Traders & processors

Coordinate between trading and sustainability teams with evidence-backed supplier ratings

Every mill, facility and supplier group you buy from rated for EUDR, NDPE/DCF, Nature, and social risk every month and ranked compared to their peers.

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What a rating looks like

The first performance-based rating for palm traders

Compared your environmental and social risk performance to your competitors based on the mills and plots you both source from. Ratings are applied to EUDR, NDPE/DCF, Nature. and Social topics and updated every month.

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The problem

Trading and sustainability teams struggle to balance trades with deforestation and social risk

  1. Existing risk assessments slow decisions. Multiple, overlapping assessments give traders conflicting signals about risks.

  2. Risks are often hidden. A small number of mills carry most of the exposure, and social risks are not visible from satellite technologies.

  3. Buyers ask you to prove it. Downstream customers increasingly want evidence rather than an assurance.

  4. Questionnaires reveal little. Expensive consultants submit lengthy questionnaires to your suppliers but evaluate their policies, not their actual performance.

The solution

Ratings give your whole organization an evidence-backed rating for all your suppliers, every month.

  • Supplier Ratings

    Every mill, facility and supplier group scored and ranked on the same indicators every month, with individual ratings for EUDR, NDPE/DCF, Nature and Social risk.

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  • Facility Ratings

    Your own facilities rated on the same basis, so trading and sustainability teams work from one benchmark.

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  • Cases

    Detailed cases rated for severity, showing the mills that moved this month and the evidence behind it, so your suppliers respond with urgency.

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We never ask your suppliers to complete a questionnaire. Ratings are based on their mill list and our analytics. Learn more

How it works

One evidence-backed benchmark for trading and sustainability teams, every month

Supplier groups→Mills→Monthly changes→One benchmarkEvery month
01
Your supply base
Trading desk
Group A64 mills
Group B41 mills
Group C23 mills

Map your supplier groups

Supplier groups connect through their published mill lists to every mill in your supply base.

02
Every mill · same indicators
Mill 22
Mill 05
Mill 19
Mill 33

Rate every mill on one basis

Every mill is rated on the same indicators for EUDR, NDPE/DCF, Nature and Social risk, including social risks satellites cannot see.

03
MOVED · MILL 223 sources
Peat clearance · Mill 22
  • · Forest alert verified
  • · Deforestation report
  • · News report
Severity

Surface the exceptions

Each month, the mills that moved are flagged with why they moved and the evidence behind it.

04
Group rating · Group BIllustrative
547
200–800 · higher is better · non-linear
#6 of 27 groups2 open cases

Benchmark suppliers and facilities

Supplier groups and your own facilities are ranked on the same basis, so both teams work from one number.

No published mill list? You can securely upload a private mill list to see ratings for your facilities, suppliers and mills, and identify cases for engagement. Learn more

Four topics

Four topics, rated separately.

  • EUDR

    Compare the EUDR risk of every refinery, crusher and origin you buy from, so you can price compliance costs and route EU-bound volume to lower-risk supply.

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  • DCF / NDPE

    Rank every supplier group you buy from by the same NDPE/DCF score, and use the ranking in sourcing and contract negotiations.

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  • Nature

    Identify suppliers clearing habitat or high carbon stock forest across your origins, so you can answer buyer and investor questions with measured data.

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  • Social

    Screen suppliers for human rights, labor and land conflict cases before you contract, and track how open cases are resolved.

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How we stay independent

Traders are rated and ranked on your published mill list and so is everyone they buy from. The same five principles apply to every rating.

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