Weakening the EU deforestation regulation (EUDR) by including it in plans to "simplify" environmental legislation will undermine business confidence, increase costs and damage progress towards goals on climate change, biodiversity loss and food security, according to Trase’s submission to a consultation by the European Commission.
Trase data and intelligence has been used by the European Commission, member state governments, enforcement agencies, politicians and civil society groups in the creation of the EU deforestation regulation – the first-ever legislation aimed at breaking the link between deforestation and the trade in agricultural commodities.
Existing publicly available geospatial data can help companies and competent authorities meet the requirements of the EU deforestation regulation, according to a report by Trase commissioned by ClientEarth. But it is important that they are aware of how best to use it.
Tony’s Chocolonely’s ‘open chain’ initiative offers a best-practice example of how companies could engage with their suppliers in a way that protects and supports the livelihoods of smallholder farmers while also ensuring compliance with the EU deforestation regulation (EUDR).
Trase outlines its recommendations to make the best use of the one-year delay in the implementation of the EU deforestation regulation (EUDR) to further develop the guidance, partnerships and finance needed to achieve a successful transition to deforestation-free commodity supply chains.
Amendments to the EU deforestation regulations proposed by the EPP group in the European Parliament are not based on evidence and could breach free-trade rules.
Trase research shows huge variations in the traceability of cocoa from Côte d’Ivoire and the likelihood of whether supplies will comply with the EU deforestation regulation. Support for smallholder farmers is needed to avoid excluding them from the EU market, as companies prepare for regulation.
Helen Bellfield and Toby Gardner, Trase’s co-directors, answer some frequently asked questions about the benefits and limitations of our data in assisting companies and governments in their efforts to implement the EU deforestation regulation (EUDR).
EU imports of agricultural commodities continue to drive substantial global deforestation with cocoa and oil palm being the main culprits, new Trase research shows. Our analysis reveals striking differences between countries in deforestation exposure and the products responsible as they prepare to implement the regulation on deforestation-free products (EUDR).
Human rights and environmental due diligence can clean-up specific commodity supply chains, but to ensure that products linked to deforestation are not redirected elsewhere, governments need to build synergies with other policies for sustainable land use.
Traders will struggle to prove that soy from Brazil complies with its environmental laws due to gaps in official data, potentially reducing sales to the EU, according to a report by Trase and Instituto Centro de Vida (ICV).
Trase and Proforest have published recommendations for establishing a fair and effective risk benchmarking to underpin the EU deforestation regulation.
Many businesses are seeking clarity on how the EU deforestation regulation will be implemented, especially its proposed classification of countries by risk levels. The success of the law can be boosted by the EU closely engaging producing countries and using the best available deforestation data - including zooming in on regions within countries when considering risk.
A narrow focus on protecting forests could increase pressure on other ecosystems in South America where most of the EU’s commodity-driven deforestation exposure is found.
Implementation of the draft regulation could be improved by using robust risk assessment to target action on areas threatened most by deforestation.
Trase analysis of the EU’s draft due diligence regulation finds that the proposal fails to account for more than half of the bloc’s deforestation risk from imports of soy due to its exclusion of soy used in animal feed.
Trase research is an important part of a new WWF report into tropical deforestation associated with EU agricultural commodity imports.
Weakening the EU deforestation regulation (EUDR) by including it in plans to "simplify" environmental legislation will undermine business confidence, increase costs and damage progress towards goals on climate change, biodiversity loss and food security, according to Trase’s submission to a consultation by the European Commission.
Trase data and intelligence has been used by the European Commission, member state governments, enforcement agencies, politicians and civil society groups in the creation of the EU deforestation regulation – the first-ever legislation aimed at breaking the link between deforestation and the trade in agricultural commodities.
Existing publicly available geospatial data can help companies and competent authorities meet the requirements of the EU deforestation regulation, according to a report by Trase commissioned by ClientEarth. But it is important that they are aware of how best to use it.
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