Learning Event summary
This practitioner-led session, jointly organised by Evidensia and UNDP FACS Community, will explore how financial mechanisms and traceability systems are emerging to move deforestation-free soy from commitment to action.
About this event
Soy remains a major driver of deforestation, with the vast majority of conversion concentrated in South America’s most biodiverse biomes. Corporate and sectoral commitments to deforestation- and conversion-free (DCF) supply chains have grown, but turning commitment into measurable outcomes depends on two critical enablers: robust traceability systems and fit-for-purpose financing.
Despite a growing number of anti-deforestation commitments from companies and policies, global tree cover loss persists. Achieving DCF supply chains depends on robust traceability: without the ability to verify the origin of a commodity and track it through the supply chain, DCF claims cannot be substantiated.
Finance addresses a different but equally fundamental barrier: for producers in high-risk biomes like Brazil’s Cerrado, the economics of staying deforestation-free rarely make sense without meaningful incentives, creating barriers for thousands of otherwise willing farmers. When these two levers work together, they can shift behaviour across the value chain: traceability underpins credible claims and enables informed decision making by buyers and investors, while financial mechanisms provide producers with the means to protect forests.
This session brings together sustainable soy experts to present real-world solutions already being deployed across the soy value chain. Speakers will share what has worked, what hasn’t, and what it would take to replicate these approaches more widely.
Questions this event will ask include:
- How are finance and traceability shaping the next phase of sustainable soy?
- How can producers be incentivised to adopt DCF practices?
- How are solutions being scaled and what barriers remain?
This session is part of the Food Systems, Land Use and Restoration (FOLUR) Impact Program, led by The World Bank and supported by the Global Environment Facility.
By registering your interest, you will be automatically enrolled in the session once the date and time are confirmed. You will then receive a confirmation email with the final session details. If you are unable to attend, you will receive the session recording, presentation slides and any supporting materials shared by the speakers.
