Tropical Forest Alliance, hosted by World Economic Forum
Acronym: TFA
General Information
Identification Code: 089099737489-51
Website: https://www.tropicalforestalliance.org/
Entity Form: NA
Registration Category: Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
Registration Date: 3/6/2020
Last Update: 5/22/2024
Mission & Interests
Goals: TFA is a global public-private partnership in which partners take voluntary actions, to reduce and ultimately halt the tropical deforestation associated with the sourcing of commodities such as palm oil, soy, beef, and paper and pulp. TFA fosters cross-sectoral collaboration based on a common and ever-deepening understanding of the barriers and opportunities linked to deforestation-free supply chains.
Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Interests:
- Agriculture and rural development
- Banking and financial services
- Climate action
- Environment
Levels of Interest:
- sub-national
- national
- global
- european
Activities
Main EU Legislative Proposals: Communication on Stepping up EU Action to Protect and Restore the World’s Forests
European Union Deforestation Regulation
Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive
Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive
European Sustainability Reporting Standards
Communication Activities: Convening stakeholders to inform on EU policy.
Mobilize non state actor input to feed into the Multi-Stakeholder Platform on Protecting and Restoring the World’s Forests” with a focus on deforestation.
EU Supported Forums and Platforms: Commission Expert Group/Multi-Stakeholder Platform on Protecting and Restoring the World’s Forests, including the EU Timber Regulation and the FLEGT Regulation#E03282#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3282 #MEMBER #C#Academia/Research#Civil society#Finance#Industry
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A
Head Office
Address: World Economic ForumRoute de la Capite 91-93
Post Code: 1223
City: Cologny
Country: SWITZERLAND
Phone:
Indic Phone: 41
Phone Number: 0228691212
EU Office
Address: World Economic ForumRoute de la Capite 91-93
Post Code: 1223
City: Cologny
Country: SWITZERLAND
Phone:
Indic Phone: 41
Phone Number: 0228691212
Financial Data
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Total Budget: 0
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Membership Information
Members25 Percent: 3
Members: 3
Members F T E: 0.75
Structure
Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: The Tropical Forest Alliance is an inclusive platform. We have more than 150 partners from the private sector, government, civil society, indigenous peoples groups, local communities and international organizations.
More details here: https://www.tropicalforestalliance.org/en/about-tfa/partners/
Organisation Members: The Tropical Forest Alliance is part of the World Economic Forum Center for Nature and Climate. More detail here: https://centres.weforum.org/centre-nature-and-climate/home
Also, TFA is member of the Marrakech Partnership for Climate Action: https://unfccc.int/climate-action/marrakech-partnership-for-global-climate-action
And the United Nations Food Security Summit Halting Deforestation and Conversion Coalition: https://www.unfoodsystemshub.org/hub-solution/coalitions-of-action/en
Current Job Opportunities
Tropical Forest Alliance Policy Specialist
Tropical Forest Alliance, hosted by World Economic Forum
mid-levelBrussels, BelgiumFull-time-time
Posted: 9/23/2025
mid-levelBrussels, Francefull-time
Posted: 8/21/2025