Case Study: a consumer goods company increases palm supply chain transparency with Descartes Labs

Increasing transparency in the palm supply chain

Descartes Labs worked with a consumer goods company that was facing immense pressure to monitor the environmental impact of its palm supply chain and validate its sustainability commitments to avoid public backlash and maintain a competitive advantage. The customer needed a scientific method to measure and verify its 'zero deforestation' pledges to stakeholders.

Using its powerful geoprocessing platform, Descartes Labs created a cloud-free composite image of a notoriously cloudy region in Southeast Asia in less than a week, a task that traditionally took months. This solution fuels an ongoing deforestation alerting system that provides critical data on deforestation types and rates. The results are validated by the vendor's highly accurate, best-in-class 97% accurate forest mask and 94% accurate palm mask.