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Rainforest Alliance 2017 Annual Report landscapes. The merger will directly affect our The Rainforest Alliance sustainable agriculture work—by creating a A MILESTONE YEAR stronger, more impactful sustainability INTRODUCING works to conserve certification system—and it will ultimately strengthen the Rainforest Alliance’s mission OUR NEW CEO biodiversity and ensure We knew at the outset that 2017 would be a delivery in vulnerable regions and production milestone year. After all, it was our 30th anni- landscapes globally. sustainable livelihoods versary—an opportunity to reflect on what we Upon completion of the merger in January have accomplished over a remarkable three- At the heart of everything we do is our commit- 2018, Han de Groot, the former executive by transforming land- decade span and inspire our partners and staff ment to the farmers, workers, forest communi- director of UTZ, became CEO of the new as we greet new challenges and opportunities ties, and indigenous people we’re working with Rainforest Alliance. Han has dedicated use practices, business ahead. to build a more sustainable future. They are the his career to sustainable development, life force of our mission. overseeing the rapid growth of UTZ since Rainforest Alliance practices, and consumer But 2017 turned out to be more momentous 2010, leading Oxfam Novib’s work in than we’d imagined: In June, the Rainforest In the following pages, you will meet some mem- Eastern and Southern Africa, and working behavior. Alliance leadership signed a letter of intent to bers of our family and learn about their incredi- for the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, merge with UTZ, a Netherlands-based inter- ble achievements over the past year. They, along Nature and Food Quality. He is now based national program and label for sustainable with the rest of us in the Rainforest Alliance in the New York office. farming. We officially completed the merger at family, thank you for being such an invaluable BOARD OF DIRECTORS (through 2017) the beginning of 2018. part of our alliance. Your dedication, partner- Daniel R. Katz, Chair ship, guidance, and generous support are vital Roger Deromedi, Vice Chair 1 Wendy Gordon, Vice Chair We initiated this unprecedented merger to to improving our work on the ground. We look Peter M. Schulte, Treasurer scale up and accelerate our efforts to address forward to our continued collaboration. Labeeb M. Abboud today’s most urgent challenges: climate change,

Tasso Azevedo 2017 Annual Report Marilú Hernández de Bosoms deforestation, food insecurity, and social Seth Cohen inequity. While both the Rainforest Alliance Sonila Cook and UTZ have already driven significant Daniel Couvreur Laura Kirk transformations across commodity sectors and Peter Lehner landscapes, the imperative to evolve, innovate, Lawrence Lunt and scale up is clear. Together, we will be in a Count Amaury de Poret David S. Ross far stronger position to rejuvenate agricultural Eric Rothenberg landscapes and conserve forests; foster sus- William Sarni tainable livelihoods and build climate resilience Kerri A. Smith Annemieke Wijn across vulnerable regions; and transform business practices, drive supply-chain innovation, EMERITUS BOARD MEMBERS and engage consumers in positive change. Nigel Sizer Daniel R. Katz Adam Albright Henry P. Davison, III President* Board Chair Patricia Scharlin From Guatemala and Ghana, to Indonesia Martin Tandler and beyond, we will carry out this work in the Alan Wilzig *Nigel Sizer transitioned to his new role as Chief Program Officer world’s major forest frontiers and production in January 2018, upon completion of our merger with UTZ. WE ARE THE RAINFOREST ALLIANCE

Our alliance reaches Rainforest Alliance far and wide across

the globe. In the 16 Carmelina Martínez

2017 Annual Report following pages, we 22 Álvaro Alvarado Melanie Bayo 10 profile members of our 13 Giri Kadurugamuwa 2 3 extended family who Nadège Nzoyem 19 2017 Annual Report bring our mission to life in 7 Edwin Vásquez 25 Fransiska Dewi critical tropical hot spots. Their work to transform Rainforest Alliance agriculture and conserve

high-value forests Reiko Enomoto 4 delivers tangible climate benefits to the rest of the world. took charge of the videography and invited our Madagascar national coordinator, who “If training was as fun REIKO speaks both Malagasy and French, to direct the farmers-turned-actors. The team com- as watching a salsa pleted shooting and editing in just two weeks ENOMOTO and premiered the first episode at the weekly dancer, everyone movie night to great excitement—including plenty of affectionate laughter among villagers would watch it. If it upon seeing their fellow farmers in their new, Our globe-trotting A description of the on-screen roles. The weekly movie night was was as fun as listening devoted to subsequent episodes over the next training manager brings person goes here and few months—reinforcing important sustain- to piano music ability practices, not just to farmers, but also to Rainforest Alliance an artist’s approach to here and here and right their wives, children, and neighbors. composed on the

sustainability education. here as well This ingenuity is Reiko’s hallmark, and it has spot, no one would fall defined how she has tackled the challenge presented to her when she first joined the asleep.” 2017 Annual Report After traveling by plane, 4x4, boat, and foot Rainforest Alliance staff in 2009: to elevate the for three days to reach a remote cocoa-farming quality of our training programs across Africa, village in Madagascar, Rainforest Alliance agri- Asia, and Latin America. Given the sheer scale 4 cultural trainer Reiko Enomoto pondered the of our agriculture work, Reiko has developed 5 puzzle she must consider at the outset of every an engaging, “no-lecture” training methodolo- project: how to teach farmers about the com- gy, complete with linguistically and culturally plexities of sustainable farming in an engaging, appropriate materials, for other trainers to use 2017 Annual Report Worldwide Region, Country memorable way. She learned that most of the across more than 20 countries. farmers in this particular village were com- pletely illiterate, and the area is so remote that Reiko applies a bespoke approach to every she wanted to leave behind a solid, non-textual region she visits. She spends the first several Rainforest Alliance CARMELINA training tool to be used in subsequent years. days staying with farmers and watching how Her “aha” moment came when she learned that they work. She consults with local farmers and the village leader turns on a generator every trainers to decide on suitable, frugal solutions MARTINEZ Saturday night to power the community’s single to their challenges (a used chicken cage or an television for its regular village movie night. old metal barrel can be repurposed for storage organizers, for example). Once she determines Reiko quickly enlisted the help of the villag- the precise sustainability improvements that ers to produce a Rainforest Alliance movie are needed in that particular area, she develops series, devoting each of its 16 episodes to one a set of visual training materials and interactive aspect of the sustainability standard used methodologies that local trainers and farmers for Rainforest Alliance certification. Reiko continue to use long after she has gone. The materials she has created over the years are now part of a training toolkit with more than 500 assets, from videos and lively anima- EDWIN tions, to illustrated posters and guides. And this toolkit continues to grow and adapt to changing times; the most recent addition is an VÁSQUEZ online training course with 21 video sessions in five languages, available for download on our new mobile farmer app. All told, hundreds of thousands of farmers have received Rain- An indigenous leader forest Alliance training that is based on Reiko’s materials and methodology, which boast the is forging a new flair of this once-professional salsa dancer and Rainforest Alliance piano composer who speaks 11 languages (five partnership with the of them fluently). Rainforest Alliance to There is a simple, powerful conviction at the heart of Reiko’s work: that learning can and cultivate sustainable 2017 Annual Report should be fun. “If training was as fun as watching a salsa dancer, everyone would watch it,” forest economies across she said. “If it was as fun as listening to piano 6 music composed on the spot, no one would fall the Amazon. 7 asleep.” 2017 Annual Report Rainforest Alliance

