Commissioned engagements
Sourcing & project risk
Two questions bring most companies here: which suppliers and origins hold up under the EU rules entering force, and what the dependencies and risks are around a specific project. Both are qualification problems, not search problems, and both are answered against the same public datasets.
The public country profiles, EU regulatory map, and trade-flow datasets are the proof of method. Commissioned reports sit on top of that base, tailored to a specific buyer question.
Report formats
Each engagement is scoped to a specific question. Typical formats:
Sourcing-fit assessments
Given a commodity, origin set, and compliance horizon, which producers are realistically defensible under the EU regulations entering force? Output: a structured shortlist with rationale, evidence references, and an audit trail from signal to recommendation.
Project-risk reads
For a specific project, plant, sourcing route, or market entry: the dependencies and risks that decide whether it holds. Demand exposure, regulatory headwinds, origin and chokepoint risk, traced across the energy, trade, and compliance layers. Suited to a team that wants the risk picture before it commits.
Country deep-dives
Extending a public country profile into a buyer-specific overlay: sector exposure, regulatory horizon, supplier landscape, scenario sensitivity. Builds on the standardised three-index profile rather than starting from a blank page.
Commercial-opportunity studies
For infrastructure, energy, or strategic-materials sectors: market structure, key players, regulatory headwinds, and entry pathways. Suited to teams scoping a market they have not previously sourced from.
Regulatory-fit reviews
Assessing an existing supplier base against a named regulation, whether CSDDD, EUDR, CBAM, ESPR/DPP, or the Battery Regulation. Output: per-supplier exposure flags, evidence requirements, and remediation pathway.
Engagement tiers
Custom intelligence reports
AvailableOne-off engagements, scoped to a specific buyer question. Fixed scope, fixed timeline, fixed fee. The natural entry point, with low commitment and full visibility of methodology.
Sourcing advisory
AvailableQuarterly briefings and on-call regulatory and sourcing advisory. Recurring retainer. Best suited to teams managing an active supplier base under shifting EU rules.
Supply-base and risk monitoring
In developmentA forward-looking supply-base and risk layer, in development. It surfaces producers you may not yet know and flags emerging risks earlier, with every signal traceable and held under human validation rather than presented as a black-box forecast. Early-access engagements are available now while the data layer is built out.
How it works
Brief
You tell us the commodity, the origin flexibility, the volume range, and the compliance requirements that matter. We ask the follow-up questions that surface unstated constraints.
Research
Built on top of the public country, regulatory and trade-flow datasets. Every claim references its source data, regulatory text, or analytical step, so the work is verifiable, not just delivered.
Delivery
You receive a structured report (shortlist, country overlay, sector study, or regulatory review) with rationale, evidence references, and an explicit audit trail from input signal to recommendation.
Access
Engagements are scoped on a case-by-case basis. Send a short description of what you are sourcing or the question you need answered, and we will confirm scope, timeline, and fit.