In 2022, Trase worked with the French government to support the implementation of its national strategy to end deforestation linked to imports of agricultural commodities. Trase created an interactive risk assessment dashboard for the Ministry of Ecological Transition to increase supply chain transparency and encourage action by companies to decouple imports of soy from the risk of contributing to deforestation.
The dashboard indicates how much soy individual companies import into France, where in Brazil the soy is grown, and from which ports it is exported. Crucially, it estimates the deforestation risk associated with each company’s soy imports and allows the definition of a risk threshold to differentiate between low and high risks.
By publishing the dashboard on a government website, the Ministry of Ecological Transition has signalled its commitment to engage with companies importing soy into France and encourage action to reduce deforestation risk. Trase supports these efforts by providing clear and robust data to inform discussions.
Trase, with the collaboration of the European Forest Institute, has done a very important job of compiling and processing data from the main tropical countries producing soybeans (and other products at risk of deforestation), making it possible today to estimate the risk of deforestation for most soybean imports in France.
France’s Ministry of Ecological Transition