# How data holds businesses accountable for deforestation | Trellis

> Trase, a new global ecological tracking system built by the Stockholm Environment Institute and the Global Canopy Programme, was announced at the UN climate talks in Marrakech to trace commodities driving tropical deforestation. The article describes a Borneo landscape converted from rainforest to oil palm plantations.

- Date: 2016-12-30 · published 2016-12-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/73474-how-data-holds-businesses-accountable-for-deforestation-trellis
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Traceability tools may raise pressure on palm oil, soy and beef buyers to prove deforestation-free supply, which could tighten sourcing options over time. The near-term price effect is limited.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- PALMOIL: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2024-05-29 | [EU27 countries in the spotlight for deforestation exposure](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30265-eu27-countries-in-the-spotlight-for-deforestation-exposure.md) | +1.5% | +1.1% |
| PALMOIL | 2024-06-27 | [EU27 countries in the spotlight for deforestation exposure - Insights - Trase](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29778-eu27-countries-in-the-spotlight-for-deforestation-exposure-insights-trase.md) | +3.6% | +1.5% |
| PALMOIL | 2021-02-16 | [Diminishing the EU’s deforestation footprint: The where and the how - IEEP AISBL](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48666-diminishing-the-eu-s-deforestation-footprint-the-where-and-the-how-ieep-aisbl.md) | +3.3% | +14.7% |
| PALMOIL | 2017-07-03 | [Europe's contribution to deforestation set to rise despite pledge to halt it \| BusinessGreen News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70003-europe-s-contribution-to-deforestation-set-to-rise-despite-pledge-to-halt-it.md) | +4.0% | +4.1% |
| PALMOIL | 2018-04-28 | [Palm Oil: New Frontiers for a Long-Time Driver of Deforestation — EIA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65526-palm-oil-new-frontiers-for-a-long-time-driver-of-deforestation-eia.md) | -4.5% | -1.8% |
| SOY | 2024-05-29 | [EU27 countries in the spotlight for deforestation exposure](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30265-eu27-countries-in-the-spotlight-for-deforestation-exposure.md) | -4.1% | -5.4% |
| SOY | 2024-06-27 | [EU27 countries in the spotlight for deforestation exposure - Insights - Trase](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29778-eu27-countries-in-the-spotlight-for-deforestation-exposure-insights-trase.md) | +1.2% | -4.0% |
| SOY | 2017-07-03 | [Europe's contribution to deforestation set to rise despite pledge to halt it \| BusinessGreen News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70003-europe-s-contribution-to-deforestation-set-to-rise-despite-pledge-to-halt-it.md) | +8.3% | +5.5% |

## Sources

- trellis.net: https://trellis.net/article/how-data-holds-businesses-accountable-deforestation/

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