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Today’s global economy is characterized by often long, complex supply chains that bring commodities, goods and services to consumers, and economic benefits to producers. Applying innovative tools and analytical approaches, SEI explores the sustainability implications and potentials of global supply chains and broader consumption-to-production systems.
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Tool / The Green Steel Tracker gathers public announcements on low-carbon investments in the steel industry and presents them transparently in one place.
Journal article / This article assesses the impacts of biofuel crop production on people's livelihoods in southern Africa.
Feature / A new WWF report uses SEI's Trase tool to generate new insights about the links between the EU’s commodity supply chains and deforestation in key world regions.
Media coverage / Chris West was quoted in this Guardian article on the impacts of western consumption on global deforestation.
Other publication / Exploring the uncertainty of different approaches to assess overseas environmental impacts from commodities consumed in the UK.
Project / This project applies transitions theory and leverage points research to the problem of persistent forest loss in the tropics.
Perspective / The EU's Adaptation Strategy recognizes for the first time that adaptation creates winners and losers, and presents a vision for 'just' resilience.
Press release / New data from Trase shows that Indonesia’s success in reducing deforestation rates is undermined by pulpwood plantations on peatlands.
Journal article / This article examines the process leading to the FAO-LEAP Partnership’s guidelines for assessing water use in livestock production systems and supply chains.









