Independent report

Global Resource Initiative taskforce: Final recommendations report 2020 and Finance report 2022

The Global Resource Initiative (GRI) taskforce considered how we can reduce the climate and environment effects of key UK supply chains.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 18 July 2019
• Last updated: 8 July 2022 — See all updates

Documents

Global Resource Initiative: Final recommendations report - executive summary

PDF, 1.27 MB, 10 pages

Global Resource Initiative: Final recommendations report

PDF, 6.08 MB, 30 pages

Global Resource Initiative: Terms of Reference

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Global Resource Initiative: Finance report

PDF, 785 KB, 32 pages

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In 2019, as part of the UK’s 25 Year Environment Plan, the government established an independent Global Resource Initiative (GRI) taskforce to advise on the UK’s role in growing the international trade of sustainably produced commodities and protecting and restoring the global environment.

Sir Ian Cheshire has chaired the GRI taskforce in this work and it has comprised representatives of UK and international business, finance and civil society.

The taskforce considered actions the UK can take to green its international supply chains and leave a lighter footprint on the global environment. They have published their final recommendations report, which included 14 recommendations under the themes:

• setting out a strategic pathway
• driving demand for sustainable commodities
• aligning collective global action and finance
• accelerating change and tracking progress

Other related materials can be found on the Partnerships for Forests website.

GRI finance report

In May 2022 the GRI taskforce provided a further report which complements the original recommendations and considers the role of the financial sector in reducing global deforestation.

Next steps

The government will continue to deliver on the taskforce’s initial set of recommendations, as set out in the government response, published in November 2020. This includes a range of domestic measures, as well as an active programme of work with international partners, for example a focus on halting and reversing forest loss as part of the UK’s COP26 presidency.

Published 18 July 2019
Last updated 8 July 2022 + show all updates

1. 8 July 2022

   Added the GRI taskforce finance report, which complements the original recommendations and considers the role of the financial sector in reducing global deforestation.

2. 30 March 2020

   Added the final recommendations report and executive summary.

3. 18 July 2019

   First published.