While many businesses rely on natural resources and their operations can have a major effect on the environment, they also have a crucial role to play in supporting conservation efforts and being part of the solution.


It is with this in mind, WWF is partnering with Unilever, a global consumer goods company, to eliminate deforestation from the palm oil supply chain. The partnership with Unilever began in December 2018 aims to support the sustainable production of palm oil, and improve the connectivity between isolated forest blocks in Tawau and Lower Sugut landscapes. WWF is able to work with partners on the ground to replant ecological corridors in these landscapes with funding from Unilever, which will restore forest habitats and enhance connectivity between fragmented forest blocks. These physical connections are necessary in order to enable plants and wildlife to disperse, to reduce inbreeding and adapt better to the impacts of climate change. 

WWF’s newest partnership with Beiersdorf and Evonik focuses on conservation works in the Tabin landscape. Adhering to the three pillars of SLP: protect, produce and restore, this collaborative effort supports integrated land-use planning for Tabin for its forest protection and certification of RSPO/NDPE palm oil at landscape level. At the same time, its efforts also include wildlife protection and establishing ecological corridors to allow for wildlife migration and habitat connectivity.