Sustainability & Carbon
Commodities in scope (cattle, cocoa, coffee, palm oil, rubber, soy, wood)
Deforestation cutoff date for all in-scope products
Maximum penalty as percentage of EU-wide annual turnover
The EUDR is the EU’s landmark regulation ensuring that commodities and derived products placed on or exported from the EU market are deforestation-free. For supply chain and compliance teams, the core obligation is proving—with plot-level geolocation data—that seven key commodities were not produced on land deforested after December 31, 2020.
Operators must submit due diligence statements through the EU Information System (TRACES NT) before placing products on the market. This requires collecting geolocation coordinates of production plots, verifying deforestation-free status via satellite imagery or independent audits, and confirming compliance with local laws in the country of production.
EUDR compliance demands origin-level traceability data from every supplier in your commodity chain. Country risk classifications (high, standard, low) determine due diligence intensity—but even low-risk sourcing requires documented evidence.
Key Components / Sub-Frameworks
EU operators placing EUDR commodities or derived products on the EU market
Traders making EUDR products available on the EU market
Exporters shipping EUDR commodities or products from the EU
Non-EU companies supplying EU operators with in-scope commodities
Downstream operators commercializing products already placed on the EU market
Companies sourcing derived products (leather, chocolate, furniture, paper, rubber goods)
Key Thresholds
Your coffee supplier sources from 200 smallholder farms across three countries. The EUDR requires GPS coordinates for every production plot. Eighty farms have no digital records. Forty use shared cooperatives with blended sourcing. You need plot-level coordinates—not country-of-origin certificates—and your suppliers have never collected them.
Every shipment of in-scope product requires a DDS submitted through TRACES NT before customs clearance. You import palm oil derivatives from four suppliers across Indonesia and Malaysia. Each supplier sources from different mills and plantations. Assembling a compliant DDS requires geolocation data, risk assessments, and legality verification—per shipment, per commodity, per origin.
The EUDR doesn’t just cover raw commodities. Leather, chocolate, furniture, paper, rubber tires, glycerol, soybean oil—all derived products are in scope. Your industrial product contains a rubber gasket from Thailand and a wood-pulp filter from Brazil. Both trigger full EUDR due diligence. Without commodity-level BOM traceability, you can’t identify which products are affected.
A single product can contain commodities from multiple origins—each requiring separate geolocation verification. Your chocolate manufacturer sources cocoa from Côte d’Ivoire (standard risk) and Ghana (standard risk), with soy lecithin from Brazil. Each origin requires independent deforestation-free verification against the 2020 cutoff date. Manual tracking across multi-origin supply chains is unsustainable.
Certivo In Action
EUDR Workflow
Consumer Goods
Pain Point
Multi-commodity products (palm oil, soy, cocoa); high SKU counts; complex formulations
Automotive Manufacturing
Pain Point
Natural rubber in tires and components; leather interiors; multi-tier sourcing
Industrial & Heavy Equipment
Pain Point
Rubber seals, wood pallets, soy-based lubricants embedded in BOMs
Construction Materials
Pain Point
Timber and wood products; long supply chains; diverse sourcing origins
Chemical Manufacturing
Pain Point
Palm oil derivatives (glycerol, fatty acids); soy-based chemicals
Food & Beverage
Pain Point
Cocoa, coffee, soy, palm oil at core of products; smallholder sourcing complexity
Retail & Distribution
Pain Point
Downstream operator obligations; product mix spanning all 7 commodities
Energy & Infrastructure
Pain Point
Biomass from wood; rubber in cables; palm oil in biofuels
From Manual Traceability to Automated Origin Verification
CORA collects, parses, and validates supplier geolocation data and origin declarations automatically. Your team focuses on risk decisions—not chasing GPS coordinates from 200 smallholder farms.
Due Diligence Statement Acceleration
Generate complete, audit-ready DDS data packages in hours—not the weeks of manual compilation across suppliers, origins, and commodity chains.
Proactive EUDR Compliance Assurance
When country risk classifications change, Certivo identifies affected supply chains instantly. Know your exposure before shipments reach customs—not after they’re detained.
Key Statistics
Frequently Asked Questions
Which products fall under the EU Deforestation Regulation?
The EUDR covers seven commodities—cattle, cocoa, coffee, palm oil, rubber, soy, and wood—plus derived products listed in Annex I. This includes leather, chocolate, furniture, paper, rubber goods, glycerol, soybean oil, and more. If your product contains, was fed with, or was made using any of these commodities, it is likely in scope. Certivo identifies EUDR-exposed products across your portfolio through commodity-level BOM analysis.
What are the penalties for EUDR non-compliance?
Member States set penalties, but maximum fines must be at least 4% of the operator’s annual EU-wide turnover. Additional penalties include confiscation of products and revenues, temporary exclusion from public procurement, and for serious or repeated infringements, a temporary prohibition from placing relevant products on the EU market. Non-compliant shipments can be blocked at customs.
What geolocation data is required for EUDR due diligence?
Operators must provide GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude in WGS-84 format) for all plots of land where commodities were produced. For plots larger than four hectares, polygon boundaries are required. This data must be included in the due diligence statement submitted via the EU Information System. CORA collects geolocation data from suppliers in any format—GeoJSON, manual coordinates, PDF attestations—and normalizes it for TRACES NT submission.
How does Certivo help with EUDR due diligence statements?
Certivo collects and validates the supplier-side evidence required for EUDR due diligence—geolocation coordinates, origin declarations, deforestation-free attestations, and legality documentation. CORA assembles this data into DDS-ready packages aligned with TRACES NT submission requirements. This reduces DDS preparation from weeks to hours.
How does EUDR relate to CSDDD, CSRD, and other EU sustainability regulations?
EUDR addresses product-level deforestation risk. CSDDD addresses corporate-level environmental and human rights due diligence. CSRD requires sustainability disclosure, including deforestation impacts. Many companies must comply with all three. Certivo validates supplier evidence against multiple sustainability frameworks simultaneously, eliminating duplicate collection campaigns.