Monitoring & Measurement

With increased transparency comes increased responsibility to evaluate practices, engage on solutions and measure progress. We monitor for potential land use changes in our supply chain to comply with Cargill’s Policy on Sustainable Palm Oil.

Satellite and radar technology

To measure practices, we monitor our supply chain using Global Forest Watch Pro, a satellite imagery system that provides alerts on deforestation-related issues within our supply chain. When issues are identified, we engage with our suppliers to develop corrective action plans.

We also collaborate with World Resources Institute to use radar technology to track issues across our supply chain in near-real-time and address concerns in accordance with our grievance procedure. In areas prone to cloud cover, radar can pierce through the clouds and provide data that cannot be obtained using optical sensors alone. Radar systems also are capable of capturing data at night. The addition of radar technology provides more timely and reliable deforestation detection.

We integrate data from both of these satellite and radar monitoring technologies into the Global Forest Watch platform to enable effective monitoring.

NDPE Implementation Framework 

Cargill is using the NDPE Implementation Reporting Framework (IRF), which establishes a standard approach for companies to report on progress against NDPE goals. The NDPE IRF is used as a consistent way to monitor NDPE compliance in the supply chain, to report on progress, and to identify the areas where collaborative action is needed to drive transparency and transformation. Cargill publicly discloses its NDPE IRF profiles for all our oil refineries globally.

Cargill Impact Report 

Current sustainability reporting on our palm oil supply chain can be found in Cargill’s most recent Impact Report.