Creating shared value

TLI offers a practical approach to improving how land-based investments are designed, implemented and governed, so that they deliver positive outcomes for people, the environment and business.

4 Key principles

TLI promotes 4 core values that we believe will bring forth many positive changes in developing countries.

Governance

Social Inclusion

Environment

Societal

TLI innovation paths & tools

TLI is creating sustainable food systems that empower vulnerable communities – engaging civil society in collective action that brings public and private sectors together.

Successful investment

By bringing together companies, communities, and governments, TLI identifies shared priorities – the innovation space where divergent interests converge into practical, win-win solutions.

Communities of Practice

TLI supports civil society organizations, government actors, researchers, and private-sector representatives to sustain activities, attract investment, and scale impact.

Inclusive business

TLI supports managers, sourcing teams, sustainability and Environmental, Social, and Governance staff (ESG), operations leads, human resources managers, and partnership staff in upstream agribusiness companies to design operations that are commercially sound and practically inclusive.

TLI has shown that responsible investment is not only possible, it’s also strategic and sustainable.

This is the first time we have been able to discuss our challenges openly with communities and government in the same room.

Our relationship with surrounding villages is stronger. Problems that used to take months are now resolved in days.

5 countries, 5 paths

Ethiopia, Mozambique, Ghana, Lao PDR, and Myanmar participated in the TLI programme (2022–2025). From avocados to cocoa to wheat, each country charted out unique pathways to tackling sustainability challenges.