustainability strategies, support compliance with legislation such as EUDR and CSDDD, and build capacity through impactful trainings, enabling them to integrate sustainability across their operations and product development processes.

We can support your company with:

• Sustainability strategy development
• Due diligence plan development
• Capacity building and trainings (for companies and suppliers) on sustainability, human rights, and legislation compliance
• Participation to NGO consultations
• Integrating sustainability into new product development
• Support with sustainability reporting frameworks

We support companies to advance their sustainability programs by deepening their impact in key sustainability issues —including regenerative agriculture, climate mitigation, human rights, and living income—through field-based programs.

We provide a suite of offerings that drive innovative solutions to corporate sustainability challenges:

Field Projects

Tap into innovative investment opportunities across landscapes and multi-commodity projects, aligning field-based actions with your supply chain sustainability objectives.

Project Spotlight:

• Promoting Regenerative Agriculture in Kenya
• Tackling Child Labor in Uganda through Child Education
• Increasing Farmer Incomes in Cote d’Ivoire
• Worker-Led Solutions to Human Rights Issues

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Landscape Investments

The Rainforest Alliance’s Thriving Landscapes program offers innovative ways for companies to meet their commitments while also having a long-lasting positive impact on farm and forest communities.

Project Spotlight:

• Tackling Deforestation & Improving Livelihoods in Indonesia
• Guatemala’s Prosperous & Resilient Landscape

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Supply Chain Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) partnerships

Utilizing Rainforest Alliance’s Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) platform, our skilled global M&E team uses robust fieldwork and data collection to track progress against your company’s KPIs, provide data analysis, and offer improvement intervention suggestions.

Project Spotlight:

• Monitoring & Evaluation with Nescafe
• Partnering with JDE Peets to Improve Farmer Livelihoods