Certification of Origin and Traceability Implementation Initiative

For many years, one of the main requests from national and international NGOs has been for the private sector to take a prominent leading role in implementing integrated actions that help combat deforestation and reduce carbon emissions, consequently decreasing the impact on nature. 

As a response and solution to those requests was born the Certification of Origin and Traceability Implementation Initiative (COTI). COTI is a landscape initiative that promotes full traceability implementation collaboratively, unifying all stakeholders in the supply chain, from the rural producer, through the processing industry, to the final brands.

And it goes a step further. The initiative also counts on  the union of various actors from civil society and the private sector, in parallel related, to become an effectively  transformative activity of  the national cattle ranching panorama, solidifying different projects and actions under a single umbrella.

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Why COTI Stands Out

1. A collaborative landscape stakeholder model eliminates duplicity of actions and investments, fostering wider inclusion of additional protocols, pilots, and producers that agree on shared commitments.

1. PRIMI protocol is the ground rule, overlapping Sisbov system (phytosanitary control), securing that all farm analysis and transactions for individual animals are verified and legal, and is used upon conformity with the BND (Animal National Database, in Portuguese)

1. EUDR compliant (blockchain traceability and 3rd party verified transactions from birth farm to tannery)

1. Industry-leading and NGO-supported, encouraging more engagement with the private productive sector with validated technical claims by NGOs, resulting in faster decision-making processes.

1. A unified model designed to direct and enhance better international finance investments.

1. DCF beef and leather capacity in a model built to scale, capable of providing bigger volumes overtime

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