The influence of company sourcing patterns on the adoption and effectiveness of zero-deforestation commitments in Brazil's soy supply chain

Autor: Floris Leijten, Tiago N.P. dos Reis, Sarah Sim, Peter H. Verburg, Patrick Meyfroidt
Přispěvatelé: UCL - SST/ELI/ELIC - Earth & Climate, Environmental Geography
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Environmental Science & Policy, Vol. 128, no.-, p. 208-215 (2022)
Environmental Science and Policy, 128, 208-215. Elsevier BV
Leijten, F, dos Reis, T N P, Sim, S, Verburg, P H & Meyfroidt, P 2022, ' The influence of company sourcing patterns on the adoption and effectiveness of zero-deforestation commitments in Brazil's soy supply chain ', Environmental Science and Policy, vol. 128, pp. 208-215 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2021.10.032
Environmental Science and Policy
ISSN: 1462-9011
Popis: Many companies sourcing agricultural commodities with high deforestation risk have committed to zerodeforestation, meaning they intend to eliminate deforestation from their supply chains. While previous researchhas attempted to assess progress against such initiatives, little is known about how the characteristics of sourcingpatterns may influence the adoption and potential effectiveness of zero-deforestation commitments. Supply chainstickiness – here defined as the geographic persistence in trade relationships between traders and sourcing regionsover time – may reflect lock-in effects and the level of trust between the parties involved. Here, we use ametric of supply chain stickiness, calculated from temporal network analyses on the Brazilian soy export supply chain, as a proxy for these underlying dynamics to explore their effect on the adoption and effectiveness of zerodeforestation commitments (ZDCs). Using data for 2004–2017, we find that although stickier traders are morelikely to adopt ZDCs, they also appear to have less effective ZDCs than other traders (as indicated by the level ofsoy and territorial deforestation in their sourcing regions). This finding suggests that additional strategies areneeded to increase the effectiveness of ZDCs.
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