Risk Management
Trust in Trade is Everything.
Know Your Partner (KYP)
Connect introduces KYP (Know Your Partner), a next-generation verification approach that goes beyond traditional due dilligence approaches to counter-party risk assessment and scoring. By triangulating identity, organisational, operational, and real-time transactional data, KYP gives you more confidence in trade.
Partner Verification – All partners and counterparties are verified with automated KYC, KYB, AML, sanctions, PEP and adverse media checks.
Place Verification – Farms, sites and facilities are verified at origin using geolocation, land titles and risk-based validation. Learn more.
Transaction Verification – Transactions are validated using verified documents, digital signatures, immutable audit trails and blockchain-backed records.
Physical Audits – Trusted Assurance Partners conduct on-site assessments, sampling, lab testing and remote audits.
Third-Party Assurance Partners
In addition to Know Your Partner (KYP), Sourcery works with leading global Assurance Partners to provide additional peace of mind. These independent third-party assurance providers can support you with on-the-ground services including site inspections, quality and integrity testing, transaction and data verification. Learn more.
Trade with Agency
Trade with Agency
At Sourcery, we believe safe trading starts with people.
That’s why Connect pairs digital intelligence with real human support—giving Transform Plus and Pro members dedicated Trade Engagement Professional to help facilitate transparency and trust before, during and after every transaction.
Trade Facilitation - Dedicated support to help Partners transact with greater transparency, efficiency, and trust.
Expert Guidance - Receive expert support on quality, transport and logistics, regulations, duties, impact reporting and certifications and other trade-related matters. Learn more.
Trust Line - Access real-time post-transaction support for trade real-time trade dispute, payment and delivery defaults and other matters (available to all members).
*Dedicated Sourcery Engagement Professionals are available with Transform Plus and Pro membership only. Trust Line is available to all members.
Connect was designed to protect our Partners—on every transactions, from producer to consumer.
Trust Line
As commercially neutral trade facilitators, the Sourcery Engagement team works closely with our Partners through the Trust Line to ensure transparent, efficiency, safe and honest trade for before, during and following every transaction on Connect.
Trade Disputes & Payment Defaults – Contractual disputes, non-performance, and failures to settle payments.
Labour, Ethics & Safety Violations – Forced or child labour, intimidation or coercion, and health and safety breaches.
Product & Supply Integrity Risks – Unauthorized materials or products entering the supply chain.
Financial Misconduct – Financial fraud, bribery, corruption, and other forms of economic crime.
Partners can register trade disputes and payment defaults with Trust Line, which will be followed by a post-transaction facilitation process and possible binding arbitration between buyer and seller transacting on the Connect. Requires Sourcery Partner membership. Above pictured Trust Line screens are currently under development, however, Partner can report an issue today by following the link below.
Verified Places.
Using Connect, Partners automatically register their land parcels, crop areas and facilities and verify each ‘Place’ prior to trading, ensuring that all transactions include traceable and verified proof of origin—anywhere in the world.
Once created, each Place receives its own unique digital identity—all Place data is stored privately and securely in your Partner Data Vault (PDV).
Trade Protection
Trade Credit Insurance (TCI) is available select pre-qualified Partners called Trade Protection—offering a safety net to sell products on credit to other businesses (B2C) via Connect. It protects the money you’re owed if a customer can't pay up to around 90% of the unpaid amount, whether the buyer is local or overseas.
Trade with Confidence and Trust.
The Trade Credit Insurance (TCI) solution through Sourcery gives our Partners the opportunity to trade with more transparency, confidence and assurance.
More Secure Growth - Protects you from the financial hit of a single big customer defaulting, especially helpful for newer or niche businesses.
New Market Expansion - Breaking into international markets? Trade Credit Insurance covers unfamiliar foreign customers too, easing cross-border trade risks helping you to expand to new markets.
Keep Cash Flowing - Protect your cash flow by ensuring you still get paid even if a buyer goes bankrupt or delays payment.
Data Stewardship
We designed Connect with data sovereignty, ownership, advanced security, and privacy at its core.
All data is stored in your Partner Data Vault (PDV)—a private, secure, cloud-based environment designed to protect your business information through strict access controls, encryption, and data ownership policies. You retain full control over your data, how it is used and how its value is realised.
*Partners can give ‘view only’ access to Sourcery with explicit permission to manage post-transaction trade disputes. Permission can only be granted to specific Sourcery Engagement team members follow a formal Trust Line request.
Compliance and Reporting
The Intelligent Impact and Transparent Trade modules found in Connect were developed to meet and ‘presumptively’ comply with international global supply chain and impact regulation and protocols including UFLPA, EUDR, CSRD, and CSDDD and more—giving buyers and sellers the confidence they need to trade and report with more confidence.
Regulations and Protocols
Built on harmonized scopes, standardised criteria, and independent verification, Intelligent Impact enables Partners to capture data and align performance with leading voluntary frameworks and international regulations — strengthening credibility and efficiency across every transaction.
US Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA)
UK Modern Slavery Act
EU Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR)
EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)
EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)
European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS)
Indian BRSR & BRSR Core (SEBI framework)
UK Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting (SECR)
Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) FLAG Standard
Greenhouse Gas Protocol – Land Sector & Removals & ISO 14064
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Voluntary Private Standards (BCI, TE, Higg, SMETA, RSPO, RA, etc.)
*Sourcery continues to monitor the evolving changes, progress and reporting mandates of these regulations and will update its software and products accordingly.