Start in the Climate tab for that commodity, then drill down by country and region to see where your supplier operates. You’ll get an in-depth read on current and future climate risk, a breakdown of the risk types (e.g., too hot/too wet/too dry), and a view of risk over the past 1–12 months, plus a clear rubric for where each country is in the growing season—all of which helps separate one-off noise from sustained stress.
If you need structural context, the Climate Change view compares the current season against historical seasons and averages, so you can judge whether this year looks benign or more like prior high-risk years.
To round out a supplier assessment, you can cross-reference Supply and Trade tabs for production leaders, export trends, and related headlines—useful if you want to understand substitution options or exposure to export restrictions. Methodologically, Helios aggregates climate risk from local cells to regional and market-level views using market-share-aware weighting, so a supplier in a small district doesn’t get overstated relative to a dominant region; this makes the exposure analysis more realistic at the portfolio level.