{"id":1467,"date":"2025-03-06T07:12:59","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T06:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cleeritesg.com\/?p=1467"},"modified":"2025-03-06T07:12:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T06:12:59","slug":"eudr-compliance-a-guide-to-understanding-deforestation-due-diligence-obligations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cleeritesg.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/06\/eudr-compliance-a-guide-to-understanding-deforestation-due-diligence-obligations\/","title":{"rendered":"EUDR compliance – a guide to understanding deforestation due diligence obligations"},"content":{"rendered":"

ESRS E4<\/strong>, datapoints 24.d and 38.a, require companies to disclose adopted policies<\/strong> to address deforestation<\/strong> and relevant metrics<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

EUDR<\/strong>, the EU Regulation on Deforestation-free Products (EU 2023\/1115), introduces obligations relating to the placing or making available on the EU market, and exporting from the EU, of deforestation-related commodities and associated products.<\/p>\n

The EU Commission has published a guide to help companies understand the level of due diligence required<\/strong> depending on the type of company, its position in the supply chain (first placing\/downstream) and its size.<\/p>\n

The document provides an overview of how the obligations apply illustrated through 11 supply chain scenarios.<\/p>\n

You will find the document enclosed, and you can also d<\/strong>ownload<\/strong> \u201cEUDR compliance \u2013 a guide to understanding your position in beef, cocoa, coffee, palm oil, rubber, soy, and wood supply chains\u201d here: https:\/\/data.europa.eu\/doi\/10.2779\/4084343<\/a><\/p>\n

In December 2024 the EU granted a 12-month additional phasing-in period, making the EUDR law applicable on 30 December 2025 for large and medium companies and 30 June 2026 for micro and small enterprises.<\/p>\n

Traceability<\/strong> and transparency<\/strong> are at the heart of the system, to make the sustainability of supply chains a new standard.<\/p>\n

\u2b55<\/strong> Deforestation<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Is defined as the conversion of forest to agricultural use, whether human-induced or not, which includes situations caused by natural disasters.<\/p>\n

The assessment of whether the commodity has contributed to deforestation is conducted by looking backwards in time to see if the crop land was a ‘Forest’ at any time since the date specified in the Regulation (31 December 2020).<\/p>\n

A forest that has experienced a fire and is then subsequently converted into agricultural land (after the cut-off date) would be considered deforestation under the Regulation.<\/p>\n

In this specific case, an operator would\u202fbe prohibited from sourcing commodities within the scope of the Regulation from that area (but not because of the forest fire).<\/p>\n

Conversely, if the affected forest is allowed to regenerate, it would not be deemed deforestation, and an operator could source wood from that forest once it has regrown.<\/p>\n

\u2b55<\/strong> Forest degradation<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Means structural changes to forest cover, taking the form of the conversion of:<\/p>\n

\ud83c\udf3f primary forests or naturally regenerating forests into plantation forests or into other wooded land, or<\/p>\n

\ud83c\udf3f primary forests into planted forests.<\/p>\n

Wood products coming from such converted land\u202fcannot be placed on the market or exported.<\/p>\n

Sustainable forest management systems can be employed and encouraged, provided they do not lead to a conversion that meets the degradation definition.<\/p>\n

\u2b55<\/strong> Which products are covered?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Palm oil, cattle, soy, coffee, cocoa, timber, rubber, and products derived from the listed commodities (such as beef, furniture, or chocolate)<\/p>\n

See the full list of commodities in Annex I of the Regulation: https:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/legal-content\/EN\/TXT\/?uri=CELEX%3A32023R1115&qid=1687867231461#d1e32-243-1<\/a><\/p>\n

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Source: https:\/\/green-business.ec.europa.eu\/deforestation-regulation-implementation_en<\/a><\/p>\n

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ESRS E4, datapoints 24.d and 38.a, require companies to disclose adopted policies to address deforestation and relevant metrics. EUDR, the EU Regulation on Deforestation-free Products (EU 2023\/1115), introduces obligations relating to the placing or making available on the EU market, and exporting from the EU, of deforestation-related commodities and associated products. The EU Commission has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1465,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,5,37],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1467","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-csrd","8":"category-esrs","9":"category-eu-regulation","11":"post-with-thumbnail","12":"post-with-thumbnail-large"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cleeritesg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cleeritesg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cleeritesg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cleeritesg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cleeritesg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1467"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cleeritesg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1468,"href":"https:\/\/cleeritesg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1467\/revisions\/1468"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cleeritesg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cleeritesg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cleeritesg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cleeritesg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}