supply chains

Not all supply chains are created equal: the linkages between soy local trade relations and development outcomes in Brazil

Journal article / The authors analyze the different relations that exist among farmers, and between farmers and traders in Brazil’s soy sector.

Trase at COP28: Trade practices must change to end emissions from deforestation

Perspective / Countries should collaborate on requiring importers to include action on deforestation at the heart of their sourcing practice, write Trase representatives.

Trase: Commodity-driven deforestation and peatland loss emits more carbon than Germany

Feature / Trase quantifies the emissions caused by deforestation and peatland degradation linked to countries’ production and consumption of key commodities.

Forest and peat loss driven by key agricultural commodities generate more emissions than Germany

Press release / To meet climate targets, world leaders at COP28 are urged to take stronger action against the nature loss linked to global supply chains.

Trase: Brazilian beef exports and deforestation

Feature / Trase data brings unprecedented transparency to the supply chains and impacts of Brazilian cattle and beef production.

To deliver on sustainable consumption targets, countries must measure their footprints

Perspective / Trase, in partnership with Defra, the GCRF Trade Hub and SEI York, is releasing the Global Environment Impacts indicator.

UN takes up SEI tool to help countries meet targets for nature

Feature / A historic deal was struck at the biodiversity COP15, and part of the package was a new indicator, that helps countries measure impacts of consumption.

MEFadapt: the minerals–energy–food complex and transboundary climate risk

Project / Helping policymakers to develop strategies for sustainable governance of natural resources and adaptation to transboundary climate risks.