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The Accountability Framework initiative Accelerating progress and improving accountability for ethical supply chain commitments Jeff Milder, Rainforest Alliance June 13, 2019

Companies have committed to eliminating deforestation and human exploitation from commodity supply chains … Forest-related commitments in accountability-framework.org different commodity supply chains 22 April 2019 Source: Tracking Corporate Commitments 2 Palm oil Timber and pulp Soy Cattle General Number of companies to Deforestation-Free Supply Chains, Supply

… the “implementation gap” in supply chain commitments – circa 2017: • Interim milestones are not being met • Definitions, standards and tools have proliferated, but are not harmonized accountability-framework.org • Lack of clarity around requirements and good practices for implementation • Limited monitoring and reporting 22 April 2019 • Lack of common metrics to track progress and performance 3

AFi Steering Group Backbone Team Funded by: Other Partners and Contributors: Working groups who Companies & Representatives of Monitoring, reporting, and led development of producers at all governments, NGOs, service assessment initiatives value chain stages ¡ Framework sections ¡ providers, and other focused on forests & sustainability initiatives ¡ commodities ¡

The Ethical Supply Chain Journey Three stages to eliminate deforestation, conversion, and human rights violations from supply chains 01 02 03 Set Commitments Take Action Demonstrate Progress Develop new commitments or Implement policies and practices to Monitor, document, and report on refresh current commitments fulfill commitments progress in a credible way

Framework structure Core Principles Operation al Guidance (selected examples)

How the Framework is used to accelerate progress and improve accountability • Companies / service providers • Set or refresh strong commitments accountability-framework.org • Develop effective implementation and monitoring systems • Assess adequacy of suppliers’ commitments and control systems • Financial institutions • Industry groups, certification programs, and sector initiatives 22 April 2019 • Reporting and assessment initiatives • Governments (in both producing & consuming countries) 7

The Accountability Framework went live June 12 th ! accountability-framework.org 22 April 2019 Website: Follow us https://accountability- @AcctFramework 8 framework.org

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