Orbital Insight’s technology will combine satellite images of Indonesia and Brazil with geolocation data to provide specific information on ‘the first mile’ – the journey that palm oil fruit or soybeans travel from the plantation to a mill. “With a clearer...
Tesco is among a small group of companies incentivising Brazillian farmers to stop deforestation through a new initiative: ‘Funding for Soy Farmers in the Cerrado’.
Only 1-2% of global soy production is certified responsible, but RTRS president Marina Engels believes that figure could jump to 10% in five years if demand for credits and produce increases.
The Roundtable on Responsible Soy (RTRS) and other stakeholders have endorsed a manifesto calling for an end to the destruction of forests and native vegetation in the Cerrado region of Brazil.