Perú of them, still live from their culture and their “As indigenous traditions.”

people, we make Communities organized around these forest- friendly economic activities have proven to be use of our natural powerful defenders against the ever-present threats of illegal logging and industrial mining. resources—but we do To this end, COICA and the Rainforest Alliance have entered into a landmark partnership that it sustainably, without leverages indigenous expertise and leadership networks to scale up a collaborative model of laying waste to our sustainable economic development that the Rainforest Alliance developed in partnership Rainforest Alliance Amazon.” with forest communities in Guatemala and the Madre de Dios region of the Peruvian Amazon. The efficacy of this model is supported by a scientific study released by RAISG** on the eve of the the November 2017 Bonn Climate Con- 2017 Annual Report In November 2017, a delegation of indigenous ference. The study analyzes 15 years’ worth of and rural leaders traveled throughout Europe data and concluded that deforestation rates under the banner #GUARDIANSOFTHEFOR- are 80 percent lower in indigenous territories 8 EST, meeting with officials, environmental and conservation units than outside those 9 NGOs, and youth groups in several cities. They areas. ended their tour in Bonn, Germany, with a clear message for the world leaders gathered there As indigenous groups across Latin America adequate information about the market, so for sustainably harvested timber sold there; a That’s why the indigenous struggle is so import- 2017 Annual Report for the UN climate conference: the leadership and Asia regain rights to their ancestral lands, they’re easy prey for middlemen—they end up three-fold increase in the price that Brazil nut ant: where there is indigenous resistance, there of indigenous people is critical to the success of linking their sustainable enterprises to the practically giving away their products. But if harvesters receive from their buyer; the launch is resistance in defense of the life of the planet.” the Paris Climate Agreement. global marketplace is key, said Edwin, who is a we have information about markets, not only at of the community’s own brand of gourmet Huitoto from the Loreto region of the Peru- the international level but also at the local and Brazil nut products; and access to financing for Indeed, cultivating sustainable indigenous Rainforest Alliance “As indigenous people, we make use of our natu- vian Amazon. This is one of the principal aims national level, that will allow us to circumvent sustainability improvements. These impacts economies creates benefits far beyond the ral resources—but we do it sustainably, without of COICA’s collaboration with the Rainforest these intermediaries and sell our products have all contributed to a marked decline in Amazon, said Edwin. “What we’re proposing laying waste to our Amazon,” said Edwin Alliance. “Many of our communities don’t have directly,” said Edwin. deforestation in Tres Islas, an area that had as an indigenous network is that we are able Vásquez, the general coordinator of COICA*, a previously suffered one of the highest rates in to live as we’ve always lived—from our tradi- federation of indigenous Amazon communities The Rainforest Alliance has a long track record the Amazon. tions—and that we can create an indigenous (and Rainforest Alliance partner) that partici- of success in working with indigenous commu- economy, living sustainably from our land, as pated in the bus tour. “For example, we know nities in the Amazon Basin to create sustain- Roberto Espinoza of AIDESEP, Perú’s fed- we always have—not just for our survival, but how to harvest the fruits of plants that grow * La Coordinadora de las Organizaciones Indígenas de la able livelihoods. In the Tres Islas community eration of indigenous people (and a member for everyone’s.” Cuenca Amazónica in the wild—camu-camu, cocoa, Brazil nuts—as in Perú’s Madre de Dios region, for example, of COICA), sees the indigenous struggle for well as timber, without disrupting nature’s ** Amazon Network of Georeferenced Socioenvironmental support from the Rainforest Alliance led to a self-determination as one that benefits every- Information, a consortium of civil society groups across balance. Indigenous people, or the majority the Amazon 480 percent increase in per-board foot income one. “The environmental crisis is very grave. for more than a decade. After several years as the first accredited Sustainable Agriculture “It’s not difficult MELANIE Network auditor in the country (and the first accredited woman auditor in all of Africa), to bring everyone she left auditing to concentrate on training BAYO farmers and is now a key Rainforest Alliance in the same place implementation partner. Today, she conducts climate-smart sustainable agriculture training for discussion. for cocoa farmers on behalf of the Rainforest A sustainable agriculture Alliance, working with smallholders to boost It’s working for the resilience and productivity of existing crop- partner has dedicated land, plant shade trees, and reduce hunting and sustainability, poaching in the nearby protected national for- Rainforest Alliance her life to improving est. She also manages key Rainforest Alliance working for social landscape-conservation initiatives to improve cocoa farming in a region farmer livelihoods and stop forest encroach- stability, helping vulnerable to climate ment in the Taï National Park region. farmers.” 2017 Annual Report In Côte d’Ivoire, the world’s number one A major part of Melanie's job is to design train- change. cocoa-producing country, the farm-forest ing that changes the core beliefs of farmers boundary is where complex macro- and micro- vis-à-vis their cultivation methods. And in gen- 10 economic forces collide. While the rush to eral, she said, the farmers she has trained have 11 produce cocoa, an important cash crop that been eager to learn and willing to change. But accounts for nearly 30 percent of the country’s there are a few points in the Rainforest Alliance GDP, has spurred economic growth for a nation Sustainable Agriculture Standard* that she had 2017 Annual Report recovering from civil war, it has also served as difficulty in conveying at first. the impetus for deforestation by a thousand small cuts. Among the country’s 800,000 cocoa “Some farmers would have timber permits farmers who struggle with drought, changing and earn extra money from selling the trees Rainforest Alliance Côte d’Ivoire growing seasons, aging trees, poor soil quali- they cut,” she said. But Melanie and her team ty, and pests and diseases, farm expansion is worked hard to show farmers the benefits of widely seen as the most direct way to increase standing trees, including higher-quality cocoa, yields and income. Between 1975 and 2013, more organic compost, reduced soil erosion, Côte d’Ivoire lost 60 percent of its once-dense better moisture retention, and a more stable tropical forests. One study found that in seven micro-climate. Over the years, the farming of its protected areas, forests have undergone a nearly 90 percent conversion to cocoa.

Agronomist Melanie Bayo has worked at the crossroads of agriculture and deforestation * Formerly the Sustainable Agriculture Network Standard communities Melanie and her team worked with have planted 10,000 shade trees. GIRI Melanie said that farmers also initially resisted the encouragement to stop hunting forest an- imals to supplement their diets under difficult KADURUGAMUWA living conditions—until the ebola crisis flared in neighboring countries. “Once we made the connection between bushmeat and ebola, we had no problems,” Melanie said. Our Sri Lanka field

In addition to conducting trainings to farmers partner is on a relentless all over Côte d’Ivoire, running a sustainable Rainforest Alliance agriculture organization, and raising triplets, mission to stop forest Melanie is the founding director of CEFCA*, the Rainforest Alliance’s key sustainable agricul- encroachment. ture partner in West Africa. In that capacity, she served as an important voice in the recent 2017 Annual Report revision of the sustainable agriculture standard used for Rainforest Alliance certification, working with Ivorian farmers, government officials, 12 and other stakeholders to collect feedback and 13 incorporate it into the revision.

