COFCO International has reached traceability and completed social and environmental screening of all its directly sourced soy from current suppliers in the Matopiba region, by December 2021, an important stepping-stone towards establishing a sustainable soy supply chain in the environmentally sensitive region.

FOLUR is a $345 million initiative supported by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) that seeks to transform the global food system by promoting sustainable, integrated landscapes and efficient commodity value chains. The World Bank (WB), leader of FOLUR Impact Program Global Platform, has appointed the Good Growth Partnership to bring its assets, experience and network to support the work of the new Platform.

Eliminating deforestation from supply chains means changing a complex system which includes companies, financial institutions, and governments. Monitoring and evaluating progress in projects that target these elements is challenging because strategies and goals tend to shift quickly and so project objectives are overtaken by events.

The first five years of implementing the Good Growth Partnership. Read more about the Programme's assets, results, experiences and learnings.