Sustainability

Beyond Beans develops and implements projects across ETG’s commodity supply chains in collaboration with partner companies, NGOs and government agencies. The Foundation’s operational team consists of a multidisciplinary team of managers and field staff with experience in a wide range of topics, from tackling child labour to climate-smart agroforestry and promoting gender equity. The Foundation works primarily in cashew, cocoa, and coffee supply chains across Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ecuador, Ghana, Nigeria and Togo.

The Foundation’s work is centred around 4 core pillars:

Farmer Incomes: Providing the tools, technologies, and inputs that will empower smallholder farmers to turn their plantations into dynamic, profitable businesses.

Resilient Communities: Delivering impactful community development initiatives at the farmer level with a focus on women’s empowerment, access to finance, and children’s development.

A Healthy Environment: Leveraging community sensitization and nature-compatible farming practices to protect forests, water systems, other natural resources, and to mitigate climate change.

Dedicated Partnerships: Establishing effective cross-pollination between companies, not-for-profit organizations and government agencies to optimize investments and maximize impact.

The Foundation aims to boost innovation and deliver maximum benefits for the farming communities and landscapes that form the backbone of ETG’s rapidly expanding supply chains.

ETG | Beyond Beans is a signatory of the Cocoa and Forest Initiative (CFI) and we are committed to protecting and restoring forests, engaging communities, and supporting sustainable production and farmer livelihoods. Below you can find our CFI progress report, the purpose of which is to share the work we have accomplished in partnership with our farmers in the 2022-23 crop season.

Read the full CFI Progress Report for 2022 – 2023 here.

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Since 2013, the Empowering Farmers Foundation (EFF) has actively engaged with over 100,000 smallholder farmers in Eastern and Southern Africa, working in cereals, oil seeds, legumes, pulses, nuts and other value chains. The Foundation aims to stimulate growth in the agricultural sector and foster the development of rural economies by supporting smallholder farmers to move from subsistence farming to farming for business. Through its unique extension model, it works closely with farming communities to provide technical agronomic and agri-business training while facilitating access to inputs, financial services and markets.

In partnership with ETG’s Sustainability Desk and its various business verticals, as well as with external partners, EFF leverages ETG’s sourcing model to improve agricultural productivity and profitability, driving the socio-economic growth of local market economies through skills development and knowledge transfer. Local government authorities and semi-autonomous agencies, and rural extension staff are critical for the implementation of project activities.

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