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Some of what we have been up to...
Equitable Earth: Climate Finance and Ending Deforestation
Equitable Earth: Climate Finance and Ending Deforestation
Equitable Earth: Climate Finance and Ending Deforestation
Heartwood is working with the Equitable Earth Coalition to bring climate finance directly to Indigenous Peoples and local forest communities, through next-generation REDD+ programs. The Coalition is creating a new standard and platform for the voluntary carbon market that is based on equity and community-led projects.
Textile Exchange: Sustainability Standards
Equitable Earth: Climate Finance and Ending Deforestation
Equitable Earth: Climate Finance and Ending Deforestation
Heartwood supported the revision of this leading sustainability standard, based on a systems approach that emphasizes risk managements and a vision for more humane, environmentally responsible and socially just textile supply chains.
ISEAL Alliance: Understanding Landscapes
Equitable Earth: Climate Finance and Ending Deforestation
ISEAL Alliance: Understanding Landscapes
Heartwood worked with ISEAL Alliance to develop guidance on research for landscape-scale initiatives, with the aim to improve impact measurement and transparency around claims.
Aldi: Worker-led Verficiation
Sustainable Food Lab: Sustainable Livelihoods
ISEAL Alliance: Understanding Landscapes
In 2022 and 2023, Aldi piloted an innovative living wage verification process on banana farms. As a core partner, Heartwood built capacity among all actors and facilitated dialogs between worker representatives and farm management.
Sustainable Food Lab: Sustainable Livelihoods
Sustainable Food Lab: Sustainable Livelihoods
Sustainable Food Lab: Sustainable Livelihoods
Heartwood has worked with Sustainable Food Lab (SFL) and several global food and beverage companies to progress toward sustainable agriculture goals, including improving farmers' return on investment (ROI) and resiliency as they apply regenerative agriculture practices.
AIM Progress: Living Wage Playbook
Sustainable Food Lab: Sustainable Livelihoods
Sustainable Food Lab: Sustainable Livelihoods
Heartwood wrote the Living Wage Playbook for AIM-Progress and its members. It is designed as a “how to guide” to help companies build and implement a living wage strategy, whether for their employees, across their suppliers, or both.
IDH: Roadmap on Living Wage
Living Income Community of Practice (LICoP): Guidance
IDH: Roadmap on Living Wage
From 2019-2023, Heartwood worked with IDH on game-changing tools like the Salary Matrix, learning platforms, and multi-stakeholder collaborations to help businesses and certification systems advance on decent wages for workers.
GIZ: Worker Compensation
Living Income Community of Practice (LICoP): Guidance
IDH: Roadmap on Living Wage
Heartwood has worked with GIZ and corporate partners to better understand employment and compensation systems across supply chains, in order to make informed and meaningful investments.
Living Income Community of Practice (LICoP): Guidance
Living Income Community of Practice (LICoP): Guidance
Living Income Community of Practice (LICoP): Guidance
Heartwood Principal, Jessica Grillo, serves on the Technical Advisory Committee of the Living Income Community of Practice (LICoP) and has written papers and guidance for the LICoP including, "Applying the Household Economy Approach to Measure and Address Income Gaps in Agriculture Supply Chains."
Everland LLC: REDD+ Due Diligence
Everland LLC: REDD+ Due Diligence
Living Income Community of Practice (LICoP): Guidance
Heartwood worked with the carbon credit marking company, Everland LLC to create an extra level of due diligence for REDD+ project performance and reporting.
Burton: Civil Society Engagement
Everland LLC: REDD+ Due Diligence
Burton: Civil Society Engagement
Heartwood worked with Burton to develop policy on engaging civil society, as part of their alignment and membership with the Fair Labor Association (FLA)
Impact Buying: Auditor Training
Everland LLC: REDD+ Due Diligence
Burton: Civil Society Engagement
Heartwood developed and delivered content and training programs for Impact Buying Academy, IDH's auditor training partner on living wage verification, building auditors' risk analysis and fact-finding skills to strengthen accountability and trust in results.