Civil society
The go-to source for intelligence on commodity-driven deforestation
WWF report on EU imported deforestation
Trase data powered the WWF’s assessment of the EU’s imported deforestation strengthening calls for action.
Advances in supply chain transparency pioneered by Trase enabled EU policymakers to gain a deeper understanding of the bloc’s supply chain impacts in specific biomes at risk, so they can design more effective responses.
Repórter BraSil and the Belgian university UCLouvain
Empowering consumers in Brazil
“Do Pasto o ao prato” takes a citizen science approach – engaging the general public – to increase transparency in the meat production chain in Brazil, from origin to point of sale.
Trase’s open-access data gives civil society groups actionable intelligence on the companies and financial institutions driving deforestation.
Trase analysis enables civil society groups to scrutinise sector-level plans towards zero-deforestation.
Trase data and insights connect environmental and human rights impacts linked to deforestation with demand patterns in consumer markets.
How reliable is Trase data?
The Trase approach uses data from dozens of different sources including official government data on production, tax, and shipping, as well as data on supply chain logistics freely disclosed by industry associations and on the websites of commodity trading companies. Our aim is to produce the most accurate supply chain maps possible using publicly available or purchasable data. Trase is dedicated to clearly communicating the limitations of the data within our methodologies and in the tool itself. We encourage users to visit our terms of use and review our methods documentation to fully understand the strength of Trase data and the limitations to its use and to contact us directly via info@trase.earth with any questions or feedback.
How does Trase calculate deforestation exposure?
Commodity deforestation exposure is a measure of the extent to which supply chain actors (companies, countries, investors) are exposed to commodity deforestation due to their sourcing patterns. This is expressed in terms of an area of deforestation (hectares) that a supply chain actor is exposed to. This is calculated by allocating the commodity deforestation estimated at the jurisdictional level (see above) to supply chains, in proportion to the volumes of commodity traded from that jurisdiction by a particular actor. For all commodities where we have calculated this metric, the name of the commodity replaces the word ‘commodity’. For example, commodity deforestation exposure becomes soy deforestation exposure or cattle deforestation exposure as appropriate.
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