Caobisco joins major cross-sector organisations calling for urgent release of EUDR guidelines

The key European confectionery trade body, Caobisco, has joined with the European Cocoa Association and several other influential groups in calling on the EU Commission for an immediate release of guidelines surrounding the implementation of the EUDR regulations, reports Neill Barston. Notably, the landmark piece of legislation designed to hold mandatory business operating conditions for companies to prove they are deforestation free, as well as seeking to provide human rights protections for farming communities, has been widely welcomed – though major concerns have been expressed from cocoa producing nations in Ivory Coast, as well as Malaysia, Indonesia and Brazil, over the fast-approaching arrival of the scheme. Agreed 18 moths ago, the new EU laws, which relate to commodities including cocoa, soy and palm oil as well as other products including rubber, are being brought in alongside related corporate due diligence legislation, are slated to be introduced from December 30 – but ...