Reaching consensus among such a varied group 2017 Annual Report of stakeholders might seem intimidating to Sri Lanka some, but Melanie approaches the task with an aplomb perhaps only known to mothers of triplets. “It’s not difficult to bring everyone Rainforest Alliance in the same place for discussion. It’s working for sustainability, working for social stability, helping farmers.”

* Centre d’Études, Formation, Conseils et Audits who heads the Rainforest Alliance’s ground operations in Sri Lanka, has already trained more “[Farmers] can stop than 30,000 tea farmers since 2012; he is quite unfazed by the additional 60,000 smallholder forest encroachment farmers slated for training in the near future. and even expand the “I want to get these smallholders to be responsible farmers who do good agricultural practices,” forest cover. That’s my said Giri, whose own organization, the Alliance for Sustainable Land Management, is a valued goal, and when I see Rainforest Alliance partner. “In our trainings, we tell farmers that by managing the weeds their faces, I am very [with herbicide-free methods], you can greatly Rainforest Alliance reduce pesticide use and increase productivity. happy.” They can stop forest encroachment and even expand the forest cover. That’s my goal, and when I see their faces, I am very happy.”

2017 Annual Report Sri Lanka, a country devastated by the 2004 Giri’s approach to training is at once scientifi- tsunami, has taken significant steps in recent cally informed and socially strategic. He laid the years to fight climate change with sustainable foundations for our work in Sri Lanka by first 14 agriculture. In the face of formidable threats— training the managers of successful tea estates 15 deforestation, soil erosion, and water pollution in the Adam’s Peak highlands. He converted from toxic agrochemicals—the government and several managers into true believers who now of positive impact data supporting our sustain- bushes now, a better spread of branches, and every fruit-bearing tree and kill all men aged 18 private sector have turned to the Rainforest sing the praises of integrated weed manage- ability methods—emphasizing the financial more crop as a result. I have started educating and over—in retaliation for the Uva–Wellassa 2017 Annual Report Alliance to help safeguard the future of Ceylon ment: improved soil health, drought resistance, benefits of long-term soil health. And then he the adjacent farms in the village. My earnest Uprising of 1817–1818. After successfully tea, which accounts for 19 percent of the higher yields, and cost savings achieved by gets the farmers out into the tea fields for a request is to spread this practice among all the alleviating the farmers’ water problems with global tea supply. Getting the nation’s 450,000 phasing out chemical herbicides and fertilizers. hands-on, interactive demonstration to show smallholders.” this method, an additional 1,800 wells were smallholder tea farmers, who grow 73 percent Those same managers now co-host Giri’s train- them how to implement the methods. created with the support of a government sub- Rainforest Alliance of the nation’s export crop, to adopt sustain- ings for the smallholder farmers who supply tea The urgent threat climate change poses to Sri sidy scheme and international funding. able farming methods is a high priority for the to the estates, taking special measures (serving “My weed-management cost has been cut down Lanka’s people is certainly one of Giri’s central government, conservationists, and industry tea with Sri Lankan sweets, for example) to con- drastically, and I have noticed my soil becoming motivations. So too, however, is healing the de- There is a simple axiom that guides Giri through groups alike. vey to the farmers that they are valued partners. black in the entire estate,” said smallholder struction wrought by British colonials upon this his professional life and keeps him focused in farmer Saman Udayakumara, who has applied once-lushly forested island. In 1984, he enlist- the face of massive challenges. “We must leave Training such a vast number of farmers in sus- A natural-born educator, Giri becomes espe- climate-smart methods from Giri’s training for ed a small group of farmers to dig wide, shallow a better world for the future generations to tainable farming methods and persuading them cially animated in the presence of farmers. He two years. “This land is very rocky, and there wells (about 26 ft./8 m in diameter) for each come,” Giri said. “That is the responsibility of to stop using agrochemicals they’ve depend- commences every training with a brief lecture were times we stopped work due to prolonged other in his home province of Uva, which has every human being.” ed on for decades would seem a formidable emphasizing the critical role farmers play in droughts. Today it’s just the opposite, we were suffered a prolonged and severe water crisis mission to even the most seasoned field expert. conserving forests and biodiversity. For small- the only estate to continue plucking this year since the British Empire ordered its soldiers to Yet tea-industry veteran Giri Kadurugamuwa, holder trainings, he then presents a plethora during the drought. We can see healthy tea destroy all its reservoirs—as well as chop down Carmelina Martínez Hernández grew up with- in a stone’s throw of one of the world’s most “I want to know what CARMELINA magnificent forests, in the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve in Campeche, México—a UNESCO projects my ejido has World Heritage site. Yet the 18-year-old stu- MARTÍNEZ dent knew little about the ecosystem on which going, what resources her community’s economy depended—and little more about the Calakmul ejido in which it has, and what I can A young member of a she grew up. do for it.” Ejidos, communally owned tracts of land often forest community took used for sustainable forestry businesses, are key to forest conservation efforts in southern Rainforest Alliance part in a Rainforest México. But like Carmelina, most young ejido residents lack a solid understanding of their Alliance training initiative cooperative’s inner workings—and more impor- tantly, of the employment opportunities the eji- designed to reverse the dos can offer to the next generation. As a result, 2017 Annual Report young ejido residents have been migrating to important thing to know is what path they took trend of rural-to-urban other parts of the country to seek work, taking in order to get to where they are.” with them the youthful energy and innovative 16 migration and cultivate spirit needed to maintain and strengthen the Carmelina and her cohort also visited the 17 forest enterprises that sustain the community. field many times, walking through the forest, the next generation of measuring trees to assess their carbon-capture For the last year Carmelina, along with a core potential, and conducting scientific studies—cal- 2017 Annual Report conservationists. group of 20 young people from local ejidos, culating the average number of seeds in a ma- participated in a Rainforest Alliance education hogany tree, for example, or employing different initiative to reverse that trend. They have taken methodologies for measuring trees. Getting to part in more than 200 hours of community for- know these ecologically precious forests was Rainforest Alliance estry workshops, meeting experts in the field poignant for her. On one excursion, the group and learning about various opportunities—from spotted a king vulture, an impressively huge traditional forestry jobs to potential niche em- bird that can grow to be 32 inches (81 cm) tall. ployment in areas that appeal to young adults, Yet Carmelina said she was even more moved like technology and social media. by the mere act of walking through the verdant, hushed forest—a first for her as a town-dweller. México Carmelina was often first in line to interview experts with her notebook in hand. “I met many, One of the sites Carmelina and her group visit- many experts, from engineers to scientists to ed was Ejido Caoba, which sustainably manages farmers to beekeepers,” she said. “It taught 167,500 acres (about 67,800 ha) in Quintana me that we can all be experts—but the most Roo. This year, the Rainforest Alliance and local NADÈGE NZOYEM

Our Central Africa manager knows that

people are the key to Rainforest Alliance forest conservation. 2017 Annual Report

