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Business Profile Development

It’s time to build your SLP Business Profile. Your profile is a key tool the SLP uses to help match you with service providers. You can complete this form in multiple sessions if needed; your progress on the form will be automatically saved.

All of the data you supply here will only be visible to the site administrators. The SLP will use the information you provide here as part of the matching and due diligence process.

If there are any questions that you do not understand, please consult the Business Profile Development Question Guide.

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NOTE: * denotes mandatory fields

Bus Profile

Name of business *

Please provide the name of your business, including legal name, trade name, and DBA (“doing business as”), if applicable. This will enable the SLP to identify your business appropriately and match your Registration data to your Profile Development data.

Does your business have policies pertaining to social and environmental performance? *

Please list these policies relating to social and environmental performance.

Please list these policies relating to social and environmental performance and describe each policy in one (1) – three (3) sentence(s).

Does your business set targets for improved social and environmental performance and monitor those targets? *

What targets has your business set?

Please describe the indicators that you are currently monitoring and the progress to date in achieving your targets (max 100 words). Please also indicate how you report on your targets.

Does your business use any standards to report on your social and environmental performance (sustainability reporting), such as the GRI Standards?

Please list any standards that you use for sustainability reporting

Does your business have any policies that reference commitments to land use, land acquisition, land management, and/or respect for land rights? *

What are these policies?

Please describe your policies that reference the respective commitments (max 100 words).

Do any of the above policies and commitments specifically reference or consider the needs of vulnerable social groups, such as women, indigenous communities, ethnic minorities, etc.?

Please explain how these policies address the needs of vulnerable groups *

Please share any supporting documents.

Maximum file size: 268.44MB

Example: Annual Sustainability Reports, Environmental or Social Policies, etc.

Please indicate any certifications you hold or industry groups of which you are a member

For example: Bonsucro, UTZ, Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), Rainforest Alliance, Chambers of Commerce, etc.

Based on your experience operating a business in your sector, what are some of the challenges encountered when investing in emerging markets?

Do you have in-house capacity to manage social, environmental and/or land tenure matters? *

Please indicate if your business has in-house capacity to address social, environmental and/or tenure-related matters. This includes, for example, any employee that has conducted land tenure-related community work or dispute management.

Please describe this capacity

Please provide basic information regarding this capacity, for example, the number of employees that have conducted land tenure-related community engagement or dispute management and the roles and responsibilities of those employees.

In the last seven (7) years, has your business worked with community groups such as NGOs/CSOs (non-governmental organizations/civil society organizations), academics, consultants or local resource users on issues of land investment and social engagement before? *

For example, a local NGO may have provided trainings to smallholder farmers to improve productivity and environmental practices, resource users may have supported your monitoring and reporting processes or a local NGO may have verified an inclusive consultation process. This history of working with community groups will help SLP match you with local service providers.

Please describe this collaboration

Please include a brief description of each collaboration, up to three (3). If you have more than three collaborations, please select a representative and diverse sample to share, focusing on the most recent partnerships. In your description, please include the name of your partner, the year(s) of the project and two to three sentences describing the objectives and outcomes of the collaboration.

Have any reports been issued regarding your business's land investment and social engagement practices by NGOs/CSOs, academics, the media or others that would reflect either negatively or positively upon your business, its subsidiaries, or its suppliers/vendors? *

Please indicate the reports and how your business has responded or changed practice, if applicable

During the last seven (7) years, has your business been involved in any litigation or government proceedings? *

Can you provide basic details of the dispute(s)? *

Please indicate the name of the court, government agency, or other judicial or regulatory body involved, the name(s) of the parties, the date the matter was initiated, and a brief description of the issue(s). In your response, please indicate whether the matter is closed or pending.

Dispute related documents

Maximum file size: 268.44MB

Please upload copies of any judicial or administrative orders, judicial decrees, judgments, and/or rulings by a court or administrative agency, if applicable and available.

Currently, are there any threatened or potential lawsuits, government proceedings, or government investigations against your business? *

These may include, but not be limited to, alleged environmental violations, land tenure-related disputes, and contract disputes.

Please provide basic details regarding the threatened lawsuits, government proceedings, or government investigations

Details should include the parties involved, the date, and a brief summary of the issue.

Do you have a bank account that you use for business? *

You will require a bank account to register to the platform.

Please provide an estimate of your company's annual turnover

We would like to know your annual turnover reported in USD so we can better understand the size of your operation to evaluate the sort of partnership that would work most effectively for you.

Have you been financially audited? *

We would like to know if you have had a financial audit as an indicator of transparency and good practice in your accounting processes. This will aid in the internal due diligence process SLP performs for all registered users.

Please upload any relevant governance documents

Maximum file size: 268.44MB

Please share any documents that would allow the SLP to verify your business’s legal status. For example: Articles of Association, Certificate of Incorporation, Corporate Registration Number, Business License(s), Tax Identification Number, and any other document evidencing the entry of your business within a corporate registry.

Please confirm that the above information is accurate and complete, to the best of your knowledge *

Please provide confirmation that the information provided above was accurate to the best of your knowledge. All information provided to the SLP will be audited and verified. Knowingly providing misinformation is strictly prohibited and will result in a permanent ban from the use of the SLP.