Practical Guidance for Ongoing Due Diligence in Agricultural Supply Chains
The EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) is now a cornerstone of responsible trade. It requires companies placing key commodities — including coffee, cocoa, soy, cattle, rubber, and wood — on the EU market to submit verifiable Due Diligence Statements for every batch, confirming that production did not contribute to deforestation after December 2020.
Compliance is not a one-time audit — it’s an ongoing process of data collection, risk assessment, supplier collaboration, and transparent reporting.
What Is the Toolkit?
A curated set of practical, field-tested resources to support robust, scalable EUDR due diligence — designed by practitioners, for practitioners.
It includes:
- A concise Quick Start Checklist for batch-level readiness
- A Self-Assessment Framework to evaluate your current system
- Templates for farmer engagement, geolocation documentation, and chain-of-custody logs
- Guidance on handling mixed-origin batches, high-risk zones, and third-party verification
All materials are vendor-neutral, modular, and adaptable to smallholder-inclusive supply chains.
Why It Matters
EUDR compliance is now a baseline expectation — not just for market access, but for trust. Buyers, regulators, and certification bodies increasingly require:
- Timely, accurate farm-level data
- Auditable evidence — not just declarations
- Proactive risk management — not reactive fixes
The right tools reduce operational friction, strengthen supplier relationships, and turn compliance into a competitive advantage.
Toolkit v1.1 — Download Coming Soon