palm oil

Geo for Good Summit 2022

Past event / Google's Geo for Good Summit 2022 is an annual conference intended for changemakers. SEI Data Scientist Vivian Ribeiro will present for Trase on 5 October 2022.

Indonesia makes progress towards zero palm oil deforestation – but gains in forest protection are fragile

Feature / Palm oil deforestation falls in Indonesia, but price surge and growth in exporters with lower standards are still putting forests at risk.

Palm oil deforestation falls in Indonesia, but price surge and growth in exporters with lower standards still putting forests at risk

Press release / New Trase data reveal a fall in deforestation linked to Indonesian palm oil exports between 2018 and 2020.

Asia in Focus: Climate Change and the Business and Human Rights Agenda

Past event / SEI Asia Doctoral Fellow and Consultant Sara K. Phillips discusses the connections between the environment, business and human rights in a UNDP webcast series.

Better data is necessary, but not sufficient, to enable sustainable trade

Other publication / Whether trade is "good" or "bad" for our societies and the environment has been a topic of ongoing debate. This brief is a simple overview of the costs.

COP26 must commit to eliminating deforestation

Perspective / World leaders attending the UN climate talks in Glasgow must commit to stopping commodity-driven deforestation if they are to prevent climate catastrophe.

Which forest-risk commodities imported to the UK have the highest overseas impacts? A rapid evidence synthesis

Journal article / This paper describes a rapid evidence synthesis to identify which forest-risk commodities imported to the UK have the highest overseas impacts.

Trase Yearbook 2020 launch webinar

Past event / A webinar to launch the Trase yearbook 2020

Sustainable production meets sustainable consumption

Feature / The SEI Initiative on Producer to Consumer Sustainability explored the interface between sustainable consumption and sustainable production agendas.