Last updated 11 May 2026
Trase maps global supply chains of agricultural commodities, showing how consumer markets are linked to deforestation and other environmental impacts via their imports. This explainer updates the supply chain map for Côte d’Ivoire cocoa with new data for 2023 and 2024.
A new paper by Trase emphasises the need for governments, companies, and civil society organisations to combine different perspectives and metrics to prevent blind spots in monitoring deforestation.
Tony’s Chocolonely’s ‘open chain’ initiative offers a best-practice example of how companies could engage with their suppliers in a way that protects and supports the livelihoods of smallholder farmers while also ensuring compliance with the EU deforestation regulation (EUDR).
A new global dataset on commodity-driven deforestation called DeDuCE is helping governments, companies and civil society assess the deforestation exposure of producer and consumer countries. Its use reveals six insights to inform the transition to zero-deforestation trade in beef, soy, palm oil and other important commodities.
Trase research shows huge variations in the traceability of cocoa from Côte d’Ivoire and the likelihood of whether supplies will comply with the EU deforestation regulation. Support for smallholder farmers is needed to avoid excluding them from the EU market, as companies prepare for regulation.
Trase maps the international trade in cocoa from Côte d’Ivoire revealing which trading companies and consumer markets are most exposed to deforestation.
Trase and Proforest have published recommendations for establishing a fair and effective risk benchmarking to underpin the EU deforestation regulation.
Commodity traders Cargill, Olam, Barry Callebaut and Touton are exposed to high levels of deforestation in Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), where 2.4 million hectares of forest has been cleared in the past two decades primarily to produce cocoa for Europe’s chocolate manufacturers.
Traders, food manufacturers, retailers and governments must take action to reduce the deforestation risks associated with indirect – and often unknown – sources of commodities, according to new research.
A lack of transparency about deforestation in the cocoa supply chain is creating reputational and regulatory risks for commodity traders and chocolate manufacturers.
Trase maps global supply chains of agricultural commodities, showing how consumer markets are linked to deforestation and other environmental impacts via their imports. This explainer updates the supply chain map for Côte d’Ivoire cocoa with new data for 2023 and 2024.
A new paper by Trase emphasises the need for governments, companies, and civil society organisations to combine different perspectives and metrics to prevent blind spots in monitoring deforestation.
Tony’s Chocolonely’s ‘open chain’ initiative offers a best-practice example of how companies could engage with their suppliers in a way that protects and supports the livelihoods of smallholder farmers while also ensuring compliance with the EU deforestation regulation (EUDR).
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