Validated Terminal Review of the UNEP-GEF Project ‘Supply Change: Promoting Reduction of Deforestation Impacts of Commodity Supply Chains’ (GEF ID 9858) (2018-2020)

This report is a UNEP Management-Led Terminal Review exercise of a UNEP-GEF project implemented between 2018 and 2020. The project was entitled “Promoting Reduction of Deforestation Impacts of Commodity Supply Chains” GEF 9858 for a period of two years commencing from January 2018 through June 2020. UNEP through its Subprogramme: Healthy and Productive Eco Systems, and the Ecosystems Division, Biodiversity and Land Degradation Branch, GEF Biodiversity and Land Degradation Unit was the Implementing Agency, and Forest Trends Association the Executing Agency. The project was provided with a six month no cost extension in the end of 2019, with planned project closure in June, 2020. The primary objective of the project was “to increase the transparency and accountability of commodity production companies’ commitments to sustainable low and zero deforestation productions and reduced pressure on globally significant biodiversity.” The review sought to assess project performance (in terms of relevance, effectiveness and efficiency), and determine outcomes and impacts (actual and potential) stemming from the project, including its sustainability. The review has two primary purposes: (i) to provide evidence of results to meet accountability requirements, and (ii) to promote learning, feedback, and knowledge sharing through results and lessons learned among UNEP, the GEF and their executing partner Forest Trends and the relevant agencies of the project participating countries.