Effective Solutions for

the Implementation of
your Sustainability
Strategy
GRAS is a comprehensive solution to implement and
monitor sustainable, deforestation-free supply chains

ü Successful implementation and monitoring of

sustainability and zero-deforestation
commitments
ü Cost-efficient sustainability assessments
ü Support of certification processes
ü Efficient supplier management
ü Independent and objective analysis
ü Regular sustainability reporting and impact
assessment
ü Customized solutions for specific needs
ü Reliable and competent customer support

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 GRAS offers a variety of customized services to
efficiently support your sustainability strategy

ü Prove your sustainability

commitments and profit from
the enhanced credibility
ü Make your sustainability
strategy more effective with a
reliable and cost-efficient
risk management
ü Contribute to the protection
of forests, grasslands and
other high biodiverse
landscapes

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Take social indices and rights of local communities
into account to secure a sustainable future

ü GRAS integrates the most

relevant global social indices
under one address
ü Use the innovative GRAS Index
to compare risks in your
production area
ü Monitor areas populated by
indigenous people and local
communities

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 GRAS supports the needs of many user groups

Farmers/ Farmer Groups Agricultural Traders Brand Owners/ Retailers

ü Assess current cultivated areas or ü Map, manage and monitor supply ü Implement and verify zero-
identify risk hotspots bases and prepare for audits deforestation commitments

Private/ Public Investors Auditors Governments and NGOs

ü Verify and monitor compliance of ü Pre-audit risk assessments for ü Plan, implement and monitor land
potential investments more targeted audits use and biodiversity strategies

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 GRAS is the integrated one-stop-shop solution to
verify and monitor compliance with the most relevant
sustainability criteria

Biodiversity Deforestation High Carbon Stock Social Indices

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GRAS is successfully used by its clients to verify and
implement sustainability commitments by …

… identifying … mapping and … implementing … supporting

deforestation and managing risks in secure and efficient credible and cost-
degradation of high agricultural monitoring of global efficient certification
biodiverse areas production supply chains processes

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GRAS uses latest remote sensing technology and
sensors to identify land use change, deforestation
and degradation of land cover

Sentinel-2 SPOT PALSAR

Landsat MODIS LiDAR

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 GRAS analyses sustainability risks globally on
different levels, depending on your strategy and goal

Administrative level and Sourcing areas with a

Detailed field analysis
cluster analysis specific radius

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 Monitor illegal logging within your concession areas
and check violations against nearby protected areas

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Land Use Change

within Protected Area

National Park Indigenous Areas

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Use the GRAS approach for profound and secure
sustainable investment decisions

1. Semi-automated 2. Risk ranking according to 3. Detailed analysis for high

sustainability report sustainability risk risk farms

àCost-effective and quick àDirect investment decision àExclusion of land parcels

analysis of all land parcels possible for low risk areas which are not compliant

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Analyse, monitor and manage your supply base
customized to your needs
ü Let us do the work! Get the full analysis and reporting package
ü Including sustainability risk criteria according to your specific sustainability strategy
ü We provide the results in the format that fits best to your work flows

Detailed Reports Individual Online Tools Databases and Dashboards

Coordinates -15.32, -54.93

Producer ID 00453
Producer Example Farmer

Address Example Adress

Deforestation 0 ha
Grassland
0 ha
Conversion

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 FactorBiodiversity

We developed the FactorCarbon

innovative GRAS Index,

FactorLUC
compiling most relevant
sustainability information
FactorSocial
into one transparent
sustainability index

GRAS Index

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 GRAS analysis can be applied globally
for a huge variety of crops

Soy Canola Palm Timber

Cereals Corn Sugarcane Sugarbeet

Cotton Cocoa Coffee And many more...

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GRAS develops customized company dashboards to
support the efficient monitoring of supply chains

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 Monitor fire activities within your
production area with GRAS

ü Monitor recent fires within

your area of interest,
updated on a daily basis
ü Review historical fire
databases back to January
2008 and assess the fulfill-
ment of your commitments
ü Receive alerts as soon as
fire activities occur within
your area of interest and
react to potential sustain-
ability risks on time

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 GRAS collects available social data from reputable
sources to complement the integrative approach

GRAS integrates relevant global

social indices such as:
ü Global Hunger Index (GHI)
ü Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI)
ü Global Slavery Index (GSI)
ü Human Development Index (HDI)
ü Environmental Performance Index (EPI)
ü UNICEF Database

Specific goals of the SDGs

are recognized and supported
by GRAS

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GRAS developed a mobile app to collect smallholder
production outlines for automated assessments

• With the new GRAS

Smallholder App individual
fields can be securely
mapped
• The interactive
Smallholder Management
Tool enables efficient data
management
• Analysis of sustainability
criteria and visualization of
smallholder data

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 GRAS has been developed in a joint effort of a
multidisciplinary team

Supported
by

Core Team

Advisors
University of Illinois at Chicago

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Contact us and we develop
a solution that fits best to
your individual needs -
together

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 Take the opportunity now and contribute to a
secure, deforestation-free and sustainable future

Contact us
GRAS Global Risk Assessment Services GmbH
Hohenzollernring 72
D-50672 Köln
Tel.: +49-221-50802030
Fax: +49-221-50802099
info@gras-system.org
www.gras-system.org

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