FSC's Five Recommendations to the EU Commission for an Effective Deforestation-Free Supply Chain FSC / Iván Castro FSC / Iván Castro April 6, 2021 Category : General news FSC supports the EU Commission in promoting the demand for deforestation-free products, and thus has shared five recommendations for a robust EU legislation aiming at minimizing the risk that products associated with deforestation are placed on the EU market. In the framework of the upcoming EU-deforestation-free legislative proposal, FSC has shared the following five recommendations with the EU Commission for an effective deforestation-free supply chain: 1. Adopting a robust “improved” enforceable due diligence legislation 2. Combining voluntary sustainability standards with improved due diligence 3. Using private voluntary sustainability standards as complementing measures for deforestation-free criteria implementable on the ground 4. Setting strict requirements for voluntary sustainability standards 5. Including deforestation-free criteria in EU mandatory Green Public Procurement Read our full paper below. For questions on this file, please contact FSC’s EU advocacy manager, Matteo Mascolo: m.mascolo@fsc.org FSC's five recommendations to the EU for an effective deforestation-free supply chain FSC's five recommendations to the EU for an effective deforestation-free supply chain.pdf PDF, Size: 262.40KB Your Selections Download All
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