How Voluntary Certification Systems Support the Forest and Wood Products Industry with EUDR Compliance

Dovetail Partners Inc.
November 20, 2024
Category: Forestry
Region: International

As introduced in prior Dovetail articles, the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) (Regulation (EU) 2023/1115) requires operators to exercise and demonstrate due diligence in avoiding deforestation, forest degradation, and illegal processing of seven commodities. The Regulation requires detailed data collection, traceability through the supply chain, risk assessment, risk mitigation, and reporting. The forest products industry has decades of experience with these activities through voluntary participation in certification programs, including the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC), Sustainable Biomass Program (SBP), and Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI). This report outlines the requirements of EUDR, their intersect with certification, and how these four certification programs have adapted their systems to support certificate holders in demonstrating compliance with the EUDR.

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