EFECA

Organisation type: Business, Consultancy
Year Founded: 2009
Headquartered : Bournemouth & Dorchester, Dorset, UK
Key Commodities: Timber, palm oil, soya, coffee, rubber, sugar, coconut and cocoa
Organization Website: www.efeca.com
Special note: Have received a recommendation from Neil Scoland as being real player

Efeca provides independent, pragmatic and solution orientated advice on responsible sourcing, sustainable trade and use of forest and agricultural commodities. Working with both public and private sector clients globally to instigate change in the legal and sustainable production and consumption of these commodities. Efeca work at the interface between private and public sector, on policy development, implementation, monitoring and reporting.

Projects & Highlights:
Efeca is a partner in the UK government’s Department for International Development (DfID) Partnerships for Forests programme.
They are leading the UK support to the Amsterdam Declaration
Efeca was the UK government’s Central Point of Expertise on Timber, Palm Oil and Woodfuel (CPET)
The work private sector (Kingfisher Plc, the Home Retail Group, Samsung, SAB Miller and Unilever) to ensure their suppliers comply with their company agricultural commodities procurement policy