supply chains Archives

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Event on 29 September / Explore how GEIC and ENCORE can help decision-makers understand global supply chains and assess environmental, security and other risks.

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Lone cattle roam dry, degraded areas cleared for pastures from the Amazon rainforest.

Beyond the “supply chain” framing: cattle ranching as a vanishing mediator of deforestation and dispossession in the Brazilian and Colombian Amazon

Journal article / This research explores how cattle ranching shapes the transition from forest frontiers to large-scale agriculture in the Brazilian and Colombian Amazon.

24 September 2026 / About Food and agriculture, Forests and Supply chains

Amazonian woman rows Rio Negro river in rain

Rapid increase of climate extremes reveals new areas of concern in Amazonia

Journal article / This research examines how climate extremes are changing across Amazonia, identifying patterns in temperature and water deficit across seasons and locations.

10 September 2026 / About Ecosystems, Food and agriculture and Forests

Jaú River near the Cachoeira community in Jaú National Park in the Amazonas state, Brazil.

As El Niño looms, study finds rapid growth in climate extremes are hitting an unexpected region of the Amazon hardest

Press release / A new study with over 50 scientists, led by Lancaster University, reveals that Amazonia is experiencing rapid growth in extreme temperatures and water stress.

9 September 2026 / About Climate services, Finance, Food and agriculture, Forests and Geopolitics

Coffee plantations in Colombia in harvest months.

Trase brings greater transparency to global coffee supply chains

Feature / Trase identifies the leading coffee trading companies and estimate where traders and markets source coffee from within key coffee-producing countries.

2 September 2026 / About Forests, Geopolitics, Public policy and Supply chains

Coffee plantation in Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Just 10 traders control 35% of global coffee exports

Press release / New data from Trase reveals that the majority of the coffee imported globally comes from companies that supply the European market.

1 September 2026 / About Climate policy, Finance, Food and agriculture, Forests, Geopolitics and Supply chains

Governing the security–sustainability nexus in Europe’s critical raw material supply chains: human rights and environmental due diligence

Journal article / This article analyses how companies across critical raw material global value chains in France apply mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence.

27 August 2026 / About Public policy and Supply chains

Roasted coffee beans suspended in the air against a blurred indoor background.

A global approach for mapping the supply chain of coffee: data and methods

Other publication / An open-access Trase dataset mapping global coffee supply chains, including trader information and subnational sourcing patterns.

20 August 2026 / About Food and agriculture and Supply chains

Aerial view of timber logging. A large barge is waiting on a blue lake to be loaded with timber logs. A strip of waiting timber is surrounded by lush green forest on both sides.

On UK Overshoot Day analysis reveals overseas environmental burden of UK consumption

Press release / Mapping the footprint of UK supply chains reveals international impacts on water stress, deforestation-related carbon emissions and wildlife extinction risks.

22 May 2026 / About Food and agriculture, Supply chains and Sustainable lifestyles