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partner UNDP/CONAFOR* helped facilitate a stalled sustainability certification efforts. Be- ejidos must engage young people like Carmeli- 2017 Annual Report mahogany sale that changed the ejido’s entire tween the three ejidos, almost 234,000 acres na and give them good reasons to stay in their Cameroon economic outlook. We linked the ejido to an (94,600 ha) of forest are now being managed communities. Today, thanks to the Rainforest international buyer that paid three times what according to the strict conservation regulations Alliance’s forestry education program, she sees local buyers had been paying per unit. The of the Forest Stewardship Council. a future for herself in Calakmul. “Because of Rainforest Alliance increased revenue—US $173,000, a significant everything we experienced in this workshop— bump for a community of this size—motivated From a conservation standpoint, well-organized better said, in this family—I have been able to the ejido to purchase sorely needed harvesting ejidos provide a powerful defense against the understand who I am and what I want in the equipment, marking a major shift to community pressures that drive deforestation: poverty, am- near future,” she said. “I want to know what ownership of the means of production and a biguous land rights, and a lack of community en- projects my ejido has going, what resources it self-sustaining business model. The sale has gagement. As Ejido Caoba and other groups with has, and what I can do for it.” also had a ripple effect throughout the region: whom we work improve their business practices, nearby ejidos have begun to receive higher they strengthen their position as defenders of prices for their mahogany, all because of the the forests that are so central to their livelihoods. market signal sent by Ejido Caoba’s success, * United Nations Development Programme/Comisión Na- and three large ejidos nearby revived their To stay strong over the long term, however, cional Forestal (National Forestry Commission of México) the human side of conservation. She knows that in eight community forests on sustainable timber in order to conserve the ecologically precious Nzoyem’s strength harvesting and mobile sawmilling—activities forests of the Congo Basin—a still largely intact that help keep profits in the communities and expanse of tropical rainforest second only to the is understanding reinforce the value of healthy forests. Amazon in size—people in the region must be able to earn a decent living through sustainable the human side of Nadège has a special passion for empowering activities. That can be a complex undertaking. women. She organized a training for women conservation—rural from five different communities so that they “Communities here often depend on more than could learn to process the fruit of the njangsang one commodity or sector for their survival,” she people must be able tree, as well as maintain the machines that ex- says. “In Cameroon, for example, they extract tract its seeds, which are widely used in cooking. timber, cultivate cocoa and other crops, and har- to earn a decent living Proper upkeep of the equipment leads to better vest non-timber forest products, such as nuts and more efficient extraction of the seeds, Rainforest Alliance and seeds.” That’s why Nadège works to share through sustainable which can then be sold locally, giving the women both farming and forestry strategies that boost a measure of economic independence. the villagers’ earning potential and climate activities. When Nadège Nzoyem was a little girl resilience while protecting forests, wildlife, Corinne Moser, the Rainforest Alliance's senior growing up in western Cameroon, she loved waterways, and soils. manager for the region, said Nadège has earned 2017 Annual Report listening to her uncle, a renowned forest a sterling reputation in the forest communities engineer and agronomy teacher who regaled The Rainforest Alliance developed this integrat- for her work ethic and integrity. “They respect her with stories from the field. When it came ed conservation approach in collaboration with forest communities across the tropics—always her because she keeps her word. People know 20 time for Nadège to choose a career path for with a focus on improving sustainable economic that a commitment by Nadège is followed by 21 herself, she had little doubt about what she opportunities that incentivize natural resource action.” wanted to do—even though forestry was, and conservation. It’s a remarkably successful still is, a male-dominated field. “I want to be like model: In the forest concessions of Guatemala’s Nadège spends a good portion of her time in 2017 Annual Report you,” she told her uncle. Maya Biosphere Reserve, for example, com- the office, but she loves going out into the field— munities we have been working with for 20 even when it means dealing with a skeptical Today, Nadège is a nationally recognized expert years have built thriving forest-based econo- man. She recounted one forestry training in in community forestry who currently oversees mies—and as a result, the deforestation rate has which “one man became irritated, saying that Rainforest Alliance the Rainforest Alliance’s work with rural com- plummeted to nearly zero. he already knew how to fell a tree,” she recalled. munities in Central Africa. In Cameroon, she “But after the training was over, he thanked us. ‘I has strengthened conservation efforts across In Cameroon, thanks in large part to Nadège’s thought I knew everything,’ he said, ‘But now I 12 community forests that cover about 74,000 leadership, forest communities are reaping finan- see that things are changing, and we can always acres (30,000 ha) and are home to some 10,000 cial rewards from this approach, too. The Rain- learn something new.’” Nadège was delighted people. Over the past five years, as these com- forest Alliance focuses on two clusters of com- that he came around. She added with a laugh, munities have taken control of forest harvesting, munity forests that border protected areas in the “I was also glad I didn’t spend four hours travel- they have doubled their timber income. country’s southern region—one that’s adjacent ing there for nothing!” to the Campo Ma’an National Park and another Those who know Nadège say that one of her that’s near the Dja Biosphere Reserve. In the Dja, greatest strengths is her keen understanding of Nadège recently held trainings for young people the Atlantic coast, and La Amistad International Park, a World Heritage site that protects the “Our main business ÁLVARO largest area of undisturbed highland water- sheds and forests in southern Central America. here isn’t growing

ALVARADO “I loved the place and loved what the farm was bananas; our main doing,” said Álvaro. He dedicated his life to his new home, working his way up from the field business is producing to become the sustainability manager at the A farm manager ditched 680-acre (275 ha) Platanera Río Sixaola. The biodiversity, fresh air, farm, founded by German immigrant Volker the American dream Ribniger in 1989, has become an internationally and stronger soils.” renowned model of sustainability. for a wildly successful Rainforest Alliance “We are located in a privileged place, so we conservation experiment. are doing everything we can to conserve it for future generations. That means that our main business here isn’t growing bananas; our main 2017 Annual Report Twenty years ago, Álvaro Alvarado Montealto business is producing biodiversity, fresh air, and left his hometown in Rivas, Nicaragua, where stronger soils,” said Álvaro, 53. With the energy he had just finished serving as mayor, to chase of a teenager and the encyclopedic knowledge 22 the American dream. On his way to the United of a scientist, he explained the farm's exhaus- 23 States, he went to visit his relatives in Bribri, tive sustainability practices to protect soil the capital city of Talamanca canton in Costa health, local waterways, and wildlife. Rica, near the Panamá border. The region is 2017 Annual Report Costa Rica home to Costa Rica’s largest population of Field workers employ selective manual weed- indigenous people and some of its most import- ing, rather than using toxic herbicides, allowing ant forests. ground cover to nourish the soil and help it retain moisture. “Soils love the ground cover. You Rainforest Alliance Álvaro never made it to the United States. can find much life in here,” said Álvaro, sinking In fact, he never left Bribri. his hands into the dirt to expose the many in- sects underneath. “Soils are the main assets we On his uncle’s recommendation, he visited the have as farmers, and we can’t afford to destroy local banana farm, Platanera Río Sixaola—one them.” The farm even produces its own organic of the first two Rainforest Alliance Certified™ bio-ferments and vermicompost. farms in the world—and immediately secured a job as a field worker. “I found a home here,” he Álvaro’s pride and joy: the 30,000 native trees said, surveying the verdant expanse nestled be- planted throughout the farm, among the ba- tween the Gandoca Manzanillo Refuge, which nana plants. Río Sixaola is already 100 percent contains the only intact mangrove swamp on carbon-neutral, and its staff is now building a huge biological corridor to connect the plantation with its 230-acre (93 ha) second- ary forests. In addition, a melina wood forest FRANSISKA provides wood for shipping pallets, and forest buffer zones protect local waterways and neighboring forests. The goal is to have a total DEWI of 70,000 trees that provide refuge and food to local fauna, including 72 different native and endangered animal species he monitors with hidden cameras. As our Indonesia field

