Case Study: GRAS (Global Risk Assessment Services) achieves scalable, multi-layered ecological and social impact mapping with Google Cloud Platform

GRAS visualizing ecological and social impact

Meo Carbon Solutions developed Global Risk Assessment Services (GRAS) to help companies meet EU certification requirements proving biofuel production doesn’t cause deforestation, biodiversity loss, or carbon-stock depletion — and to answer growing demands for information about social risks like forced or child labor. The challenge was aggregating and visualizing diverse ecological and social datasets so auditors could reliably compare before-and-after maps and determine whether to grant certification.

Working with Google Cloud integrator Wabion, GRAS built a Maps-based web app on Google Maps Platform that integrates dozens of government, NGO, and global databases. The solution handles 10 terabytes of geodata, visualizes more than 100 data types (from land-use and carbon stocks to the Global Slavery and Hunger indices), lets users upload their own datasets and use Autocomplete, and has expanded access to governments, NGOs, businesses, financial institutions and individuals.

GRAS

Norbert Schmitz

Managing Director