How does WWF cooperate with stakeholders to achieve responsible sourcing and production?
We promote dialogue as a starting point to engage industry, environmental and social groups, and to develop criteria for responsible production and better practices for agriculture and plantations.
In 2009, such criteria were developed to reduce the negative impacts of soy production on the environment and on people. Meanwhile, WWF supports the
Basel Criteria, a set of "pioneer" criteria for more responsible soy production.
What is WWF asking industrial stakeholders?
- Recognize that their activities can cause environmental damage and social problems, and commit to doing something about it
- Identify which of their products include palm oil/soy, and to what extent
- Promote good practices by engaging in the international roundtable discussions and start sourcing responsibly
In order to improve their sourcing practices, businesses have the option to ask for soy that is produced according to the
Basel Criteria.
What are our priorities?
We work to ensure that soy plantations:
- do not threaten High Conservation Value Forests (HCVFs)
- are managed according to sound environmental practices
- deliver positive social impacts
- are developed under appropriate regulatory frameworks
- operate transparently
On the financial side, we try to eliminate incentives for soy production that lead to the conversion of natural habitats, and misguided investments that support environmentally destructive conversion.
To achieve these results, we collaborate with:
- governments,
- producers, investors, retailers
- NGOs and research centres
from around the world to develop responsible forest management and land use plans for where - and how - plantation expansion may take place.
Where does WWF work?
Our geographic priorities are driven by threatened ecoregions, large units of land or water with a distinct group of species and environmental conditions.
In these ecoregions we focus on a range of ecosystems, such as freshwater bodies and wetlands, to shield them from the impacts of irresponsible land use.
WWF doesn't just focus on palm oil and soy - our efforts to protect biodiversity from expanding agriculture also include our Agriculture and Biodiversity Initiative.
What else if WWF doing to reduce the impact of forest conversion?
