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SUMMARY:Transformative transparency and a deforestation free economy: how 
 supply chain information can improve supply chain governance and sustainab
 ility - Dr Toby Gardner\, Stockholm Environment Institute
DTSTART:20171018T160000Z
DTEND:20171018T170000Z
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CONTACT:E Allen
DESCRIPTION:The last few decades have given rise to an era where\, due to 
 the scale and speed with which information is collected and made available
 \, information transparency processes such as monitoring\, disclosure\, di
 ssemination and verification are increasingly capable of forging entirely 
 new modes of sustainability governance for global commodity supply chains.
  In this seminar\, Toby will present the work of an exciting new initiativ
 e\, Transparency for Sustainable Economies – Trase\, that is attempting 
 to revolutionize supply chain transparency for sustainability. Toby will a
 lso build on the work we are during in Trase to explore some of the opport
 unities\, but also the risks\, of bringing new levels of information trans
 parency to the sustainability agenda. \n\nTrase is a supply chain transpar
 ency initiative that seeks to transform our understanding of how companies
 \, governments and other actors involved in the trade of agricultural comm
 odities are linked to impacts and opportunities for more sustainable produ
 ction – and to place this understanding in the hands of those who can ma
 ke a difference. At the core of the Trase initiative is www.trase.earth\, 
 a new open-access information system and online platform for supply chain 
 transparency. Our work is motivated in particular by the ambition set out 
 in the sustainability pledges of an increasing number of governments\, com
 panies and investors to achieve deforestation free supply chains – in ma
 ny cases by 2020. \n
LOCATION:Large Seminar Room\, Level 1\, The David Attenborough Building
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