The European Commission has proposed a new regulation amending the one establishing a common market organisation of agricultural products (CMO), with the aim to strengthen farmers’ position in the agri-food supply chain.
Author: Evi Coremans
At the end of November, the fourth annual National Fair Trade Days (JNCE) took place, an initiative of the Burkina Faso fair trade platform.
This initiative, which was funded by Enabel’s TDC, was desperately needed to tackle the many challenges in the sector and to find ways out of the ongoing crisis.
With a history stretching back more than 250 years, Beyers Koffie, Belgium’s largest coffee roaster, is determined to move with the times. At the end of 2025, the company will be one of the first in the world to inaugurate a 100% electric industrial roasting line.
Xavier Declercq, the artisan chocolatier who founded Xocolate, is delighting gourmets in the capital who want to treat themselves more responsibly, with his 100% organic, fair-trade, home-made pralines. After 33 years in various positions with Oxfam Solidarity, Xavier Declercq decided to radically reorientate his career. After a six-month break and a few training courses, he […]
For the past twenty years, the Ethiquable brand has been offering a wide range of food products, including chocolate and coffee, from fair trade and organic farming, but following its own ethics, which pushes it to go beyond the already high standards of these sectors.
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EUDR delayed, but not gutted
The EUDR saga is going to take a break. On December 4, 2024, the European Parliament and the Council reached a political agreement on the Commission’s proposal to grant a 12-month additional phasing-in period.
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EU Forced Labour Regulation
On November 19, the European Council has adopted a regulation banning products made using forced labour from entering, being exported, or sold within the European Union. The new EU Forced Labour Regulation (FLR) represents a global effort to combat human rights abuses in international supply chains. It is estimated that 27.6 million people worldwide are trapped in conditions of forced labour.
For the past two years, discount supermarket chain Aldi has been offering fair trade and sustainable chocolate under the brand ‘Choceur Choco Changer’, a range created through a collaboration between the supermarket chain and the Tony’s Open Chain supply chain. At the beginning of spring 2022, Aldi introduced a new range of chocolate bars called […]
The European Union is set to merge three key sustainability regulations – the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D), the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), and the Taxonomy Regulation – into a single omnibus legislation.
On November 14, the European Parliament voted the Commission’s proposal to delay the implementation of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) by 12 months, originally set for full application on December 30, 2024. The regulation, which mandates that companies verify their products are deforestation-free and compliant with national laws, faced significant amendments proposed by the European People’s Party (EPP), which critics argue could undermine the regulation’s effectiveness.
