Landscape Approaches: Lessons from P4F’s Portfolio on Designing Sustainable, Integrated, and Responsible Practices

This report shares examples of how companies have designed and/or supported approaches to protect forests and ecosystems from across Partnerships for Forests (P4F’s) portfolio. Organised by region, the publication highlights 20 initiatives, with each description including the local context and information on the drivers of deforestation, the interventions made, lessons drawn from these experiences, and the business case for the private sector.

These examples include where incentives for local communities and smallholders to adopt climate smart techniques, protect forests, and participate in multi-stakeholder processes have also led to downstream benefits for the companies involved. These approaches complement many companies’ existing internal processes and sustainability targets and are often specific to the country, context, sector and ecosystem in which they operate. Using the framework from the Tropical Forest Alliance (TFA), Proforest, and World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) Practical Guide on Landscape-Level Initiatives, this report adds real-world cases showing how companies have helped to advance sustainable landscape and jurisdictional initiatives globally.