Álvaro rattled off a dizzying list of conserva- coordinator trains tion projects he supervises with his infectious Rainforest Alliance enthusiasm: bat “hotels,” the solar energy that farmers in climate powers 100 percent of farm operations, biode- gradable bags to cover the banana bunches, a resilience, she studies the natural pesticide made with chili and garlic to replace chemical pesticides on all but the most way they live in harmony 2017 Annual Report badly infected plants, a water-monitoring project for local streams, an environmental educa- with nature. tion program at the local school, an apiary, and 24 a biotech laboratory to grow beneficial fungi 25 and nitrogen-fixing bacteria for the crops.

“We want to show the world that you can grow 2017 Annual Report bananas while conserving and even restoring forests. And you can also take care of your workers, your community, your people. It costs us a lot of money but buyers and consumers Rainforest Alliance know what they are getting and supporting Sulawesi, Indonesia when buying our bananas," he said. Ever since she was a teenager, Gusti Ayu years, we have expanded our work in Southeast “I moved from Bali to Fransiska Dewi has been singularly focused on Asia in response to urgent conservation challenges. climate change resilience and environmental Sulawesi to do this job, health. She won a spot to study environmental Today 457,000 acres (185,000 ha) of farmland issues with an NGO in her native Bali, In- across the region are currently Rainforest and I basically give my donesia, and went on to obtain a bachelor’s Alliance Certified™, with 75 percent of that degree in environmental science and an M.A. in land managed by smallholders. That makes life to it. But it doesn’t environmental and community land planning training in best agricultural practices vitally at the State University of New York, Syracuse. important. As part of the project that Fransiska feel like work because But even with years of rigorous study under her leads, cocoa farmers learn that commonly used belt, Fransiska said she has learned the most synthetic fertilizers contribute to the green- I love what I’m doing.” from the cocoa farmers she works with as a house gas emissions that cause climate change; Rainforest Alliance field coordinator in Sulawe- as an alternative, they use organic farm waste Rainforest Alliance si, Indonesia. for composting. Likewise, they use mahogany leaves and other medicinal forest plants to “They are a living example of how to help both naturally combat pests and diseases. Other the Earth and the community. I truly learn so climate-smart strategies include planting cover much from them,” she said. “They take only Studies suggest that Indonesia’s climate, which crops to help improve soil health and retain 2017 Annual Report what they need, rather than pushing to achieve has already warmed significantly, will continue moisture, as well as digging trenches to funnel optimum production at the expense of local to become more extreme in the coming years— away excess rainwater. ecosystems. It's an indigenous way of thinking." with water shortages likely to affect South 26 Sulawesi (a province of the island of Sulawesi, While Fransiska is extremely serious about 27 As a field coordinator focused on climate, Fran- where Fransiska often works). Drought can sharing climate resilience techniques, she siska trains the cocoa farmers in climate-smart weaken cocoa trees, thereby making them characterizes her interactions with farmers and agricultural methods that build their farms’ susceptible to pests and diseases that are their families as joyful. “We always have a lot 2017 Annual Report resilience to drought, shorter rainy seasons, already affecting new regions as global of laughs because of our misunderstandings— and severe weather events. temperatures climb. Farming techniques that there are a lot of differences in languages and work in harmony with nature are especially customs across Indonesia. And many farmers critical on the southern tip of Sulawesi, one of love to sing! It’s so fun to listen to them.” Fami- Rainforest Alliance the Earth’s biodiversity hotspots—and that is lies often invite her to stay with them at the end why the Rainforest Alliance is doing intensive of a long work day. “They treat me as a daughter, climate resilience training in the region. which I find flattering.”

