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Alianza Team uses Starling to Assess Peatlands and Forests Across their Palm Oil Supply Chain
To make their palm oil supply chain more transparent, Alianza Team is working with Starling to monitor deforestation and assess peatlands
In line with their goal of achieving a deforestation-free agricultural supply chain by 2025 – and in alignment with their NDPE (No Deforestation, No Peatland Expansion, and No Exploitation of People and Communities) – Alianza Team partnered up with Starling and Earthworm Foundation to assess the current state and potential risks linked to forest and peatland conservation practices in both their current and future palm oil supply chain.
Originally from Colombia, Alianza Team is a multi-Latin American organisation and a leader in lipids, nutrition and frozen bakery products. Palm oil is a key ingredient in their portfolio, and the company fully recognizes that development and growth must go hand-in-hand with sustainability. That’s why responsible palm oil sourcing is one of their top priorities.
By joining forces, we aim to build more resilient supply chains that protect critical ecosystems and support sustainable practices - making a measurable impact in safeguarding our planet’s forests for future generations.
To support Alianza Team in meeting their no-deforestation commitments, we monitor forest cover across their palm oil supply chain using the Starling solution – powered by Airbus’ high-resolution satellite constellation and Earthworm’s foot-on-the-ground and supply chain expertise. Using Starling data, Earthworm conducted peatland assessments across multiple LATAM countries to quantify the impact of supply chains on these unique ecosystems and prevent future deforestation risks.
The analysis included verifying the total area of forests, peatlands, and intact peatlands within Alianza Team’s supply chain. Identifying and quantifying these areas is essential for biodiversity conservation, as peatlands store large amounts of carbon and play a key role in climate change mitigation.
This study enables Alianza Team to focus and prioritize their conservation efforts within their plantations – supporting the protection, conservation, and restoration of each type of ecosystem.
Together, we are embarking on a journey to promote responsible sourcing of palm oil. Through this partnership, we are committed to:
- Enhanced transparency: Starling enables the Alianza Team to assess their key suppliers in Latin America and provides detailed insights into the supply chain from mills down to plantations - ensuring full traceability to the plantation (TTP)
- Improve traceability: Our goal is to go beyond mill-level traceability and achieve traceability to plantation. This deeper visibility helps us better understand and address the environmental and social issues within the supply chain
- Identification of risks and opportunities: Gaining clearer insight into the Alianza Team’s supply chain, allows the company to build targeted strategies that reflects the specific characteristics of each region
- Progress towards a sustainable and inclusive supply chain: by prioritizing high-risk areas, strengthening partnerships with local stakeholders, and providing support to both smallholders and large producers, we can foster more inclusive and resilient systems
- Prevention of future Deforestation risks: by applying Starling data to peatland ecosystems, we can quantify the impact of palm oil sourcing on these unique environment and proactively mitigate future deforestation risks
Our partnership with Earthworm Foundation and Starling has supported us in our commitments to biodiversity and zero deforestation in our palm supply chain. Through a rigorous monitoring, verification, and reporting process, we have been able to proactively identify and address potential risks, implementing solutions that not only mitigate our environmental impact but also have a positive impact on nature.
Viviana Baquero Palacios
Sustainability Leader, Alianza Team
Alianza Team is a Colombian company and leader in the food sector, with over 78 years of experience and presence in Colombia, Mexico, Chile, and the USA. It specializes in the development of innovative products and technological solutions for various brands, standing out for the use if lipids as a key differentiatior in categories such as food, bakery, home care, personal care, and animal nutrition among others. Their commitments with social, economic and environmental sustainable development shows how they are fufilling their higher purpose of Nurturing a Better Tomorrow.
Earthworm Foundation is a non-profit organisation motivated by the desire to positively impact the relationship between people and nature through transforming supply chains. With much of their staff operating directly on the ground, Earthworm works jointly with member companies and partners to transform raw material value chains that drive positive economic, environmental and social impacts.
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