Some sustainability certificates cannot satisfy due diligence required by the EUDR

At a recent event the First Counsellor for Environment, Climate Action and Digital cooperation at the European Union Delegation to Indonesia and Brunei Darussalam, Henriette Faergemann was reported by Kompas, an Indonesian national newspaper,as saying “We (the EC) are of the view that all of the sustainability certificates including the ISPO, RSPO, MSPO and SVLK can support forest and environmental sustainability but cannot replace the due diligence required by the EUDR”. “We believe that all sustainable certificates, including ISPO, RSPO, MSPO, and SVLK, can support forest and environmental sustainability, but they cannot replace the thorough testing required by ...