Zero Harm: Monitoring Deforestation

SD Guthrie has consistently partnered with like-minded organisations to tackle deforestation. One of our most successful collaborations is the Radar Alerts for Detecting Deforestation (RADD), a publicly available radar-based forest monitoring system that was developed with cooperation and funding from a coalition of ten major palm oil producers and buyers. This includes Bunge, Cargill, Golden Agri-Resources (GAR), Mondelēz International, Musim Mas, Nestlé, Pepsico, SD Guthrie, Unilever, and Wilmar. 

RADD complements our deforestation monitoring initiatives in partnership with AidEnvironment. Developed by Wageningen University and Satelligence, and facilitated by World Resources Institute, the RADD system augments existing publicly available monitoring tools that rely on optical-based satellite imagery, which can be delayed when clouds obstruct the view of forests. Through the use of radar waves, this system can penetrate cloud cover and gather forest change information without being affected by clouds or sunlight.

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