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This SEI discussion brief explores how tropical deforestation and water use information are complementary in assessing the EU’s environmental footprint of imported agricultural commodities.
Thanks to the Commodity Footprints dataset released by SEI York, it is now possible to combine assessments of both deforestation and water use in agricultural commodity supply chains. In this brief, we discuss the benefits and challenges of looking beyond deforestation to assess the environmental sustainability of supply chains.
The discussion brief serves as an evaluation of data availability to assess both deforestation and water use in supply chains at a global scale, ahead of more in-depth analyses of Brazilian commodity exports in the TraseH2O project.
Project / Investigating trade-offs between water use, deforestation, and greenhouse gas emissions associated with soy and beef production and exports from Brazil.
Tool / Trase enables governments, companies and others to address the environmental impacts of supply chains.
Tool / This new public dashboard can be used to visualize and interact with data on the global environmental impacts of consumption.
Perspective / Why should we rethink the old boundaries of water governance?
Journal article / This article examines the process leading to the FAO-LEAP Partnership’s guidelines for assessing water use in livestock production systems and supply chains.
Journal article / How do reforestation gains stack up against deforestation embedded in consumption?
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