Scaling transparency: Annual, pan-tropical commodity maps

Forest monitoring good practices: mapping tree crop commodities

FAO publication co-authored by Vivian Ribeiro, VP Methodology and R&D at Meridia

Jun 3, 2026

Mondelēz International 2025 Snacking Made Right Report

Mondelēz International Snacking Made Right Report 2025 mentions Meridia as their field-data verification partner for the Cocoa Life program.

Apr 30, 2026

LDC Integrated Report 2025

LDC’s Integrated Report provides a comprehensive overview of its business performance and progress toward sustainability targets. It features Meridia, highlighting the role of verified farm-level data in enabling deforestation-free sourcing and supporting land-use change (LUC) emissions accounting.

Mar 31, 2026

Cargill Impact Report 2025

Cargill's 2025 Impact Report highlights Meridia's role in providing continuous verification and quality assurance of farm geodata and land-use legality to support EUDR compliance in its cocoa supply chain.

Feb 1, 2026

EU space data supporting coffee industry in the EUDR context

Meridia contributed to this report by EUSPA, the EU Agency for the Space Programme, which has been investigating how EU space data can help monitor deforestation associated with coffee production.

Jun 26, 2024

CASE STUDY: A Multi-centric Data Governance Approach to Secure Land for Cocoa Farmers

Data needs to be governed in a farmer-centric way. It highlights how Meridia, as part of several large consortiums, has taken up important data stewardship activities to secure land rights and tackle issues related to agroforestry for cocoa farmers and cooperatives in West Africa and Indonesia - data models that are also needed for companies sourcing from smallholder heavy supply chains to comply with the EU Deforestation Regulation.

Dec 25, 2023

Meridia in the media

Food industry calls for more time to implement EU deforestation rules

In this Financial Times article, Meridia emphasised the significance of the new EU deforestation regulation in reducing carbon emissions from the supply chains of key commodities and protecting biodiversity. We believe companies can achieve compliance within the stipulated timeline by taking immediate steps to improve their data quality.

Nov 13, 2023

Rural land security: AFOR and CLAP, a winning partnership

The Côte d’Ivoire Land Partnership (CLAP), managed by Meridia, successfully secures land rights for cocoa farmers and promotes agricultural development.

Oct 4, 2023

ICE launches commodity traceability for EUDR compliance

Meridia is partnering with ICE Benchmark Administration Limited, to launch the ICE Commodity Traceability (ICE CoT) service.

Sep 22, 2023

Coffee Storm Is Brewing: Proving a Latte’s Sustainable Journey From Farms

The EU has banned imports of commodities produced on newly deforested land, posing a challenge for the coffee industry. Meridia is partnering with Intercontinental Exchange to help coffee farms trace their supplies for compliance.

Sep 15, 2023

ICE set to launch Traceability Service to ready cocoa sector for EU Deforestation Regulation compliance

ICE set to launch Traceability Service, in partnership with Meridia, to ready cocoa sector for EU Deforestation Regulation compliance.

Sep 14, 2023

Sweeter Prospects for Cocoa Farmers

How formal land ownership improves the financial outlook for smallholders in Cote d’Ivoire through the Côte d’Ivoire Land Partnership (CLAP), managed by Meridia.

Jul 19, 2023

Meridia in external reports

Forest monitoring good practices: mapping tree crop commodities

FAO publication co-authored by Vivian Ribeiro, VP Methodology and R&D at Meridia

Jun 3, 2026

Mondelēz International 2025 Snacking Made Right Report

Mondelēz International Snacking Made Right Report 2025 mentions Meridia as their field-data verification partner for the Cocoa Life program.

Apr 30, 2026

LDC Integrated Report 2025

Mar 31, 2026

Cargill Impact Report 2025

Feb 1, 2026

EU space data supporting coffee industry in the EUDR context

Meridia contributed to this report by EUSPA, the EU Agency for the Space Programme, which has been investigating how EU space data can help monitor deforestation associated with coffee production.

Jun 26, 2024

CASE STUDY: A Multi-centric Data Governance Approach to Secure Land for Cocoa Farmers

Dec 25, 2023

Meridia in the media

Scaling transparency: Annual, pan-tropical commodity maps

Meridia was featured in Google Earth’s article on the launch of annual, pan-tropical commodity tree crop maps powered by AlphaEarth Foundations. The piece highlights Meridia’s contribution to help expand coverage and improve the accuracy of global commodity mapping for cocoa, coffee, oil palm and rubber. These open-source maps support better forest monitoring and supply chain transparency across tropical regions.

Jun 4, 2026

Companies banking on tech and collaboration to comply with EUDR

Vivian Ribeiro, Head of Consulting and R&D, highlights how Verify flags critical risks, such as overlaps with protected areas, and automates compliance checks to support smallholders, helping them stay in global markets while reducing costs and complexity.

Dec 31, 2024

Proposed EUDR delay: Impact on feed and livestock companies

Our CEO, Thomas Vaassen, shared key insights during a panel at the Animal AgTech Innovation Summit in Amsterdam, discussing the implications of the proposed EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) delay. He emphasised that the extra year offers critical opportunities for further preparation and highlighted the importance of pilot projects in navigating compliance challenges. The panel also addressed data gaps and the complexities of sustainable soy sourcing.

Oct 25, 2024

The Race to Map the World and Protect $110 Billion of Trade

Meridia was featured in Bloomberg’s article “The Race to Map the World and Protect $110 Billion of Trade.” The piece discusses the challenges the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) presents for smallholder farmers worldwide and highlights Meridia’s efforts to ensure they maintain access to regulated supply chains while halting deforestation. We collaborate with companies and traders exporting and importing the commodities affected by the EUDR to the EU market to verify the quality of their supply chain’s existing field and physical flow data and map farms where this data is still missing.

Jun 3, 2024

Coffee, chocolate and EU deforestation rules

Read in the Financial Times how Meridia’s verification of field and physical flow data and validation of regulatory compliance is critical for EUDR compliance, which aims to reduce deforestation.

Apr 29, 2024

Fund searches for start-ups with money from Leonardo DiCaprio and Invest-NL

We are excited to be Regeneration.VC's first investee in the Netherlands, with none other than renowned actor and environmental advocate Leonardo DiCaprio backing this investment! 🚀 Learn more about why Regeneration.VC invested in Meridia as part of our Series A, which concluded last week. This significant investment will fuel the expansion of Meridia Verify®, our real-time agri-commodity data verification solution for EUDR (EU Deforestation Regulation) compliance, and more!

Apr 29, 2024