The Rainforest Alliance has been working in It’s all-consuming work, but Fransiska doesn’t Indonesia since the late 1990s, first through mind. “I moved from Bali to Sulawesi to do this forestry certification (assisting large-scale job,” Fransiska said, “And I basically give my life industrial firms to make their timber harvesting to it. But it doesn’t feel like work because I love practices more sustainable), and more recently, what I’m doing.” in agriculture, one of the primary drivers of deforestation in the region. Over the past several Alstom Foundation Panaphil Foundation Zachary Cassidy David Grill Harold Miller The Susan Sarandon Charitable Foundation Mike Brinkmeyer The Benevity Community Impact Fund Ellen and Eric Petersen J. Cederholm Janet Grossman and Howard Mechanic Adrian Mojica John F. Swift Bristol-Myers Squibb BHP Billiton Foundation Tom Plant / Plant Family Environmental Geoffrey Chen Birgit and Grant Grundler Nova and Roy Molina Ana Paula Tavares and Andres Rosen Stephanie and Shanan Byous FUNDERS Charles R. O’Malley Charitable Lead Trust Foundation Leslie Choong Katherine and Robert Haas Enrico Moretti Lee and Norelle Tavrow S. Campagna Yvon Chouinard Michael Radomir The Chris and Melody Malachowsky Family Karen L. Hagen Natali Morris Julie Taymor Susan Carey Alex Cohen Polly and Kenneth Rattner Foundation Happy Earth LLC Alan Mozzini Ted and Ruth Johnson Family Foundation Todd Carpenter Comic Relief UK Richter Farms Ciao Napoli Pizzeria, Inc. William Helman Colette Mullenhoff TerraCycle Denmark Nabi Chowdhury CONTRIBUTIONS craigslist Charitable Fund (CCF) The Robert P. Rotella Foundation Dan Claessens Hazel and Michael Hobbs My Buena Vida LLC The Thomas R. And Deborah A. Davidson Christian Christensen $1,000,000 & ABOVE Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund Laura and David Ross Climate Ride Mary W. Hoddinott Names in the News Foundation Joanne Cirocco Global Environment Facility (GEF) (CEPF) Kerri and Drew Smith Laurie Conley Benjamin House NEPCon Timothy’s World Coffee® / Green Mountain Timothy Cliffe The Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF), a David and Katherine Moore Family The Sternlicht Family Foundation, Inc. Sonila and David Cook Charles P Howard Network for Good Coffee Roasters, Inc. Hayyim Cohen member of the IDB Group Foundation Fund Laney Thornton / Flora L. Thornton The Copham Family Foundation Leona Hubatch Liana K. and Gebhard Neyer Julian Tokarev Keith Counsell United Nations Environment Programme Emilia and Amaury de Poret Foundation Carla Corwin Jeffery Jens Lisa Nix United Way of the Bay Area Steve Creasey (UNEP) Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Towards Sustainability Foundation Camilo Cuartas Jere Lowell Barnhart 2009 Revocable Trust Amber Olson and Giovanni Testino Goran Visnjic Crossroads Community Farm United States Agency for International Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Christine Curtis Phillip Johnson Lida Orzeck Kenneth Vogel Ian Crowley Development (USAID) Jerome L. and Thao N. Dodson Program of the Toyota Motor Janis Totham-Davies and Ronald Davies Thad and Suzanne Johnson Morgan Page Callae Walcott-Rounds and Ed Rounds Alice Valder Curran and Charles Curran The World Bank Group EarthShare Corporation Praveen Dayalu Edward M. Juda Adele F. Paynter Martha Wales Matthew Davies The Eric and Joan Norgaard Charitable TUI Care Foundation Alyce Denier and Richard Handal Michael Julian Mercedes Paz Anne Lee Walter Sheryl and Doug Dawson Rainforest Alliance Trust United Kingdom Department for Gregory DePasquale Juniper PTC Alex Pena Diana Wege and Tim Sherogan De La Cour Family Foundation Frances Lear Foundation International Development (DFID) Walter Dewar Harriett Karkut Caleb Pollack James Weidner Margaret Decker CONTRIBUTIONS Mary Kay and Gene Gardner Universal Music Group Augusta and David Dowd Jeanie and Murray Kilgour Allen Presseller Harvey Weiner Robert Diebold $100,000 – $999,999 General Mills, Inc. United States Department of Agriculture Wena W. Dows Laura Kirk Martin Prince Magnes Welsh Joan Diggs Anonymous German Federal Ministry for Economic (USDA), Forest Service Kathleen C. Doyle Beth Kirkhart Julie Pryor and Keith Housman Laura Wilhoit Matthew Dixon Rachel and Adam Albright Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Annemieke Wijn and Helmut Detken Helen M. Dunlap James Klosty Leslie and David Puth William and Karen Tell Foundation Kyle Dobbs 2017 Annual Report Convergence Blended Finance, Inc. Wendy Gordon and Larry Rockefeller Andrew Ehrlich Courtney Knott Thomas O. Randon Leslie Williams BreeAnne Doehring The David and Lucile Packard Foundation Harry Michael Dudte Trust Michael Ekblad Nobuhisa Kobayashi responsAbility John Winn James K. Donnell Roger and Sandy Deromedi The Houser Foundation Ellis Family Foundation Pamela Kohlberg Eleanor and William Revelle David Winters Conor DuBois Ford Foundation Annie Hubbard and Harvey M. Schwartz CONTRIBUTIONS Suzanne B. Engel Carl W. Kohls RF|Binder William Wozencraft Sara Eckhouse 28 Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation International Center for Tropical $1,000 – $9,999 Margaret English Barbara and Jim Korein Robert W. and Amy T. Barker Foundation Penelope and Philip Wright John Eder 29 Marilú Hernández and Luis Bosoms Agriculture (CIAT) Anonymous (6) Veronique A. Oomen and Leendert Jan Kristen Kresge and Labeeb M. Abboud Dana Roberts and Lou Gemunden Grace Yu and Nikolas Makris Ruairi Edwards The International Fund for Agricultural International Climate Initiative (IKI) of the Omar Abboud Enthoven Christine Leas David Roberts Jennifer Egan Development (IFAD) Federal Ministry for the Environment, Jessica Adelman Dennis Esposito Leon Lowenstein Foundation / Kim Raymond Roccaforte Donn Ellerbrock ISEAL Alliance Nature Conservation, Building and Sridhar Adurti Karen Evans Bendheim The Robert Owen Bussey and Ellen Levy Lee Emerson 2017 Annual Report Maggie Lear and Daniel R. Katz Nuclear Safety (BMUB), Germany Joke Aerts Evergreen Fund of the Community Catherine and Clay Levit Bussey Charitable Fund CONTRIBUTIONS Frances Kate Ewer Lawrence and Victoria Lunt International Institute for Tropical Garrett Albright Foundation of New Jersey Mike Levy Ron Beasley Fund $500 – $999 Michael Fein McDonald's Germany Agriculture (IITA) The Anderson Fund Foundation Everyday Hero George Lewis The Royal Society for the Protection of Alexander Elementary School Catherine Fellerman Millennium Challenge Account – Indonesia Japan International Cooperation Agency Michele Arnold Laura Fetzner Linden Trust for Conservation Birds (RSPB) Gregory Alexander Rich Ferreira (MCA-I) (JICA) Margaret Ashforth Sandra C. Finn Wilson Liu and Xiaolin Zhang Lenore Ruben Andrea and Richard Amend Lloyd