efeca

What efeca does

Efeca is a UK-based advisory and consultancy firm (legal entity: Emily Fripp & Associates Ltd) founded in 2009 and operating from Bournemouth, with a regional subsidiary in Ireland (Efeca Éire). The firm specializes in sustainable and legal sourcing of forest and agricultural commodities — including palm oil, soya, timber, rubber, cattle, sugar, coffee, cocoa, and carbon — serving UK and EU government departments (DEFRA, FCDO, BEIS, Ministry of Justice, NHS Supply Chain), large multinationals (Unilever, Kingfisher, Sky, Samsung, Bank of England), research institutes (CIFOR, WRI), and NGOs (ZSL, IDH, EPOA, ISEAL). Its consultants draw on 25+ years of domain expertise in natural resource economics, FLEGT, VPAs, REDD+, and procurement policy, with delivery across more than 30 countries.

Name

efeca

Legal name

Emily Fripp & Associates Ltd

Website

https://efeca.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Efeca is a UK-based advisory firm that helps governments, multinationals, and NGOs develop, implement, monitor, and report on policies and commitments for sustainable and legal sourcing of palm oil, soya, timber, coffee, cocoa, and other forest-risk commodities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sustainability Consulting

NAICS

Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry (115), Support Activities for Forestry (1153)

SIC

Agricultural Services (700), Forestry (800)

akta.pro primary industry

Supplier Approval, Verification & Food Safety Risk Management (GFSI-aligned) (AFALADAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Import/Export & Border Compliance Support (FSVP, Prior Notice, Health Certificates) (AFALADAE), Sustainable Forest Certification & Chain-of-Custody Services (FSC/PEFC/SFI) (IMAMAJAJ), Economic Research, Statistics & Policy Advisory (BPADAMAJ)

Keywords

• Sustainable commodity advisory
• Responsible sourcing consulting
• Forest risk commodities
• Supply chain sustainability
• Sustainability policy advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Dorchester

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Consulting and Advisory Services: Efeca provides advisory and consultancy services to develop, implement, monitor, evaluate and report on national and international policies, regulations and private sector commitments relating to the sustainable and legal sourcing of natural resources. Services are provided to governments, private sector companies, research institutions, and civil society.
2. Training and Facilitation: Tailor-made training programmes on natural resource and supply chain management topics. Delivery of workshops, webinars, and training sessions to government procurement staff and private sector companies. Training clients have included DEFRA, Ministry of Justice, NHS Supply Chain, BEIS, FCDO, and hundreds of private sector companies.
3. Research and Evaluation Reports: Authoring and publishing annual progress reports, baseline studies, evaluation reports, and research papers on sustainable commodity sourcing for clients including UK government, CIFOR, IDH, EPOA, and industry roundtables.
4. Roundtable Facilitation: Facilitation of UK Sustainable Soya and Palm Oil Roundtables, UK Soy Manifesto, and UK Global Resource Initiative (GRI) Taskforce, bringing together significant players in UK markets to achieve shared goals of secure, resilient, sustainable supply.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Efeca delivers independent advisory and consultancy services on responsible sourcing, sustainable trade, and the use of agricultural and forest commodities (palm oil, soya, timber, rubber, cattle, sugar, coffee, cocoa, carbon). Its work spans developing, implementing, monitoring, evaluating and reporting on national and international sustainability policies and regulations, complemented by tailored training, industry roundtable facilitation (UK Sustainable Commodities Initiative, UK Soy Manifesto, UK GRI Taskforce), and the Efeca Sustainable Commodities Resource Hub digital platform.

