EU Compliant Soy with Impact: Guiding companies through the guidelines 

The Collaborative Soy Initiative (CSI) has launched an updated version of the guidance “EU Compliant Soy with Impact: Guiding companies through the guidelines”. This 2.0 edition of the guidance helps soy companies to prepare for the EUDR and other EU legislation, implementing solid policies and procedures to address deforestation, ecosystem conversion and broader sustainability.  

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Guiding soy companies 

For companies that are part of international value chains, the EUDR and other EU legislation can be a lot to digest. Building on the work of many others, CSI guides soy companies through the EU legislation through: 

• EUDR compliance basics and five essential elements for a sustainable soy policy 

• NEW: Insights in the latest EUDR guidance and what it means for soy sourcing 

• NEW: a list full of useful tools to support EUDR compliance and beyond. 

About CSI

The Collaborative Soy Initiative (CSI) is a collaborative framework envisioning 100% conversion-free, sustainable soy production and market uptake, on a global scale. It perceives a mix of measures is needed to achieve this goal, including supply chain tools and supplier policies, legislation and landscape programmes.  

CSI seeks to inform stakeholders and build bridges and synergy between sustainable soy initiatives. Currently, CSI is s a collaboration of RTRS, Donau Soja, ProTerra, GMP+ International, ENSI (European National Soy Initiatives) The Amsterdam Declaration Partnership Secretariat, WWF, IUCN NL, IDH the Sustainable Trade Initiative, ACT Commodities and Bayer.