Brother has long been a fearless advocate for the rainforest, from helping develop our unique conservation model in Central Peru to backing our village partnerships in Papua New Guinea (PNG).As Cool Earth enters its tenth year, its achievements can be traced back to Brother International Europe’s support of a simple idea that now protects almost one million acres of rainforest. Brother continues to shape the future of Cool Earth’s community partners, with a focus on livelihoods in both Peru and Papua New Guinea. This collaboration shows just what is possible when working with a smart business. 3WHAT BROTHER ANDCOOL EARTH HAVE ACHIEVEDprotecting7,523 acres of rainforesttrees safe from loggers3.7 tonnes7 Women supported in the Jodan sewing group with business training 4,367,354 of cacao imported to the ukBursaries given to 17 children in Gadaisu to attend secondary school and vocational courses 4million tonnes of co2locked in15WOMEN TRAINED AS MATERNAL HEALTH PROMOTERSinstalled in Wabumari communityNEW CLIMATE-RESILIENT VARIETIES OF COFFEE PLANTED.EIGHT WOMEN DEVELOPING LIVELIHOODS THROUGH THE JETO ARTISANS COOPERATIVE2,102,846 SIX9,000 litrewater tanks8x5The world’s best chocolate comes from beans that grow under the forest canopy. This makes cacao a perfect crop for building incomes and protecting forest. CACAODeveloping sustainable livelihoods is the key to Cool Earth’s community partnerships. In 2015, Brother supported investment in fermentation boxes, cacao stores and dryers that the whole village can use. We are now developing business and financial skills amongst the producers, enabling them to access local markets and ensuring the long term future of the partnership. There have been setbacks this year as a prolonged El Niño season resulted in a smaller cacao yield than anticipated. But thanks to better storage the quality of the harvest has improved dramatically and should make up the shortfall. The first harvest of cacao from the Asháninka arrived in the UK in January 2016 and was sold to boutique chocolatier Chocolarder. This raised awareness of the Asháninka cacao producers with high profile restaurants AquaShard and SUSHISAMBA. We were thrilled when the Asháninka chocolate won Bronze at the Academy of Chocolate Awards in 2016.While exporting to the UK gets the growers a higher price for their quality cacao, large overheads do not make it a long-term solution for them. In order to develop capacity, we support the growers to set up links with local, Peruvian companies. The first step is the sale of the lower quality injerto cacao to a local cooperative called Pangoa. The growers will get a fair price, and will be able to attend meetings themselves. Cacao production is a huge success story for the Asháninka. The long term financial security of the growing community is secured thanks to Brother’s smart investment. 89Next >