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If the seven agricultural commodities trading companies with the highest exposure to land-use change emissions fully implemented zero-deforestation and peat-free sourcing, they could contribute to greenhouse gas reductions by more than the entire annual emissions of the Czech Republic. In the run up to the COP30 climate summit, most of the companies have yet to demonstrate that they are taking the action needed to deliver these reductions.

Trase maps global supply chains of agricultural commodities, providing insight into how consumer markets are linked to deforestation and other environmental impacts via their imports. This explainer on Brazilian beef presents the results of our analysis of the latest data for 2021, 2022 and 2023.

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.

The expansion of cocoa production is responsible for more than half of all forest loss in Ghana, according to a new study by Trase partners UCLouvain. It shows that cocoa expansion plays an important indirect role as it pushes out food production into forest reserves, highlighting the need for a holistic approach to land-use management and environmental protection.

Weakening the EU deforestation regulation (EUDR) by including it in plans to "simplify" environmental legislation will undermine business confidence, increase costs and damage progress towards goals on climate change, biodiversity loss and food security, according to Trase’s submission to a consultation by the European Commission.

Companies and financial institutions can use the freely available data to meet regulatory requirements such as EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and voluntary frameworks including Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD).

Trase data and intelligence has been used by the European Commission, member state governments, enforcement agencies, politicians and civil society groups in the creation of the EU deforestation regulation – the first-ever legislation aimed at breaking the link between deforestation and the trade in agricultural commodities.

With COP30 in Brazil, it is time to promote agriculture that helps put an end to deforestation and restore the biome that has always fed the country.

Trase outlines the key provisions of the EUDR and highlights some of the challenges with implementing the regulation.

Trase’s strategy for 2025–2030 aims to deliver systemic change in commodity markets, supply chains and production landscapes.