DCF with Satelligence : Future proof your sustainability commitments

DCF is more than a compliance requirement; deforestation and conversion pose both an environmental and a business risk.
Adopting a DCF approach helps companies to safeguard their access to global markets, secure long-term supply, and protect brand credibility.

Satelligence provides the data foundation for credible DCF claims, from identifying low-risk sourcing areas to monitoring deforestation and land conversion at the plantation level. We build a DCF approach tailored to your business.

1. Proven sustainable sourcing

DCF sourcing means that the raw materials entering your supply chain (such as palm oil, cocoa, soy, beef, or rubber) are proven not to come from deforested or converted land after a specific cut-off date.

2. Shared foundation for commitments

While definitions vary across commodities, companies, and frameworks, DCF sourcing forms the common ground for achieving goals under mandatory and voluntary commitments such as EUDR, NDPE, SBTi FLAG and beyond.

3. Beyond forests

DCF extends to all natural ecosystems, encompassing peatlands, wetlands, water systems, and biodiversity monitoring.

Science-based. Aligned with key industry voices. Supporting supply chain resilience.

Satelligence helps you establish and maintain sustainable sourcing through our Deforestation- and Conversion Free (DCF) implementation methodology.
Our frameworks are aligned across commodities and with leading global initiatives such as the Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) Forest Positive Coalition, NDPE IRF, and EUDR requirements, ensuring consistency and credibility across markets.

Regardless of whether you have full, partial, or no traceability data, we can help you get started on your DCF journey through one of the following options.

Option 1 Traceability data-based

When traceability data is available, Satelligence analyses deforestation and conversion at plantation, concession, or farm level using high-resolution satellite data.

Each production unit is assessed against a defined cut-off date (e.g. 31 December 2015), confirming whether any deforestation has occurred since then.

The result is a clear percentage or volume of supply that can be verified as DCF.

Option 2 Satelligence data: Supply chain-based

When traceability data is limited, Satelligence will use its supply chain database to fill traceability gaps.

For commodities such as palm oil and soy, we leverage our proprietary concession and CAR databases to establish traceability linkages between mills and production areas.

Using high-resolution forest baselines and deforestation detection, we calculate verified DCF percentages and identify deforestation exposure linked to known supply sources.

Option 3 Satelligence data: Commodity-based

When traceability data is limited, and Option 2 is not possible, Satelligence applies commodity-specific land-use masks (e.g., palm, soy, cocoa, coffee) to identify and quantify deforestation directly linked to mapped production zones and supply chain entities.

This approach provides commodity-driven DCF volumes at different levels of aggregation (supply chain, landscape) and helps companies assess, prioritise, and plan sourcing and traceability strategies across commodities and regions.