Product overview

Efeca is a consulting and advisory firm specializing in sustainable forest and agricultural commodity advice, operating as a single unified service offering rather than a software platform. The portfolio centers on the Efeca Resource Hub as a central information platform, complemented by national initiatives including the UK Sustainable Commodities Initiative (UKSCI), UK Soy Manifesto, and UK Global Resource Initiative (GRI) Taskforce. Supporting services include training and facilitation, monitoring/reporting/evaluation, policy management advisory, and the Women in Sustainability Podcast. The company facilitates multiple industry roundtables and working groups on commodities including palm oil, soya, coffee, timber, cocoa, and cattle, and provides guidance on EUDR compliance through its white paper.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Women in Sustainability Podcast: Podcast series featuring women in environment and sustainability
• Efeca Resource Hub
• Dorset Sustainable Palm Oil Community

Products and services

• Efeca Sustainable Commodities Resource Hub A standalone public resource hub providing guidance, tools and reference materials to help businesses navigate the sustainable and legal sourcing of palm oil, soya and other deforestation-linked commodities across a five-step sourcing journey framework.
• UK Sustainable Commodities Initiative (UKSCI) Facilitation Facilitation of a UK national initiative that brings together key UK palm oil and soy supply-chain stakeholders into working groups covering Oleochemicals, Embedded Soy, Food Service, Living Income and Coffee, driving shared progress on sustainable commodity sourcing.
• UK Soy Manifesto Industry-wide initiative convening UK meat producers, consumer goods manufacturers, grocery retailers and food service companies around a shared commitment to deforestation- and conversion-free soya sourcing.
• UK Global Resource Initiative (GRI) Taskforce Secretariat Provision of Secretariat services to the UK government-backed Global Resource Initiative (GRI) Taskforce exploring ways to reduce the climate and environmental impacts of key UK supply chains.
• Dorset Sustainable Palm Oil Community Place-based community initiative led by Efeca with Dr Jane Goodall DBE as Ambassador, working to make Dorset the world's first sustainable palm oil county via Champions and Ambassadors engagement.
• Training and Facilitation Services Tailor-made training programmes and workshops on natural resource and supply chain management topics, delivered in person and via webinar to government procurement staff (DEFRA, Ministry of Justice, NHS Supply Chain, BEIS, FCDO) and hundreds of private sector companies.
• Monitoring, Reporting and Evaluation (MEL) Services Comprehensive monitoring, reporting and evaluation across commodities including palm oil, coffee, timber, pulp and paper, sugar, tea, cocoa and carbon, covering market analysis, monitoring, reporting, data verification and socio-economic impact assessments.
• Policy Management Advisory Advisory support for procurers and suppliers on compliance and sourcing of legal and sustainable agricultural commodities and timber, including technical assistance on FLEGT VPAs and procurement policies.

Quantifiable outcome

• 75% of UK palm oil imports certified sustainable by 2017
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers16 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

