A partnership between GRI Latin America and the U.S. Soybean Export Council (USSEC) is continuing to support efforts to improve transparency and sustainability across agricultural value chains, as companies face growing demands for consistent and comparable environmental and social impact data.
The collaboration, which began in 2022, brings together GRI’s sustainability reporting expertise and USSEC’s focus on sustainable agricultural production. The initiative aims to strengthen the ability of stakeholders across the soy supply chain to communicate sustainability performance in line with global reporting expectations.
As part of the partnership, GRI and USSEC have focused on knowledge sharing and capacity building across Latin America, targeting actors ranging from farmers and producers to importers and end-users. In 2025, the programme delivered workshops on sustainability reporting and materiality to USSEC members in Mexico, Costa Rica and Peru. More than 100 participants from 11 countries across the region took part.
In addition, GRI supported USSEC in training more than 50 executives across Latin America through the GRI Professional Certification Programme, aimed at strengthening their capacity to apply the GRI Standards and use sustainability data in decision-making.
“Our partnership with USSEC reflects the outcomes of coming together with a shared commitment to transparency,” said Andrea Pradilla, Director of GRI Latin America. “By building capacity across the soy value chain, we are helping create the conditions for more sustainable global agriculture grounded in credible data, multistakeholder dialogue, and real accountability.”
Luis Bustamante, Sustainability Lead at USSEC Americas, said the collaboration has helped align sustainability practices across markets. “Through our partnership with GRI, Latin American end-users and importers are better equipped to demonstrate their sustainability commitments, aligned with the high standards of U.S. soy farmers,” he said. “Together, we’re strengthening trust, transparency, and collaboration across the global soy supply chain.”
The two organisations said the collaboration in Latin America is expected to continue in 2026, with further training sessions and joint workshops planned to support responsible production and reporting practices across global soy supply chains.
