Palm oil penalties? Transparency failings could hurt supply chain as EU prepares deforestation rules

November 16, 2023 EcoVadis EN


The palm oil industry is largely unprepared for the EU’s incoming Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), according to a new assessment by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL). The conservation charity warns the industry has a traceability gap, which puts businesses at risk of legal penalties and market exclusions, despite wide-scale anti-deforestation pledges.


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