Frontierra Partners with Topo Solutions on EUDR Compliance

The Partnership

Topo's supply chain platform provides purchase order and batch-level information, including geospatial polygon data, automated risk assessments, and workflows for risk mitigation. By integrating Frontierra's advanced satellite monitoring capability, the combined solution can accurately assess the probability of forest cover, detect deforestation risks, classify each production polygon, and provide a comprehensive view of compliance status across a company's supply chain.

The platform also streamlines the generation of due diligence statements and facilitates third-party verification processes, enabling companies to demonstrate EUDR compliance efficiently and at scale.

Brigette Reid, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Frontierra, said: "We are excited to partner with Topo to provide a seamless, end-to-end EUDR compliance solution. By integrating our geospatial insights directly into the Topo platform, we can ensure that companies have the data and tools they need to demonstrate that their supply chains are deforestation-free, in line with the new EU regulation. This makes use of the best available data combined with our proprietary deforestation algorithm and unrivalled expertise, all whilst minimising the impact on producers who are at risk of being negatively affected by unverified and unreliable forest loss data."

Tobias Grabler, Chief Operating Officer of Topo Solutions, said: "Topo's mission is to empower supply chain transparency. Partnering with Frontierra allows us to take that a step further by giving our customers the geospatial intelligence they need to comply with important regulations like the EUDR. By leveraging Frontierra's advanced analytics, our platform can accurately assess the probability of forest cover, detect deforestation risks, classify each production polygon, and provide a comprehensive view of compliance status. This level of detailed, data-driven intelligence is essential for companies to navigate the complexities of the new EU regulations and protect their supply chains."

What the EUDR Requires

The EUDR came into force on 30 December 2024, requiring EU traders in seven forest-risk commodities, including soy, beef, palm oil, wood, cocoa, coffee, and rubber, to demonstrate that their imports are deforestation-free. Self-reported questionnaires and policy commitments are no longer sufficient. Companies must produce evidence that the commodities they trade were not produced on land deforested after 31 December 2020.

Frontierra's deforestation monitoring service uses high-resolution satellite imagery combined with deforestation monitoring expertise to deliver that evidence, assessing forest cover at the baseline date, identifying deforestation or degradation that has occurred since, and producing the documentation needed to support due diligence statements under the regulation.

For organisations with complex, multi-tier supply chains, Frontierra's value chain mapping service extends this analysis further, tracing environmental risks from sourcing regions through to the asset level.

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