The Sustainable Import Guarantee (SIG) is a key recommendation from the Taskforce of the Global Resources Initiative (GRI), an industry-led initiative aimed at enhancing the sustainability of UK supply chains and global trade in commodities. This initiative was formalised through the publication of the Final Recommendations Report in March 2020, which outlined 14 key recommendations including […]

On 11th November 2020, DEFRA published the formal Government Response to the Global Resource Initiative (GRI) Recommendations Report.  The GRI Recommendations Report, published in March, proposed 14 recommendations for how the UK can green its international supply chains and leave a lighter footprint on the global environment, with roles for business, finance, civil society and […]

On March 30 2020, the Global Resource Initiative (GRI) Final Recommendations Report and Executive Summary was published. Efeca led the GRI secretariat, as facilitators and lead authors. The Global Resource Initiative (GRI) aims to ensure that the UK’s global commodity supply chain footprint on land, natural resources and ecosystems is sustainable, avoids deforestation and other […]

As part of the UK’s wider Partnerships for Forests Programme, Efeca was Secretariat to the Global Resource Initiative (GRI), launched by the government in 2019. The ambition of the GRI was to establish the UK as a leader on supply chain sustainability. It sought to ensure that the UK’s global commodity supply chain footprint on […]