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Protecting fragile ecosystems means finding a way to create value for people without sacrificing nature. This is too complex a challenge for any one company, commodity supply chain, NGO, or government to handle alone.
To secure a future for natural resources and the people who rely on them, collective action and collaboration are critical – we need to go beyond the bounds of individual supply chains.
This is why we work in high-value landscapes across the globe to support local and international stakeholders in constructing pathways for regenerating lives and nature, building supply chain and farmer resilience, and achieving the goals of responsible sourcing.
Over the past 25 years, Earthworm has witnessed the power of collective action. We develop scalable solutions that meet local needs and drive global change by working directly with farmers and communities and partnering with our members, donors, governments, and local organisations.
Local, Indigenous, and traditional communities with strengthened rights to self-determination
farmers improving their resilience
individuals with improved work and living conditions
of key ecosystems protected from conversion and degradation
of key ecosystems under restoration or with enhanced ecological values
of farmland under regeneration
companies implementing ‘No Deforestation, No Peat and No Exploitation’
companies with ‘Traceability to Plantation’
companies that adopt good labour policies to protect workers’ rights
In a world where the demand for traditional forest products persists alongside the emergence of newer alternatives, the pressing question of balancing sustainable production with forest landscape preservation looms large. How do we ensure that ecological, social, and carbon values remain intact while meeting demand?
We approach landscapes holistically, working in an integrated manner on sustainability and responsible sourcing across clearly defined sourcing areas, collaborating with key stakeholders from the private and public sectors, farmer associations, and civil society in each landscape.
In particular, we believe it is critical to leverage market connections and work with all different commodity sectors in a landscape to drive transformation. Only by working together with other actors can progress be made.
Regenerating supply chains is about restoring soils and forests. We work at the roots of the supply chain with farmers, local communities, governments, and partners to create regenerative agricultural practices, economic prosperity, and protect and conserve forests, thus creating replicable cases of change in sourcing regions. We work according to the following principles:
Field Presence
A strong field presence with embedded local staff that build relationships of trust with other actors to drive transformation.
Local Ownership
Building local capacity and participatory governance ensures long-term sustainability and independent transformation.
Data-driven
Data-driven impact measurement is deployed to assess change and communicate it.
'What dos a 90% deforestation-free supply chain mean? It means 10% of your supply chain is still linked to deforestation. But that's just a figure on a report. But concretely, what does that mean?'
Some of our Supply Chain Analysis team members speak about combining Starling (our satellite monitoring solution we co-developed with Airbus) and supply chain data to help supply chains of large companies prioritise forest protection and conservation actions with their suppliers across various raw materials.
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Forests are vulnerable because farming communities are vulnerable. We put farmers and workers in their rightful position at the heart of the supply chain and use their knowledge to help agriculture adapt to changing climates or better coexist with fragile ecosystems. Improving agricultural practices can improve the livelihoods of farmers, workers and their families.
