Starling is an interactive digital platform using satellite images (including from Copernicus Sentinel-2) and in-situ field knowledge to monitor land cover change and forest cover disturbance in near real-time.
As well as supporting many public institutions and NGOs to monitor and reduce deforestation, Starling also meets the needs of several private companies such as Nestlé and Ferrero. Nestlé was actually the first company to use satellite monitoring across its supply chain, and has used Starling to verify that as of April 2019, the majority of its agricultural commodities were deforestation-free.
Nestlé also uses the information it gains through Starling to engage suppliers and prioritise transformative actions. For instance, the food and drink corporation has worked with Peru’s largest palm oil producer, Grupo Palmas, to achieve responsible growth in the country's palm oil industry.
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