03/03/2026
Webinar: Applying EUDR Risk Mitigation Measures
Applying EUDR Risk Mitigation Measures: Practical Guidance for Companies and Communities
3 March, 1:00 PM CET
This session introduced the Risk Mitigation Measures for Forests and People under the EUDR guide, developed by AidEnvironment and Sangga Bumi Lestari. The guide provided a non-prescriptive typology of risk mitigation measures to help companies address forest and human rights risks linked to EUDR compliance.
Participants gained practical insights into how these measures could be operationalised across supply chains, including both company-level actions and collective approaches such as landscape and jurisdictional initiatives. The session also explored how risk mitigation could be implemented in ways that promoted the meaningful inclusion of smallholders, Indigenous Peoples, and Local Communities.
The session featured perspectives from organisations working across policy, implementation, and supply chains, including GIZ, Lingkar Temu Kabupaten Lestari (LTKL), AidEnvironment, Tropical Forest Alliance, the European Commission (DG ENV), and Proforest.
Post-webinar insights:
- Go beyond risk assessment: EUDR compliance should not rely on excluding producers based on incomplete or superficial data, as this undermines the regulation’s intent, even though time and resource pressures often drive this approach.
- Act despite imperfect data: Plot-level data will remain incomplete in many cases. Companies should use existing knowledge of sourcing areas and begin implementing mitigation strategies now, rather than waiting for perfect data.
- Shift to area-based approaches: Long-term compliance will depend on area-based mitigation to build more resilient and compliant supply chains as risks continue to evolve.
- Need for clearer EU guidance: While the new guidance is valuable, greater clarity is needed on how mitigation efforts will be recognised and how “negligible risk” can be determined, particularly for smallholder-linked supply chains.
