This table below identifies where the HCS Approach is currently being applied, trialled and being prepared for trials by region, commodity, scale and biome.
| HCS Approach being applied | HCS Approach being trialled | HCS Approach trials in preparation | |
| Region | South East Asia (Malaysia, Indonesia) West Africa (Liberia, Ghana, Sierra Leone & Nigeria) Central Africa (Cameroon, Gabon) Pacific (Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands) |
South East Asia (Indonesia) Central Africa (Gabon) Central America South America |
– |
| Commodities | Oil palm
Pulpwood Rubber |
Oil palm | Cocoa |
| Scale | Concessions
Scheme smallholders |
Independent smallholders
Landscape/large Village-level |
– |
| Biomes | Tropical moist forest biomes | Tropical moist forest biomes | – |