6th Finance Briefing: Building Blocks for Financing Deforestation-Free Supply Chains (Smallholder Focus)

This edition of the Finance Briefing introduces the Building Blocks for Financing Deforestation-Free Supply Chains (Smallholder Focus). It provides a practical framework for turning deforestation-free commitments into financeable, inclusive solutions,…

Women, the backbone of cocoa production in Cameroon: How the EUDR could support this essential, invisible, and exploited workforce.

The Centre for Environment and Development (CED) Cameroon and Fern have analysed the central role of women in Cameroon’s cocoa sector, as well as the EUDR’s potential impacts on respect…

Creating a Platform for collecting and visualising social and human rights impacts: Lessons from Brazil

A group of Brazilian Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), supported by Fern, initiated a project in 2023 to develop a pilot Platform that aims to integrate different data about human rights…

EUDR Compliant Plus: The value of soy sustainability standards in the EU context.

This report updates Profundo’s 2023 soy voluntary standards benchmark to reflect their evolution in response to the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) and the ways standards can practically support company…

CSI Master class series: Soy sustainability in EU and global trade context.

This structured series of online sessions helps supply chain stakeholders understand the why, what, how, where, who of soy sustainability in today’s changing trade environment….

Navigating Human Rights Compliance in Brazil’s Agricultural Sector

The Platform AgroBrasil+ Sustentável (AB+S) is seen as a promising solution for increasing transparency and credibility in the monitoring of agricultural supply chains. This policy brief assesses its potential contributions…

Preferred by Nature’s EUDR Scoping Tool (self-assessment survey)

The EUDR Scoping Tool is a self-assessment survey designed to help organisations identify their role and obligations under the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR)….

Risk Mitigation Measures for Forests and People under the EUDR

Handbook on risk mitigation measures under EUDR How can companies effectively implement the EUDR? This practical guide outlines risk-mitigation measures under the EU Regulation on Deforestation-Free Products (EUDR) to protect…

EUDR – Study on Traceability Tools for Coffee and Timber Products in Viet Nam

The Study on traceability tools for coffee and timber products in Vietnam assesses the current state of traceability and tools used in both sectors in the context of EUDR preparations,…

An analysis of synergies between national regulations, applied certification and traceability for the rubber industry in Vietnam with the EUDR

The study analyzes synergies between national regulations, most used certification systems as well as other relevant aspects of EUDR preparation, such as traceability for the rubber sector in Vietnam, also…

Vietnamese Translation of Regulation (EU) 2023/1115

Unofficial translation of the EUDR legal text into Vietnamese language (version of 2023), using the technical key terms agreed upon with Vietnamese partners. This document serves as a tool to…

Technical Glossary of Vietnamese Terms for EUDR

This technical glossary on EUDR key terms was developed in close coordination with Vietnamese partners and serves as a tool to increase the understanding of EUDR in the Vietnamese context….

EUDR ToT Guidebook for Trainers in Vietnam

This Guidebook for Trainers serves as an open-source and helpful tool to organize EUDR Trainings for diverse stakeholders, such as SMES and smallholders in Vietnam. The Guidebook is based on…

Study on available traceability systems and tools in the Lao context

The study assesses the current level of traceability in Lao supply chains with relevance for EUDR and provides recommendations for key stakeholders on the next steps forward.

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EUDR Legality Study in Lao PDR

The study assesses the relevant legislative framework under the EUDR context for Laos PDR and develops recommendations to policy makers on the next steps forward for EUDR readiness.

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Lessons learned in pilot shipments to comply with Regulation 2023/1115 (EUDR)

This report systematizes the experience of more than ten pilot projects carried out in Argentina during 2024–2025 to assess the soybean supply chain’s ability to comply with the requirements established…

Deforestation-free livestock farming: Uruguay’s position on the EUDR

The recent entry into force of the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) represents a new challenge for meat-exporting countries. Uruguay, thanks to its mandatory traceability, its legal framework for forest…

Preferred by Nature’s Sourcing Hub

Preferred by Nature offers a so-called Sourcing Hub on their website, a database with risk data relating to timber and agricultural commodities. The database covers legality risks and offers specific…

Preferred by Nature’s Due Diligence Toolkit

Preferred by Nature has developed the Due Diligence Toolkit, drawing on their Sustainability Framework. This framework integrates key sustainability principles across commodities and landscapes and serves as the foundation of…

EUDR Session Report

EUDR session during the 65th Inter-African Coffee Organization Annual General Assembly This report summarizes the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) readiness session held during the 65th Inter-African Coffee Organization (IACO)…