P. Fetterly The Spray Foundation Sarah Kennedy Audubon Society of Kalamazoo Anne Ford Lila L. Luce Ommeed Sathe Fiorella Arredondo Carol Fitzgerald Rainforest Alliance The Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH) Elysabeth Kleinhans Ayudar Foundation Franklin Philanthropic Foundation Tom Wallace Lyons Joerg Schleicher Linda Avery Colleen Fitzpatrick Symantec Corporation The Lark Foundation Joseph Baribeau Fuller Family Trust M. House Family Fund at The San Diego David and Lori Schnadig Tasso Azevedo Margaret Flaherty United Kingdom Department for Anne Leone and Daniel Ludwig Mary Jo and Douglas Basler Josiane Gabel Foundation Helen and Richard Schneider Marilyn Bailey Tessa Flores Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Lilly Pulitzer Shari and John Behnke Beau Gage Tom Maguire Peter M. Schulte Theodore Bechrakis Christina Folds (Defra) Catherine A. Ludden and Eric B. Kenneth Berger Lani Galetto William Maillet John S. Schwartz Judith Biancalana Lynne Freeman United Nations Development Programme Rothenberg Shiva and Brad Berman Gairel Gandrud Diane Makley Christine Semenenko Carol Bishop Lionel Friedberg (UNDP) Daniel Maltz Betty A. Lewis University Environmental Mary Garton Tara Marchionna and Timothy Messler David Shapiro BNY Mellon Community Partnership Emily Friend W.K. Kellogg Foundation The Mancheski Foundation, Inc. Charitable Trust Michael Geci Linda Matthews Eleanor Sherrard-Smith Sharon Bolles and David Raynolds Mitchel Fromm Mitsubishi Corporation Foundation for the Bloomberg LP Barbara Gibbs Maynard P. and Katherine Z. Buehler Silicon Valley Community Foundation Joseph Boone Diana and Andrew Frost Americas Lisa Bogut Elizabeth Ginsberg and Robert Weinstein Foundation Fund Patricia Simpson Jan Booth Ellen K. Fujikawa Nature's Way Robin Boyer Melisa Giuffrida Richmond Mayo-Smith Liz and Greg Sparks Janet Bowen Martin Gaehwiler CONTRIBUTIONS Nedelman Family Fund Valerie Brackett and Nikolaos Monoyios Barbara Gordon Anne S. and Brian K. Mazar Sten Stemme John Bradley Bill Galioto $10,000 – $99,999 The Orchard Foundation Lisa Brenskelle The Granat Family Foundation Quentin McMullen Frances W. Stevenson The Bridgewater Fund Inc. Katy Gill Anonymous The Overbrook Foundation Jerry Burns Phyllis Green and Randolph L. Cowen Meridian Institute Stockton Group Brimpton Church of England Primary Jonathan Glaser School GlobalGiving Glenn McKinstry David Siegal Nestlé Nespresso S.A. Lawrence and Victoria Lunt Barbara and Jim Korein IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS La Aldea de la Selva Lodge Cathy Goolsby Barbara Meyer Pamela Siegel Teekanne GMBH & Co. KG Mars, Incorporated Jennifer Kouvant A Peace Treaty La Selva Amazon Ecolodge & Spa Gail Gorlitzz Marilyn Miller Peter Sills Unilever Richmond Mayo-Smith Kristen Kresge and Labeeb M. Abboud Adnan Kelana Haryanto & Hermanto Lilly Pulitzer Kristen Grauer Mary Miller Maureen O. Smith Nestlé Nespresso S.A. Eric Kretschman David Altmejd Robert Longo Green Farms Academy Gosia Mitros Susan Snowdon Olam International Ltd. La Minita AMResorts Richmond Mayo-Smith Stuart Greenbaum Edward Mockford Ronald and Sharan Soltau O’Melveny & Myers LLP Ken Landis Arias & Muñoz McDermott, Will & Emery LLP Keiko Greenstein Robert Moore Steven Spiegel COLLABORATORS AT ORIGIN Laura and David Ross Kate Lear and Jonathan LaPook Arthur Murray Dance Studio Microsoft Corporation Grupo Ferroso, S.A. Michael Moreno Bernard Spitzer $10,000 – $99,999 Rothfos Corporation Peter Lehner Barnes & Noble Booksellers Miranda & Amado Abogados Kevin Grzebielski Benjamin Moss Vivek Sriram Confiseur Läderach AG Peter M. Schulte H. W. Lutrin BDS Asesores Jurídicos Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas) Cherry Hartig Melanie and David Mustone Michael Steffen Dunkin' Brands Inc. Lise Strickler and Mark Gallogly Nancy Mayer The Best Bees Company Mariko Mori Meredith Hartley Nicolas Newcomb Suzi Steingruber Evergreen Packaging, Inc. Robert McBride Bissinger’s Handcrafted Chocolatier The Myriad Restaurant Group Mark Hill Linda Nietman Sarah B. Stewart IKEA Supply AG McDonald's Corporation British Airways Tessie Nedelman Alik Hinckson Darrah Noble Ellen and Daniel Strickler Kimberly-Clark Foundation Mendocino Redwood Company, LLC Cecily Brown Nestlé Nespresso S.A. Alex Hixenbaugh Joyce and Roger Nussbaum Grace Sundman Kirin Holdings Company EVENTS Mother Parkers Tea and Coffee Bufete Aguirre Soc. Civ. New York Philharmonic Margaret Hodgkins Kirstin Olsen Guy Symondson Mars, Incorporated $500 – $9,999 Nedelman Family Fund C.F. Martin & Co., Inc. Now Amber Puerto Vallarta Resort Eric Holmes Optiver US LLC Cathy Taub and Lowell Freiberg New Britain Palm Oil Ltd. Anonymous Neenah Paper Inc. Calfee Design O’Melveny & Myers LLP Ann Hunter-Welborn and David Welborn Siegfried Othmer Bradley Tepaske Procter & Gamble Company Appvion, Inc. David Newman Camp Twin Creeks Patagonia, Inc. Shari Hyman Andrew Michael Parrucci Rebecca Tobojka Staples, Inc. Len Aronica Holly and Dieter Nottebohm Candle 79 Paul Hastings LLP Rainforest Alliance Jane Illades Sachin Patel Barbara J. Tomasovic Balzac Brothers Olam Specialty Coffee Charleston Coffee Roasters PEAK South America Robin Ingersoll Gregory Pavelka Michael Toner Bank of America Merrill Lynch Paula Perlis Clearwater Paper Corporation Plantas y Flores Costa Rica Flower Farms Jambo International Matthew Pfile Vanessa Torti and Mark Wallace Bettys & Taylors of Harrogate Ellen and Eric Petersen Clif Bar Proskauer Susan Iverson Cari Pierce Kristin Tow EVENTS Patrick Burke PUR Projet Cole Haan Inc. Puerto Bemberg Bronwyn and Mark Jarvis Sue Plumley Emma Trejo and Douglas Bender $10,000 & ABOVE Caribou Coffee Ramboll Environ Covington & Burling Quartino Bottega Organica Jewish Community Day School David Porteous Joanna Tucker Anonymous Don Carter Reunion Island Cozen O’Connor The Red Cat 2017 Annual Report Mary Kay Jeynes Anne Powell Erika Tull Allegro Coffee Company Colombian Coffee Federation Steve Rosenberg Marty Curtis, Artisan Coffee Group The Republic of Tea Peter Jordan Richard Pratt The UK Online Giving Foundation AMResorts Daniel J. Couvreur Rodolfito Rothschild The Daily Show with Trevor Noah RF|Binder Judy M. Judd Steven Rabinowitz Miho Urisaka APRIL Group Katie Danziger Hélène Roy Damian West Salon Roastmaster OpenCup K T Lavinia Recordati Valerie Wilson Travel, Inc. Barry Callebaut AG Emilia and Amaury de Poret Deborah and William Ryan Dentons Muñoz (Costa Rica) Rosewood Mayakoba 30 Pankaj Kanwar Jeremy Reichmann Duane Vander Pluym Beef Passion Laura di Bonaventura and Frits van S&D Coffee & Tea Mark Dion Roslyn Ruiz 31 Sallie Kirchhoff Arthur G. Rice Mark Waddoups Blommer Chocolate Company Paasschen Rob Salomon Karen Dodds Theresa Savarese Candace Klein-Loetterle Sara and Eric