The EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) bans placing seven commodities on the EU market — cattle, cocoa, coffee, oil palm, rubber, soya and wood — and their many derived products (leather, chocolate, furniture, paper, tyres and more) unless companies can prove they are deforestation-free, legally produced, and traceable to the geolocation of the plot of land where they were grown. It is one of the most operationally demanding traceability regulations ever written, and it puts the burden of proof squarely on operators and traders.
Why EUDR matters now.
EUDR makes a single missing geolocation coordinate enough to block a shipment at the EU border — and most supply chains for coffee, cocoa, rubber, soy, palm, timber and leather simply do not have plot-level traceability today. The deadline pressure is real, the data collection is slow, and the cost of non-compliance is losing the EU market entirely.
What it changes commercially.
EUDR readiness is now a condition of keeping EU customers. Operators who build the traceability and due diligence early protect market access, become the preferred supplier for EU buyers who need the data, and turn a compliance burden into a commercial moat — while unprepared competitors face blocked shipments, penalties and lost contracts.
The standards we build to.
How the engagement runs.
- 01 — Scope & exposureMap in-scope commodities, products and supply chains, and quantify the traceability gap.
- 02 — Trace to the plotBuild geolocation collection and chain-of-custody traceability back to land of production.
- 03 — Due diligence systemStand up the risk assessment, mitigation and record-keeping the regulation mandates.
- 04 — Statements & scaleEstablish the DDS submission process and a repeatable supplier-onboarding programme.
What you take away.
- EUDR exposure assessmentWhich of your products, commodities and supply chains fall in scope — and where the data gaps are.
- Geolocation & traceability systemCollection and verification of plot-level geolocation coordinates back through the supply chain.
- Due diligence frameworkThe risk assessment, risk mitigation and record-keeping the regulation requires.
- Due Diligence Statements (DDS)Preparation and submission process for the EU Information System.
- Supplier engagement programmeOnboarding, data collection and verification across your supplier base.
What success looks like.
- A defensible, plot-level traceable supply chain for in-scope commodities
- A working due diligence and DDS submission process
- Protected EU market access ahead of the deadline
- Preferred-supplier status with EU buyers who need your data
Industries that use this most.
cattle, cocoa, coffee, oil palm, rubber, soya and wood — plus their derived products — in EUDR scope.
EUDR: the questions buyers ask first.
Any operator or trader placing in-scope commodities or derived products on the EU market, or exporting them from it — regardless of where the company is based. Non-EU producers and traders feel it immediately, because their EU customers cannot legally buy without the underlying due diligence and geolocation data flowing up the chain.
Proof that the commodity was not produced on land deforested or degraded after 31 December 2020, backed by geolocation coordinates of the plot(s) of production, plus evidence of legal production under the country of origin's laws. 'Trust us' does not pass — the regulation requires geolocated, verifiable data and a documented due diligence statement.
EUDR requires the coordinates (polygons for larger plots) of every parcel of land a commodity came from — then traceability connecting those plots through aggregation, processing and trading to your finished product. For fragmented supply chains with thousands of smallholders, building and verifying that traceability is the core challenge, and the main reason to start early.
Obligations apply to large operators first, with a later phase-in for micro and small enterprises; timelines have shifted during implementation, so we work to the current confirmed dates for your category. The practical point is unchanged: data collection takes far longer than the paperwork, so readiness work should not wait for the final deadline.
EUDR is commodity-specific and prescriptive (geolocation, deforestation cut-off, DDS), while CSDDD is a broader corporate human-rights and environmental due-diligence duty. They overlap in supplier engagement and traceability infrastructure — built once, the same supply-chain visibility serves both.
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