The EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) presents urgent compliance challenges for businesses, with potential fines, product seizures, and reputation loss on the line for non-compliance. From our work with clients we’ve developed an EUDR Accelerator to guide companies from early-stage confusion to full readiness on a timeline flexible to company size and capacity.
Company obligations
EUDR places the responsibility directly on businesses to ensure every commodity they market in, or export from, the EU is deforestation-free and fully traceable. Many organisations are struggling with fragmented supply data, limited traceability, and unclear governance. The Accelerator addresses this with a structured and pragmatic approach.
Under the regulation, companies must:
- Collect detailed information on products, suppliers, customers, and geolocation of production
- Conduct risk assessments to identify and evaluate exposure to deforestation or legal non-compliance
- Apply risk mitigation measures such as audits, independent verification, or corrective action plans
- Submit due diligence statements for all in-scope goods placed on or exported from the EU market
- Keep records for at least five years and make them available to authorities if requested
- Ensure that products are produced in line with local laws in the country of origin
Failure to meet these obligations can result in fines of up to 4 percent of EU turnover, confiscation of goods and revenues, and exclusion from the EU market.
What companies need to do
From a business perspective, EUDR compliance requires building the capability to meet obligations consistently and prove readiness under regulatory inspection. Four priorities are essential:
Clarity
Companies need a clear view of which parts of their business are in scope, how obligations apply, and what risks must be managed. Without clarity, effort is often misdirected.
Tools and Data Framework
Compliance depends on gathering the right data, particularly geolocation and supplier information. This requires reliable tools and structured frameworks that allow information to be collected, verified, and stored consistently.
Consistency
EUDR compliance is not a one-off project. Companies need repeatable processes for supplier engagement, due diligence, and documentation so that compliance becomes part of day-to-day operations rather than an exception.
Assurance-Ready
Regulators will expect evidence, not intentions. Businesses must be able to demonstrate due diligence through records, risk assessments, and clear governance structures that hold up to external scrutiny.
These priorities are the foundation of the EUDR Accelerator, ensuring businesses can move from exposure to readiness in a structured and practical way.
How the Accelerator Works
Most companies recognise the urgency of EUDR but struggle with how to start. Supply chains are complex, data is fragmented, and the regulation demands a level of traceability and control that few businesses have in place today.
The EUDR Accelerator is our structured service to bridge that gap. It is designed to give you clarity on your obligations, build the structures needed for compliance, establish consistency in execution, and deliver assurance that you are inspection ready.
What we offer through the Accelerator:
- Expert-led guidance tailored to your organisation and supply chain complexity
- Practical supplier engagement tools and data collection frameworks
- Standardised due diligence documentation and risk assessment models
- A tested controls environment aligned with regulatory expectations
We deliver this through a three-phase approach:
Discovery
Establish what the regulation means for your business. Map in-scope products, suppliers, and geographies, and identify the gaps that must be addressed.
Initiation
Build the policies, processes, systems, and data frameworks that enable traceability and due diligence. Engage suppliers, collect information, and embed repeatable compliance practices into operations.
Delivery
Implement governance and controls, manage due diligence at scale, and prepare for customer data requests and regulatory inspections. Test readiness and establish continuous improvement for long-term compliance.
Timeline
Whilst it can take some time for supply chain partners to consistently provide the information you need, this shouldn’t prevent you from make the right preparations within your business. We typically find that within an 8-12 weeks period we can accelerate a company from their starting position to one of readiness.
Within that time period, we will work with you to build the policies, processes and data structures you need to be compliant with EUDR. This provides a solid basis to build on over time as your supply chain data improves. Our aim is to help you build this within your current infrastructure, embedding the controls required into your purchasing, stock control, shipping, and invoicing systems. This will take some time, but the accelerate is designed to ensure transition into these systems is as straightforward as possible.
Ready to get started?
Our team of experts can help you rapidly implement the controls environment you need to comply with EUDR. The accelerator will help you with:
Discovery – Gain absolute clarity on your obligations and how EUDR impacts your business.
Initiation – Build the structures and processes that make compliance practical and repeatable.
Delivery – Achieve assurance with governance, controls, and audit-ready confidence.
Get in touch with our team today to learn more about our accelerator program and how it can help your business. You can also watch our webinar where we discuss EUDR and how companies need to respond.
