Tapping into Trase data takes our own data to the next level. By revealing the origins of soy subnationally and combining it with our land conversion data in Orbae, we’re able to sufficiently overcome our clients’ lack of traceability to push their understanding of their land conversion risk closer to the reality on the ground. The project on soy offers a blueprint for other commodities such as corn, rice and palm oil used in animal feed, and paves the way for the consideration of additional important metrics such as land occupation, biodiversity loss and water stress.

Whilst the exposure of luxury brands to cattle-linked deforestation may be smaller than other industries, the industry has a significant role to play in forest protection and preservation. Trase’s assessment helped ReLI members understand their individual and collective risk in terms of soy embedded in the leather they purchase. Bringing transparency to this risk is an important step informing how and where members can most effectively act towards eliminating deforestation in leather supply chains.