Paraguay is often overlooked in the deforestation debate despite hosting some of the highest rates in the world over the past decade. For 2019, Trase tracked over 200,000 hectares of deforestation associated with beef and soy exports in 2019 – an area larger than Greater London. This low profile has resulted in too little scrutiny of the finance linked to soft commodity trade and allowed financial institutions to skimp on the type of country and biome level policy commitments often applied to higher profile locations.

Sustainable bonds, one of the fastest growing segments of the debt capital market, are used globally as a financing source for a wide range of issuers, including green renewable energy companies, sovereigns and supranationals, and brown corporate issuers seeking to transition some or all of their business operations.

In this webinar, Ben Levett discusses how to apply deforestation due diligence guidance and how Trase Finance data products can power commodity trader assessments.