The European Union’s regulation has the general objective to minimize deforestation and forest degradation worldwide
This involves:
- Decrease the risk of products from supply chains associated with deforestation or forest degradation being placed on or exported from the EU market;
- Increase demand and trade in EU of legal and "deforestation-free" commodities and products.
The RDUE calls for due diligence to be put in place based on positions that must be concrete, applicable and appropriate to the policy of certified companies and operators.