17 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Tropical Forest Alliance (TFA 2020)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Efeca is a Tropical Forest Alliance partner, working with governments, civil society and industry to produce deforestation-free commodities
• IDH (The Sustainable Trade Initiative)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Collaboration with IDH and EPOA to produce European Palm Oil Monitoring Reports, providing comprehensive insights into Europe's efforts towards sourcing sustainable palm oil
• EPOA (European Palm Oil Alliance)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Collaboration with IDH and Efeca to produce 2019 and 2020 European monitoring reports for sustainable palm oil covering EU28 countries and Switzerland
• World Economic Forum (WEF)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEfeca is a World Economic Forum preferred supplier, strengthening ties and working together in pursuit of common goals on sustainable commodity sourcing and forest conservation
• Accountability Framework initiative (AFi)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEfeca is an Accountability Framework initiative supporting partner, working together on common goals related to ethical supply chain commitments
• Plan Vivo FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFounding Director Emily Fripp serves as a trustee for the Plan Vivo Foundation (PVF), a registered charity administering the Plan Vivo Standard for Payments for Ecosystem Services
• Partnerships for ForestscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEfeca serves as specialist partner supporting Partnerships for Forests, a programme funded by DFID to catalyze investment in forests and sustainable land use across timber, palm oil, tea, coffee and cocoa
• CIFOR (Center for International Forestry Research)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOngoing collaboration on research including CIFOR paper on VPAs and REDD+, evaluation of CIFOR's Global Comparative Study on REDD+, and ecosystem services valuation projects in Indonesia
• Zoological Society of London (ZSL)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEfeca was invited by ZSL to conduct political economy assessments of forest sectors in Cameroon, Republic of Congo, and Gabon
• FACT DialoguecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEfeca collaborates with FACT Dialogue at global, national and local levels to decouple trade in agricultural and forest commodities from environmental degradation
• Dorset Sustainable Palm Oil CommunitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEfeca leads the Dorset Sustainable Palm Oil Community project, working to make Dorset the world's first sustainable palm oil county, with Dr Jane Goodall DBE as Ambassador
• ISEAL AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEfeca was commissioned by ISEAL Alliance to conduct research on methodologies used by financial sector to assess sustainability risks
• WRI (World Resources Institute)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrancesca Marietti co-authored WRI report on traceability and transparency for the Forest Data Partnership
• European CommissioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEfeca collaborated with Indufor and University of Padova to support European Commission's review of EU Timber Regulation implementation
• Green Finance InstituteminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEfeca leads the SIG Working Group with Green Finance Institute to evaluate proposition for Sustainable Import Guarantee green financial product
• DEFRA (Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment client for CPET contract, sustainable commodity initiatives, and recipient of GRI Taskforce recommendations
• MBKBminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEfeca partners with MBKB to deliver environmental component of Level 4 Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Practitioners Apprenticeship course

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• TFT (Earthworm Foundation): International NGO/consultancy advising companies on responsible sourcing of forest-risk commodities (palm oil, soy, timber, paper, beef, cocoa). Closely comparable to Efeca in commodity coverage, supply-chain transformation focus, and corporate/government client base.
• Proforest: UK-based specialist consultancy working on responsible production and sourcing of agricultural and forest commodities, including palm oil, soy, cocoa and timber. Directly comparable to Efeca in scope (sustainable commodity advisory), client base (corporates, governments, NGOs) and convening roles across roundtables and standards bodies.
• Climate Advisers: Policy advisory consultancy providing strategic advice on climate, forests and land use, often to governments and multilaterals. Comparable to Efeca in policy advisory and international commodity/forest programme work, including REDD+ and FLEGT-adjacent mandates.
• Indufor: Forestry-focused consultancy providing timber tracking, forest legality and due diligence services globally. Directly comparable to Efeca on EUTR/EUDR timber due diligence, having already co-worked with Efeca on the European Commission's review of EU Timber Regulation.
• 3Keel: Boutique sustainability consultancy advising businesses and investors on land use, commodity supply chains and nature-related risk. Comparable to Efeca in scale, commodity focus (palm oil, soy, cocoa, timber) and corporate due diligence work.

Broad incumbents

• SystemIQ: Systems-change advisory firm working on circular economy, forests and sustainable land use, including the Food and Land Use Coalition. Comparable to Efeca in policy and convening work on sustainable commodities, but at broader scope and larger programme scale.
• EcoAct: International climate consultancy advising corporates and financial institutions on net-zero strategy, carbon and supply chain sustainability. Adjacent peer to Efeca on corporate sustainability advisory and EUDR/CSRD-related mandates, at larger scale.
• South Pole Group: Global climate solutions and advisory firm with deep expertise in sustainable supply chains, deforestation-free sourcing and carbon. Overlaps with Efeca on commodity sustainability advisory and climate strategy, but at much larger scale and broader scope.
• Anthesis Group: Large sustainability consultancy advising corporates on ESG strategy, supply chain sustainability and reporting (including CSRD/ESRS). Competes with Efeca for corporate sustainability mandates and EUDR/CSRD implementation work, but operates at significantly larger scale.
• Quantis: Sustainability consultancy advising major corporates on environmental strategy, footprinting and supply chain sustainability. Overlaps with Efeca in private-sector ESG and supply chain sustainability advisory, particularly for consumer goods clients.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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