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SHC to integrate with EUDR Information System

The European Commission has just delivered on its platform for companies to provide EUDR data by launching the online “Information System”. A key objective of the SHC Assurance System is to allow U.S. hardwood exporters to quickly and efficiently provide their EU customers with the data they need to enter onto the EU system.

Comprehensive independent assessment confirms negligible illegality risk in U.S. hardwood sector

Probably the most comprehensive series of assessments of the risk of illegal harvesting ever undertaken anywhere in the world has just been completed by the Sustainable Hardwood Coalition (SHC).

Should regulators demand assurance of good forestry practice at a plot or jurisdictional level?

SHC is developing an approach to good forestry assurance which can help resolve one of the key debates over the most effective concept: should assessment be at a plot or jurisdictional level?