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European Parliament Adopts New Due Diligence Requirements to Tackle Deforestation and Forest Degradation

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Baker McKenzie’s Import and Trade Remedies Blog published “European Parliament Adopts New Due Diligence Requirements to Tackle Deforestation and Forest Degradation.”  This blog post covers new requirements for companies to undertake due diligence into the source of a wide range of commodities, including cattle, cocoa, coffee, palm-oil, rubber, soya and wood, to ensure that they have not been obtained as a result of deforestation.  To comply with the new regulations, businesses will need to ensure that they have due diligence processes in place that include information gathering, risk assessment, and risk mitigation measures. 

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Rachel MacLeod is a senior associate in Baker McKenzie's London office. She advises companies on the "cradle-to-grave" regulation of a broad range of products sold on the EU and UK markets. She also advise companies on how to comply with their operational environmental and health & safety obligations.

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Graham Stuart is a partner in Baker McKenzie's London office specialising in product regulation and environmental, health and safety law. Graham advises on the regulation of pharmaceuticals, medical devices, chemicals, food, and a wide range of consumer and industrial products, acting for clients in connection with global integrations and reorganisations; product manufacturing, marketing, supply and distribution; EU and UK product authorisation regimes; non-conformities, regulatory investigations and prosecutions. His practice also covers operational environmental, health and safety matters for industrial and manufacturing facilities; the assessment and management of environmental risk in complex multi-jurisdictional projects, mergers and acquisitions; and climate change law and emissions trading.

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Adeel Haque is an Associate in Baker McKenzie's London office. Adeel qualified in September 2019 and has spent time working in the Firm's Hong Kong office. He advises clients on international trade (trade sanctions and export controls), competition, product regulatory, environmental, anti-bribery and corruption and customs law issues.

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William-James Kettlewell is an associate in the EU Competition and Regulatory Affairs Practice Group of the Brussels office.

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