Global Engagement Lead
André is the Global Engagement Lead at Trase, Global Canopy’s supply chain mapping initiative in partnership with the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI). He coordinates the team's engagement activities involving dialogue and solutions building with global actors to make agricultural commodity supply chains more sustainable. André brings over 15 years of experience across sustainability, spanning deforestation, responsible sourcing, international policy, sustainable finance, restoration, and forest certification. He combines extensive on-the-ground conservation experience across Brazil, including the Amazon, with strategic work on international policy and global supply chains, particularly linking China, South America, and Europe. He holds a degree in Ecology from the Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) and an MSc in Biodiversity Conservation from the University of Oxford.
Brazil and China have the opportunity to use their powerful trade alliance to ensure future food security and economic stability by curbing deforestation and reducing climate change, according to a new report by Trase.
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.
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.
Brazil has significantly increased its soybean production with China importing a record amount, potentially increasing deforestation. The strategic importance of a China-Brazil trade partnership presents a unique opportunity to align economic cooperation with environmental sustainability.
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).
Trase outlines its recommendations to make the best use of the one-year delay in the implementation of the EU deforestation regulation (EUDR) to further develop the guidance, partnerships and finance needed to achieve a successful transition to deforestation-free commodity supply chains.
Investing in pasture recovery could make a huge contribution to improving the environmental performance of beef production in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso. New analysis by Trase of data from Brazil’s Remote Sensing and Geoprocessing Laboratory (LAPIG) shows where these investments would be most beneficial.
New research by Trase weighs up the chances of closer cooperation between China and the EU on measures to tackle deforestation in supply chains for agricultural commodities such as beef, soy and palm oil.
Pasture for grazing cattle is impacting natural ecosystems, with Brazil's 2020 beef exports linked to 340 million tonnes of emissions through deforestation. China is the largest importer of Brazilian beef and is therefore also the largest importing market exposed to cattle deforestation and conversion from Brazil. Here's how leveraging data and using monitoring solutions can help countries like Brazil and China to build a more sustainable cattle supply chain.
As all eyes turn to the climate talks at COP28, Trase quantifies the greenhouse gas emissions caused by deforestation and peatland degradation linked to countries’ production and consumption of beef, soy, palm oil and other commodities.
High concentration of soy-related deforestation-risk in a handful of companies and municipalities offers an opportunity for a targeted approach by France and other European countries.
Brazil and China have the opportunity to use their powerful trade alliance to ensure future food security and economic stability by curbing deforestation and reducing climate change, according to a new report by Trase.
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.
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.
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