CALEB STEVENS AND DIETER BOUMA ASSESSING PRIVATE SECTOR ADOPTION OF NEW INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS ON LAND TENURE

GLOBAL PRESSURE ON LAND Area the size of Madagascar (61 M ha) Impacted by land acquisitions Image: Wakx

NEW INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS FOR COMPANIES Image: Wikipedia International Finance Corporation Performance Standards, amended 2012 Voluntary Guidelines on Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries, and Forests in the Context of Food Security, 2012

SUSTAINABILITY ORGANIZATIONS

PROS AND CONS Fragmented Implementation Challenges Changing Company Norms Strong Protections Covers Major Commodities

NORMATIVE FRAMEWORK 12 COMPOSITE STANDARDS VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES IFC PS 5 AND 7 6 SUSTAINABILITY ORGANIZATION STANDARDS + NY DECLARATION ON FORESTS

“CLaP” DATABASE Database on Company Land Policies and Position Statements N=1062 companies

FINDINGS 79% of companies with no land policy Only 232 out of 1062 companies with a land policy

ALL COMPANIES WITH POLICIES N=232

COMPANIES WITH POLICIES & IN CGF N=23

COMPANIES WITH POLICIES & IN RSPO N=129

COMPANIES WITH POLICIES & IN BONSUCRO N=12

COMPANIES WITH POLICIES & IN RRS N=28

COMPANIES WITH POLICIES & IN FSC N=58

COMPANIES WITH POLICIES & IN EITI N=35

COMPANIES WITH POLICIES & NY DECLARATION N=17

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