Global Risk Assessment Services
Sustainable, transparent & deforestation-free supply chains
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EUDR Services
With more than 10 years of experience, we at GRAS deliver a full range of solutions, including in-depth deforestation assessments, expert consultancy, and technology platforms tailored to meet your EUDR requirements.
NEWS: Forest Resilience Index
Strengthen Forest Resilience
A new project by ANW, GRAS, University of Göttingen, and UFZ is underway to strengthen forest resilience using the Forest Resilience Index, assessing forests’ long-term stability, regeneration, and the impact of management on biodiversity.
NEWS: Symbio 2.0
SYMOBIO 2.0: Bioeconomy Monitoring
Following contributions to SYMOBIO 1.0, GRAS developed a semi-automatic system for assessing crop-driven deforestation, focusing on palm-driven deforestation in Indonesia and Malaysia from 2008 to 2021 for SYMBIO 2.0.
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Enabling Transparent, Sustainable, and Deforestation-Free Supply Chains with GRAS
GRAS – Global Risk Assessment Services specialises in providing sustainability assessments using the latest GIS and remote sensing technologies.
For more than 10 years, GRAS has been trusted as a reliable and competent project partner in the field of land use change monitoring and risk assessment in agricultural production systems, supporting businesses, organizations, and governments with objective data, tailored solutions, and platforms to make informed decisions and drive positive change in supply chains.
Utilising the latest developments in geospatial data and satellite imagery, GRAS ensures accurate and up-to-date insights into environmental and social risks based on scientific approaches. GRAS’ commitment to independent and objective analyses enables clients to make informed decisions based on reliable, objective data that ensures a clear understanding of sustainability impacts in global agricultural supply chains.
GRAS’ innovative approach enables organisations, governments and the private sector to effectively assess risk while maintaining efficiency and cost effectiveness.
Our Expertise
Environmental assessments
With a special focus on the environment, GRAS offers various solutions for assessing the ecological status. Using our proprietary approaches, protected areas and high conservation values can be assessed, forest fires be monitored, biomass carbon stock quantified, and land use and land cover be classified.
Social and Ecological Services
Beyond the assessment of the ecological status, GRAS offers social risk assessments for agricultural supply chains. Using targeted data from various indices, we analyze sustainability’s social components, including impacts on vulnerable communities, poverty, forced labor, child labor, and corruption.
Geographic Information Systems
GRAS has developed unique services for spatial risk analysis using GIS. Our diverse risk assessment approaches enable the identification of high-risk areas within global supply chains. By integrating innovative analysis and reporting tools, we ensure that results are displayed in a targeted, concise way, tailored to your needs.
Remote Sensing Technologies
Using advanced remote sensing technologies and satellite data of Sentinel 2, Landsat, SPOT, PALSAR, Modis, and LiDAR with varying spatial resolutions and temporal frequencies, GRAS reliably detects changes in land use, such as crop-induced deforestation, and determines the period of conversion.
Due Diligence
GRAS also offers various methodological approaches to assist companies in complying with due diligence regulations, with a focus on innovative analysis and reporting tools.
EUDR Compliance with GRAS
In cooperation with the German Coffee Association, GRAS developed the EUDR Coffee Check, a tailor-made solution to meet the EUDR requirements in the coffee sector. Designed specifically for coffee consignments, this platform guides you step-by-step through the EUDR requirements to ensure a smooth and efficient due diligence process. GRAS also developed the EUDRx for other commodities covered by the EUDR.
Our services go beyond just offering guidance – we deliver a full range of solutions, including in-depth deforestation assessments, expert consultancy and a complete technology platform tailored to meet the EUDR’s compliance requirements.
GRAS Platforms
GRAS offers a variety of platforms that combine the latest technologies and frameworks to ensure our clients are equipped with the necessary tools to manage the complexities of global and agricultural supply chains. These platforms are designed to ensure compliance, improve transparency and support effective risk management across the entire supply chain process.
Coffee Compliance Made Easy
The EUDR Coffee Check is crafted for your specific consignment of coffee. It guides users systematically through the EUDR requirements and is exclusively available to the members of the German Coffee Association.
EUDR Compliance with EUDRx
EUDRx delivers automated, consignment-specific EUDR compliance analysis, risk assessment, and due diligence documentation for operators who import/export goods into the EU.
Sustainability Analysis at a glance
GRAS Tool+ provides global monitoring, interactive sustainability maps, data on social risks and food security indices, fire monitoring and alerts, and comprehensive risk assessment reports for 70+ countries.
Supply Chain Management
FARAMO, a supply chain solution, seamlessly integrates smallholders, offline data collection and field mapping, and automated risk assessments to ensure full traceability and compliance with sustainability standards.
Palm Oil Monitoring
ARIA allows for zero-deforestation monitoring and certification processes, providing detailed field-level assessments using high-resolution satellite imagery and intuitive report generation for the palm oil sector.
Customized Solutions
GRAS provides tailored solutions to help businesses effectively implement sustainability strategies, support certification processes , and provide essential data for informed decision-making at national, regional or even location-specific level. Our diverse range of services can be seamlessly integrated to suit your unique requirements. By customizing each solution to align with your goals, GRAS ensures that your sustainability initiatives are both efficient and impactful, helping you achieve measurable results.
Supply Chain Assessment
We visualize risks along supply chains and offer risk assessments from national to administrative levels.
Deforestation & Land Use Change
GRAS identifies, checks and monitors land use changes such as deforestation using satellite data.
Biodiversity & Environment
GRAS develops datasets on biodiversity and carbon stock issues developed with different science-based approaches.
Due Diligence
We support companies in fulfilling their due diligence obligations by developing various methodological approaches.