On July 3, 2019, during the Annual Meeting of New Champions, the World Economic Forum announced that it will launch a branch of the Tropical Forest Alliance in China.

 

With the potential of China reducing its environmental footprint of commodity sourcing by 55% versus a BAU scenario in 2025, TFA China will support Chinese companies and the government to strengthen President Xi Jinping’s vision of ecological civilization within global soft-commodity supply chains.

 

TFA China is looking forward to participating in the upcoming key events:

- Green Value Chain Business Champions Roundtable, Beijing, March 2020

- CCICED Annual General Meeting, Beijing, May 2020

- Annual Meeting for the New Champions, Tianjin, 202

- UN CBD COP15 Side Event, Kunming, Nov 2020

Initiatives

1. Business Coalition on Ecological Civilization

  • TFA China, in partnership with various NGOs, is building a business coalition among the business champions to shape the agenda of global biodiversity conservation.
  • Sectors include food and beverage, retail, agriculture and extractive industries.

2. Sustainable Soy Trade Platform

  • In partnership with Solidaridad, TFA China is working alongside major soft-commodity traders, both Chinese companies and international companies operating in China to provide advisory review on the pilot implementation of the ‘Soy Guideline Agriculture and Food Institution’ and conduct a public consultation for businesses’ views.

3. Green Value Chains Special Policy Study

  • Initiated by the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development, the aim is to provide policy recommendations to the State Council that focus on reducing deforestation from global commodity supply chains.
  • TFA China is contributing with high-level advisory input as well as private-public partnership opinions through multi-stakeholder roundtable consultations.

Regional Team

Chunquan Zhu

Chunquan Zhu

Head, China Nature Initiatives
Chunquan.Zhu@weforum.org

Yuan Zhang

Yuan Zhang

China Specialist, Tropical Forest Alliance
Yuan.Zhang@weforum.org

TFA Partners

We work with a considerable number of public, private and civil society actors, indigenous peoples, and international organizations to catalyse high-impact partnerships to reduce commodity driven deforestation and build a forest positive future.
AGRI3 Fund
CAOBISCO
Group Casino
Beta Earth
High Carbon Stock Approach
SIPEF
PT Dharma Satya Nusantara Tbk PT
Jeronimo Martins
Eagle High Plantations
Yum! Brands
Aapresid
Alliance for the Preservation of Forests
JBS
ISEAL Alliance
Stockholm Environment Institute
ABN AMRO
eco.business Fund
Ahold Delhaize
The World Bank
Transitions
Unilever
Tropenbos International
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
UN Environment (UNEP)
Walmart
WeForest
Wildlife Conservation Society
Wilmar International Limited
Winrock International
World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)
World Resources Institute
Yara International
World Wide Fund for Nature
Rainforest Alliance
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
Sail Ventures
Sime Darby
Singapore Environment Council
Size of Wales
SNV Netherlands Development
Solidaridad Network
South Pole Group
Zoological Society of London
IDH Sustainable Trade Initiative
State of Edo
Quadriz
SIAT
SOCFIN
The Forests Dialogue
State of Mato Grosso, Brazil
Sustainable Agriculture Network
Terra Global Capital
The Borneo Initiative
The Consumer Goods Forum
The Nature Conservancy
Marfrig Global Foods S.A.
Marks & Spencer
Mars
McDonald’s
Mondelēz International
Musim Mas Group
Natcap Sustainable Solutions
National Wildlife Federation
NEPcon
Nestle
New Forests
OKO Forests
Olam International
PepsiCo
Permian Global Advisors LLP
Poligrow Colombia Ltd.
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Proforest
Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification
PT. Rimba Makmur Utama
PUR Project
PZ Cussons
Touton
The Development Institute
Temasek
World Cocoa Foundation
WARSI
Procter & Gamble
Government of Cote d’Ivoire
Government of Gabon
Government of Ghana
Government of Norway
Government of the Central African Republic
Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Government of the Netherlands
Government of the Republic of Indonesia
Government of the Republic of Liberia
Government of the Republic of Sierra Leone
Government of the Republic of the Congo
Government of the United Kingdom
Government of the United States
Governor’s Climate & Forest Fund
Grupo Éxito
HCV Resource Network
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
Imaflora
Indonesia Business Council for Sustainable Development (IBCSD)
ISCC
Kellogg’s
Kerry Group
Linger Temu Kabupaten Lestari (LTKL)
Government of Peru
Mekon Ecology
Neste
Norpalm
Pecsa
PINUS
OPIAC
Instituto Centro de Vida
IDB
IUCN
Louis Dreyfus Company
Landscape Indonesia
Lutheran World Relief
Ecotierra
EFECA
Environmental Defense Fund
Fauna & Flora International
Fern
Feronia
Financial Access Capital Partners
Forest Stewardship Council
Forest Trends
Forest Carbon
Fundación Natura Colombia
General Mills
Global Canopy Programme
Global Environment Facility
Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)
Golden Veroleum Liberia (GVL)
Golden-Agri Resources
Government of Colombia
Earth Innovation Institute
EcoAgriculture Partners
Daemeter Consulting
Germany
Goldtree Holdings
Conservation International
COFCO International
Carrefour
CDP
Clarmondial AG
Climate Focus
Climate Policy Initiative
SPKS
BVRio Institute
Cargill
Dendra Systems
Code REDD
33 Forest Capital
Asian Agri
Althelia Ecosphere
Amazon Natural Capital Institute
Amigos da Terra – Amazônia Brasileira
Anthrotect
Apical Group Limited
Asia Pacific Resources International Holdings Ltd.
Asia, Pulp & Paper (APP)
Association for Indigenous Women and Peoples of Chad
Association Interprofessionelle de la filière Palmier à huile (AIPH)
Earthworm Foundation
ECO-OIL
EnvolVert
Forest Peoples Programme
Forever Sabah
Government of Cameroon
CIFOR
CIAT – international center for tropical agriculture
Convergence Tech
Ceres
Centre for Ecological and Community Development (CECD)
Belantara Foundation
Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM)
4C Services

Other Initiatives

Find out more about our other Initiatives

Follow Us

The Tropical Forest Alliance is a global public-private partnership in which partners take voluntary
actions, individually and in combination, to reduce tropical deforestation. Follow us below.