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

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

3. 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

4. SUSTAINABILITY ORGANIZATIONS

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

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

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

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

9. ALL COMPANIES WITH POLICIES N=232

10. COMPANIES WITH POLICIES & IN CGF N=23

11. COMPANIES WITH POLICIES & IN RSPO N=129

12. COMPANIES WITH POLICIES & IN BONSUCRO N=12

13. COMPANIES WITH POLICIES & IN RRS N=28

14. COMPANIES WITH POLICIES & IN FSC N=58

15. COMPANIES WITH POLICIES & IN EITI N=35

16. COMPANIES WITH POLICIES & NY DECLARATION N=17

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