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🌏 👉 In this episode of #eudecoded we talk about how the goods we buy and the services we use affect the survival of the #rainforest. A new law is provoking a backlash from companies and countries who are negotiating over how to delay the application of the new rules.

The clock is ticking for everyone from farmers to governments to be ready for Europe’s new deforestation law. It kicks in at the end of the year — and the calls to delay it are growing louder. #strategicsourcing #procurement #supplychain #supplychainmanagement #chinasourcing #globalsourcing #unsdg https://lnkd.in/eGC2K4eg

The EUDR saga continues and always interesting to hear from the corporate sector asking for “predictability” when this is one of the factors (predictability) that smallholder farmers certainly do not have when it comes to pricing, commercial conditions, access to finance, and opportunities for them to generate added-value...and now even less from nature! Maybe we should celebrate the support for the EUDR expressed by Bart Vandewaetere on behalf of Nestlé. This could be a great opportunity for Nestlé to also make commitment for the same need of "predictability" for smallholder farmers? Would Nestle go as far as making commitment that they will support farmers for: 1) better pricing? 2) that the will absorb the cost to report on the EUDR as well as the auditing will be fully covered by them? 3) that they will continue supporting farmers that may not comply and help them improve reporting or shifting to other crops? 4) make 100% guarantees on human rights and child labour With real financial commitment from those that will benefit the most for improved crops, I think it's only fair that they also make commitment to support smallholder farmers that: a) not on LinkedIn b) and not represented by any organizations who speak freely on their behalf. #eudr #cacao #cocoa

EU members call for revision of anti-deforestation law Sight Magazine #EU #EUantideforestationlaw #Austria #Europeanfarmers #deforestation https://lnkd.in/giZxzGJQ

Delay in EU anti-deforestation enforcement leaves little time to make changes: The proposed extension of the transition period for the EU's anti-deforestation rules has many worried that reopening the file could end up weakening some of its provisions.

FIRST LITIGATION ABOUT EUDR ON THE WAY 🏛 A German cocoa retailer has filed a complaint in the German courts, arguing that the EUDR does not meet the EU law's principles of proportionality. Albrecht & Dill Trading GmbH, a cocoa trader based in Hamburg, has brought the case to the administrative court in Cologne against the federal Agency for Agriculture and Food (BLE). The company contends that the burden of proof required by the EUDR is practically impossible to meet, thereby violating the principle of proportionality in EU law. Additionally, they argue that the rules are so ambiguous that the implementation deadline of December 30 cannot be realistically met. From a practical standpoint, the court documents reveal that the company expects to submit over 5,000 due diligence statements annually through the EU's due diligence portal, which is still not operational. They claim that this requirement imposes an unnecessary administrative burden, which the company cannot manage without hiring several specialists before the year's end, especially given the short preparation period. Furthermore, the company argues that collecting the geodata mandated by the regulation is excessively time-consuming. For each truck delivery of approximately 25 tons of cocoa, they would need to store geodata for up to 40,000 plots of land owned by various small farmers. Despite these criticisms, there are no indications from the EU Commission that the EUDR's entry into force will be postponed. Companies should therefore proceed under the assumption that compliance with the rules will be required from December 30, 2024. #EYLaw #Sustainability #DeforestationRegulation Michelle T. Davies (née Thomas), Vanessa Fullerton, Olivia Ashill, Hein Brinkmann, Joost Vreeswijk, Alenka Turnsek, Linn Anker-Sørensen, Susanne Eriksen, Jessica Etherington, Colette Withey, Bart Wolters, Inga Pakalniškytė, Shourik Chatterjee, Kim Paykel, Ximena Zuluaga, Kelly Davies, Paula Hogéus, John Knox, Michael Beckman, Ana Lopez Muiña.

Practical Law Environment has published two new notes on preventing illegal deforestation through mandatory supply chain requirements in the UK and the EU. Businesses are under increasing regulatory pressure to address the adverse ESG and sustainability impacts of their activities and supply chains. The forthcoming Forest Risk Commodities Scheme in the UK and the EU Deforestation-free Products Regulation prohibit regulated businesses from using commodities and products related to deforestation (such as cocoa, soy, palm and cattle), and impose related supply chain due diligence requirements. https://lnkd.in/eFXKi2PX and https://lnkd.in/eMdXV7v4 (subscription required)

Proposal to Push EU’s Deforestation Law Brews Good News for Ethiopia’s Coffee Ethiopia’s coffee exporters heave a sigh of relief as the pending implementation of the European Union’s Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) gets tabled for a year-long extension.

The European Union’s Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) that came into force in mid-2023 and will be applied from Dec. 31 is designed to ensure products imported into Europe do not have any links to areas of the world that have been deforested since the end of 2020.  The targeted industries – cattle, cocoa, coffee, palm oil, rubber, soy and timber – were given 18 months to ensure their supply chains were in compliance, but implementing the regulation is shaping up as a monumentally complicated task. Everstream Analytics estimates that since the anti-deforestation law was first proposed in December 2022, the number of industrial companies alleged to have food and consumer products linked to deforestation has increased by 400%.  While there is no argument over the sustainability goals of the EUDR, producers in some of the targeted industries say the compliance requirements will be difficult, if not impossible, to meet. This is especially true for palm oil and pulp and paper where the reverse burden of proof required to demonstrate compliance when the elements in a product originate from thousands of small farms and are blended multiple times will present unique challenges. Palm oil is found in most goods in any supermarket and is also used as a feedstock in producing biofuels. In the interests of sustainability, EU member states must phase out the crediting of palm oil-produced biofuel in greenhouse gas emissions quotas by 2030.   While the EU remains a significant importer of pulp and paper products from the US, imports declined 21% in 2023 year over year to 127,068 TEUs, according to data from PIERS, a sister company of the Journal of Commerce within S&P Global. The American Forest and Paper Association (AF&PA) has warned that the EUDR in its current form could be “a technical trade barrier” to its European exports.    Calls are mounting from politicians and industry lobby groups both outside and within the EU to postpone and revise the regulation, but Brussels is so far standing firm, pointing out that by the time the law is in force, the affected industries will have had 18 months to prepare. Journal of Commerce subscribers can read the story here: https://lnkd.in/egg8Xesb

🍫👨🌾 A question for the traceability players in my network: is there such thing as untraceable cocoa? When I saw this over the weekend I thought; is there such thing as 'untraceable' anything in today's world. Do certain supply chains or commodities preclude traceability, or just make traceability more difficult/expensive. I'd like to get some expert opinions ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ #EUDR #Traceability #SupplyChains #Sustainability #SCTP