Peat Verification
Check the condition of peat areas against the mapped record.
Ground observations help distinguish peat condition from a map-only signal.
Field signals
A closer view of the work our teams carry out in the field each quarter.
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Quarterly field programme
From what the data suggests to what the team can verify.
Our field investigations bring context to forest, peat, people, ownership and supply-chain questions. The eight areas below describe what the teams investigate, not a scorecard of completed findings.
Field cycleQuarterlyIllustrative records as of Q3 2026
What we investigate
Eight areas · one quarterly cycleForest Verification
Check forest cover and reported clearing at the site.
A visit can confirm, qualify or challenge what remote monitoring indicates.
Orphancase
Investigate cases without a clear company or group attribution.
The question is who the case belongs to, not simply where it appears.
Ownership
Check which entities are connected to an operation.
Field context can inform attribution; it does not by itself prove shareholding.
Outgrower
Look at growers supplying beyond directly managed estates.
Investigations examine the relationship between growers, plots and buying points.
Supply Chain/Traceability
Follow supply links from production through the chain.
The work tests whether a reported supply relationship can be traced back upstream.
Smallholder
Understand smallholder plots and local supply conditions.
Field mapping adds place and context to the recorded plot information.
Social
Examine social concerns and accounts from affected communities.
Reported claims and field findings must remain distinguishable.
From the visit register
A glimpse of field activity
Three recent public-tier demonstration visits, shown to illustrate how a visit is recorded. They are fictional and are not evidence of actual work completed.
Demonstration records only · no photographs or videos of actual sites are held here.