World Cocoa Foundation sets out risk assessments for EUDR compliance

A major move has been delivered by the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) in developing a comprehensive deforestation risk assessment methodology for its members to enable compliance with EUDR deforestation legislation, reports Neill Barston. With the landmark regulations due to come in at the end of this year, there has been considerable concern expressed from a number of quarters over how this new framework will be implemented – and whether farmers, including cocoa communities will be left to fund the satellite monitoring-based systems that underpin the much-anticipated sourcing model. The EU Commission has asserted that it remains on track to deliver the legislation, which as a concept has received broad backing, and is designed to create mandatory deforestation-free supply chains for a number of agricultural commodities, as well as enhance human rights protection for key producer nations. But it has received pushback on its proposed timeline from a number of European nations, as ...