EUDR case studies
Leveraging legislation to ensure effective action
For some, compliance is just ticking boxes to avoid penalties. For us, it’s an opportunity to collectively address social and environmental challenges in value chains – bringing benefit to businesses, suppliers, producers and local governments alike.
Having piloted numerous approaches in real market settings, we offer proven ways to initiate, implement and improve policy implementation efforts. And invaluable insights to help legislators avoid unintentional negative impacts in local markets.
Whether advising on measures, facilitating coalitions or co-funding projects, we have developed a holistic system of interventions that are set up for rapid implementation. We support governments, the private sector and producers to integrate socially inclusive and sustainable measures that not only comply with regulations but challenge them to do more.
Legislation is important, but legislation alone will not solve human rights and environmental issues. Real progress is only possible when the private sector and public sector work together to tackle root causes.
How we are driving progress, beyond compliance
95
multi-stakeholder agreements signed due to IDH interventions
41
new or improved policies or standards effectively enforced
9m
hectares of forest/watersheds under governance facilitated or supported by IDH
EUDR
Collaborating on a more inclusive approach to end illegal deforestation
EU regulation on deforestation-free products (EUDR) is an important step towards combating deforestation globally. But it risks excluding many smallholder farmers – jeopardising their livelihoods and, ultimately, forests.
Our big-picture solution lays the ground for pre-competitive company collaboration at jurisdictional scale and public-private partnerships at national-level to turn the tide on tropical forest loss in a way that not only supports EUDR compliance but protects smallholder farmers’ livelihoods.
CS3D
Fostering sustainable and responsible corporate behaviour
The EU places a high priority on the implementation of due diligence legislation for the benefit of stakeholders in producing countries, with a particular focus on safeguarding the most vulnerable people. CS3D is an important step – but it takes a mix of measures to move the needle on responsible business conduct globally.
Many of our existing approaches, tools and data insights can be used as accompanying measures towards due diligence. Through multi-stakeholder initiatives, we help companies leverage proven solutions to create efficiencies for tackling common challenges – ensuring sectors as a whole can advance more sustainably.
CS3D in brief
The EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D) aims to foster sustainable and responsible corporate behaviour and to anchor human rights and environmental considerations in companies’ operations and corporate governance.