Richelson Justin Walker Bloomberg LP Jason Duffy Richard Schnieders Domtar Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker Helen Knode Ross Richer Ricki Weinberger Bradford Soap Works, Inc. Catherine Fazio Isabelle and John Silverman Bill Drummond Lulu Shen Douglas Knowles Beth and Keith Richtman Howard Weiss C.F. Martin & Co., Inc. Forest Stewardship Council Kerri and Drew Smith Eagle Creek Thomas Sheridan 2017 Annual Report Brent Kobashi Patrick Riley William Wellman The Central National-Gottesman Mrs. Karl Fossum SRI Executive Search Limited Ecoventura - MV Origin Linda Smithers, Daterra Coffee Joel Koplos Forrest Rode Carole Whitehead Foundation Jonathan Foster Tara Summers-Hermann Equinox Fitness Clubs Taller Maya & Fundación Haciendas del Justin Kosmides Laura Rosenfield Jacob Williamson Chiquita Lisa M. Giunta Leslie Sutton Fairmont Mayakoba Mundo Maya Margaret and Tad R. Kramar Andrew Rostaing Stephen Van R. Winthrop Clearwater Paper Corporation Givergy Inc. Richard Tan Mrs. Karl Fossum Teadora Beauty Corbett Kroehler Edmond Rube Gretka and Ralph Wolfe Clif Bar Dawn and Brian Gonick Cathy Taub and Lowell Freiberg Fragomen Global Chris Theibert Shihyu Kuo Tracey and Daniel Rubin Elsa Wood CMPC Eugene and Emily Grant Brad Thompson Franny's Restaurant Fred Tomaselli Rainforest Alliance Lake City We Act Mary M. and William H. Russell Gerald Woods Talia and Seth Cohen Mary and Luc Hardy Lori Unruh Snyder Garcia & Bodan Tom’s of Maine Diane Lamb Sandra Russell Betty Wrigley Columbia Forest Products The Hilaria + Alec Baldwin Foundation Toby Usnik Goldman, Sachs & Co. Elodie Victoria Krista Lanzer Jill and Bryan Rutledge YourCause, LLC Trustee for Roger and Sandy Deromedi InterAmerican Coffee, Inc. Esther van der Wal González Calvillo, S.C. Victorinox Swiss Army Hyung-Il Lee Joseph Salgado PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Domtar Intercontinental Coffee Trading Jasper Van Santen Google, Inc. Cynthia Wellins Shelah and Jonathan Lehrer-Graiwer Sanky Communications Helen Zenon Frank A. Dottori Iroquois Avenue Foundation Molly Vollmer April Gornik Sidney S. Whelan, Jr. Sean Lew Elena Sansalone and Jan Van Meter Fibria John Irwin Guillaume Weegner H&M White & Case LLP Debbie Lewin Kirk Scarbrough Wendy Gordon and Larry Rockefeller The J.M. Smucker Company Annemieke Wijn and Helmut Detken The Hermitage Club Katie Wicks Barbara and Ken Lin Judith H. Schindler Marilú Hernández and Luis Bosoms Debra and Steve Joester Alan Wilzig Holland & Knight LLP Wilbur Curtis Co. Stephanie Liu Renata and Jack Schwebel COLLABORATORS AT ORIGIN Elysabeth Kleinhans Anne Kenan WithumSmith+Brown, PC Hotel Café Jinotega Yolanda Williamson The Longmont Community Organization John Scott $100,000 & ABOVE Lavazza Jeanie and Murray Kilgour Scott Young Hotel Saint George Ryan Wolf Judith Ludwig SecureAview Avery Dennison Foundation Lyn and Norman Lear Elizabeth L. Kiriazis Grace Yu and Nikolas Makris Java City Talia Yakobi Vijay Mariadassou Christopher Senn Columbia Forest Products Maggie Lear and Daniel R. Katz Christina Kirk and John Hamburg Richard Zimmerman Joe Coffee Company Nina Zegelbone Stephen Matthews Diana Shannon Domtar Catherine A. Ludden and Eric B. Laura Kirk Justin’s Patrick McCray Shulman Family Foundation NESCAFÉ Rothenberg Peter Kleinhans Jon Kessler SUPPORT & REVENUES 2017 2016 AMBASSADORS CIRCLE SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE The Ambassadors Circle develops PARTNERS relationships with talented individuals from Centre d'Études, Formation, Conseils et FINANCIAL 1 Major Donors & Individuals $4,247,132 $3,796,367 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS many industries who can actively support the Audits (CEFCA), Côte d'Ivoire 2 Foundations & Corporate Grants 4,989,422 3,520,518 Rainforest Alliance’s mission in unique ways. Fundación Interamericana de 3 Government Grants & Contracts 10,760,400 11,935,089 Investigación Tropical (FIIT), Guatemala Maxine Bédat Fundación Natura, Colombia SUMMARY 4 Certification Fees 9,309,778 9,977,677 EDITOR PHOTO CREDITS Kim Bendheim Instituto para la Cooperación y Jungwon Kim Sergio Izquierdo 5 Participation Agreement Revenue 8,305,692 8,334,894 inside front cover Elliott Donnelley Autodesarrollo (ICADE), Honduras pp. 2–3 Reto Stöckli, NASA Earth Hemendra Kothari Nature Kenya 6 Special Events – Net 1,022,887 932,611 Observatory Richmond Mayo-Smith Pronatura Sur, A.C., México 30% 7 Investment Income 279,980 90,194 p. 4 Noah Jackson Theresa Nedelman The Royal Society for the Protection of DESIGNERS Mohsin Kazmi 8 In-Kind Contributions 1,197,827 1,183,981 p. 7 Jay Pierrepont Birds (RSPB), United Kingdom Patrick Floyd p. 8 Perú Ministerio del Ambiente 25 9 Other 229,925 320,529 Mark Pinho SalvaNATURA, El Salvador Mason Phillips p. 9 Mohsin Kazmi Alexis Rockman p. 10 Nice and Serious Cameron Russell 20 Total Revenue & Support $40,343,043 $40,091,860 p. 12 Nice and Serious William Sarni p. 16 iStock Bina Venkataraman SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE & CONTRIBUTORS p. 19 iStock Adam Wolfensohn FORESTRY PARTNERS Laura Jamison Mateo Cariño Fraisse 15 p. 21 Grace Yu BSI Group, Japan Sofia Perez p. 22 Andrés Vargas China Standard Conformity Assessment Brittany Wienke p. 25 William Crosse 10 Co. (CSCA), China all others Rainforest Alliance staff Instituto de Manejo Certificação Florestal EXPENSES JUDITH SULZBERGER SOCIETY e Agrícola (IMAFLORA), Brazil 2017 Annual Report 5 The Judith Sulzberger Society honors those Nature Economy and People Connected ILLUSTRATOR individuals who have chosen to include the (NEPCon), Denmark 1 Landscapes & Livelihoods $13,567,553 $14,921,531 Justin Valdes PRINTING Rainforest Alliance in their estate planning. Wood Certification Private Limited 2 Printed by ColorDynamics in Allen, Texas, 0 RA-Cert 9,949,947 10,899,976 (WOODCERT), India 32 using UV inks. ColorDynamics is an FSC®- 3 Anonymous (3) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Evaluation & Research 941,868 861,274 certified printer. Sara Burgess 4 Markets Transformation 5,322,667 5,594,132 Dr. Lynn H. Caporale 5 Communications 2,331,923 3,182,597 The Carlos Roberto Férnandez and FORESTRY PARTNERS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Evelyne Adler Trust AsureQuality, New Zealand PAPER Christian Oliver Stjerna Degner-Elsner Total Program Services $32,113,958 $35,459,510 ® 0% Printed on Cougar 100 lb. and 100 lb. Harry Michael Dudte Trust Cover, Super Smooth Finish. Cougar is Helene Frankel FSC-certified and part of the Domtar 5 6 Management & General 5,057,423 4,289,718 Eliot M. Girsang EarthChoice family of environmentally and Chris and Bill Holmes 7 Fundraising 3,994,906 5,105,142 socially responsible papers.

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