SASI Lunchbreak on supply chain due diligence act part 7

This seventh event of our SASI Lunchbreak series will focus on the topic of Enabling Compliance of Fair Trade Supply Chains with new EU Regulation.

In In light of new and upcoming sustainability regulation, such as the European Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) or the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), human rights and environmental due diligence (HREDD) is gaining substantial relevance. These new regulations have considerable effects on actors in global supply chains, especially smallholder farmers. Fair Trade principles and -standards can act as a blueprint to show how global supply chains with high social and environmental requirements can work successfully in practice.

We are pleased to welcome the German Fair Trade organizations Forum Fairer Handel e.V. and Fairtrade Germany e.V., as well as the coffee company Caventura who are jointly collaborating on a project with SASI through GIZ. The project is mainly funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and supports smallholder farmers and their European supply chain partners with adjusting to new and upcoming legislation for HREDD. Accompanying this, capacity building activities are offered in the Global South and North, to raise awareness for the importance of effective sustainability regulation.

In the upcoming SASI Lunchbreak you will get an insight in the HREDD Support Fund, the capacity building activities and how businesses and smallholders can benefit from it.

The agenda of the event is:

12:00 pm	Opening and Updates
	Lisa Kirfel-Rühle, Division 122 \| BMZ
12:05 pm	Part I: Enabling and promoting human rights and environmental due diligence (HREDD) in fair trade supply chains
	Larissa Jung, Coordinator for International Projects and Fundraising \| Fairtrade Germany e.V.
	Robert Diendorfer, Expert for Corporate Responsibility and Due Diligence \| Forum Fairer Handel e.V.
12:25 pm	Q&A
12:35 pm	Part II: The HREDD Support Fund in practice: Insights from a project in Colombia focused on EUDR implementation
	Jörg Meyer, Investor and Advisor \| Caventura
12:45 pm	Q&A
12:55 pm	Summary and Outlook
	Moritz Heldmann \| SASI

In the series of events, SASI shows that implementing due diligence is feasible for everyone. With their expertise, they want to actively support participants in the implementation. On the one hand, SASI will present various practice-oriented tools and guidelines with a focus on the agricultural and food sector. On the other hand, they keep an eye on ongoing EU legislative processes and international discussions. It is also indispensable to take the perspective of the people and companies in the partner countries. SASI wants to include them through their cooperation on the ground. The SASI Lunchbreak is a regular format offered online as a digital event on the first Friday of each month.

For questions and further information, please do not hesitate to contact SASI at sasi@giz.de. Please register to the event at: SASI Lunchbreak on supply chain due diligence act part 7 – SASI<

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04/07/2025

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Establishing traceability system and facilitating access to sustainable financing
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Huánuco, Ucayali, Pasco and Junín

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Public and private stakeholders, especially exporting companies, cooperatives and smallholder producers

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Strengthen the supply chains to meet EUDR requirements
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Training of smallholders to sustainable manage their production systems

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Ngozi and Kayanza

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Smallholders

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Training on the use of traceability tools and support on collection of geolocation data for EUDR compliance
Support the development of a national coffee sector dashboard for traceability and transparency
Capacity building of smallholder coffee farmers in production practices and sustainable land use management.

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Centre, South West, Littoral, South, East and West regions

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Smallholder farmers, women, youth, and indigenous peoples

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Support and train farmers in open-source traceability systems
Promote multistakeholder dialogues to improve legal and regulatory provisions

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(Lower) Kafue Catchment Ecosystem

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Farmers and community forest management groups

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Lampung, West Kalimantan, and Central Sulawesi

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Smallholder farmers, private sector, and civil society organizations along the value chains

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Son La, Gia Lai

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Smallholder farmers and marginalized groups

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Support coffee value chain actors
Foster deforestation-free, sustainable, and legal supply chains

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