Local VC fund AirTree Ventures has joined Andrew Forrest’s Minderoo Foundation in backing a locally founded ESG platform letting companies track not just carbon emissions but modern slavery and biodiversity risks in their supply chain.

Founded by a former commercial litigator turned human rights lawyer and a mathematician doing a PhD in sustainable supply chains, FairSupply has mapped over 60 billion global supply chains, capturing 98 per cent of global gross domestic product.