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Various cutting-edge solutions were presented.

The event culminated in an interactive panel called 'fishbowl'.

Decoding the Future of Traceability

Traceability is considered a key pillar to ensure other sustainability claims, for example deforestation and farmers' financial well-being can be made. Pushed by new regulations, a variety of approaches and solutions to ensure traceability have sprouted in the cocoa and other sectors. To understand which approaches and solutions exist today in our community, the Swiss Platform for Sustainable Cocoa hosted an event in Lausanne yesterday.

Rob McWilliam from Earthworm Foundation explained which diverse approaches and solutions exist currently shaping traceability in the industry. Traceability solutions try to solve various problems, for different stakeholders, in different ways.

To get a glimpse of this landscape, various cutting-edge solutions presented how they make traceability happen by 'speed dating' through the solutions' gallery walk.  From AI, blockchain and satellite imagery, to genetic markups and interaction tools with farmers, these innovations promise to redefine industry standards and drive sustainable practices forward.

The event culminated in an interactive panel called 'fishbowl', where attendees reflected and presented their views on the necessity, (un)intended consequences and impact of traceability tools in today's cocoa and coffee supply chains. 

We are on this journey together. Let's use the potential that these new technologies offer to take sustainability to the next level.

Browse through the booklet below to find an overview of what these different solution providers have to offer:

Decoding the Future of Traceability: Solutions from Service Providers