In 2021, the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity adopted the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), an international agreement to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030. With this in mind, organisations across the globe are seeking solutions to better understand and measure the relationship between business and nature. 

Auckland Transport partnered with NGIS to transform congestion management using a Google Cloud-powered Digital Twin solution. The platform consolidates disparate data sources to enable real-time traffic visualisation across Auckland's busy transport corridors today, while building the AI foundation needed for tomorrow's smart traffic light optimisation.

Palm oil is recognised as the world’s most versatile vegetable oil. As well as a widely used cooking oil, it’s found in over half of all supermarket products, from soap and toothpaste to chocolate and noodles. 

Deforestation has reached alarming levels. The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations estimates that 420 million hectares of forest – about 10% of the world’s remaining forests, equalling an area larger than the European Union – have been lost worldwide between 1990 and 2020

An estimated 100,000 hectares of forest—an area larger than Singapore—are lost every year to coffee farming. During Climate Week 2024, a groundbreaking initiative was announced, uniting key global players to transform the coffee supply chain.

TraceMark™ Flow’s capabilities can extend far beyond traffic monitoring, offering DMT resilience tools for improving preparedness, response, and future planning to mitigate the impact in the event of another natural disaster occurring in the future.

In a big step towards sustainable and responsible palm oil production, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) has chosen TraceMark, the sustainable sourcing solution by NGIS, to provide EUDR compliance and risk assessment.

The European Union Deforestation Regulation is one of the most significant initiatives that has ever been established for sustainable sourcing of raw materials. The EUDR is a law that restricts operators from placing products on or exported from the European Union (EU) market that are linked with deforestation or forest degradation.

Many organisations worldwide face challenges in obtaining the necessary data and insights to fulfil their sustainability goals. In a recent SAP Sapphire keynote address, First Mile insights from TraceMark were showcased as a solution to this problem, with the support of SAP, a prominent business software solution company.

How do you know that your coffee is sourced from a regenerative plantation in Brazil? What informs the ‘sustainable’ label on products?

‘Planet-friendly’, ‘ethically produced’ and ‘green’ are all terms commonly used to describe products that companies market as being “sustainable” although each term has equal potential for misunderstanding and ambiguity.

Mica is known as the shine or shimmer in many beauty products. It is sourced from a natural mineral that forms in layers and is both flexible and strong.