When a law is enacted – or an international compliance standard agreed – all parties wanting to satisfy it generally have an idea of what compliance looks like. The various parties can readily establish what evidence they need to present during any ‘show and tell’ associated with an independent audit to demonstrate they are performing…
Five years ago, companies and governments signed up to the New York Declaration on Forests, committing to eliminate deforestation from agricultural supply chains by 2020. In a recent report (Rogerson, S., 2019. Forest 500 annual report 2018 – the countdown to 2020, Global Canopy: Oxford, UK. Lead author: Sarah Rogerson, contributing authors and reviewers: Helen…
Human activity is changing the world’s climate for the worse. The naysayers sound increasingly strident, isolated and ridiculous. It is unclear whether they are either driven by ego or by some darker short-term commercial considerations. The scientific proof on climate change continues to build, with the negative impacts ramping up. Governments and global businesses are…
Up to a fifth of global greenhouse gas emissions come from deforestation and forest , according to The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). The negative impacts of climate change will drive a raft of increasingly punitive government regulations and legislation – with big impacts on people’s lives and the way businesses function. In recognition,…
Dear all, I am pleased to introduce to you Track Record Global’s (TRG) new monthly newsletter. It is through this that we will offer you industry insights and TRG’s perspective on important developments and discussions in the areas of compliance, supply chain management and sustainability. We will also periodically include updates on what is happening…
Since the EUTR came into force in March 2013, Track Record Global (TRG) has had four of its customers audited by EUTR Competent Authorities. Each is a major Operator in the EU timber sector and they’ve all implemented Track Record Global’s Track Vision DDS (Due Diligence System). The three international Operators based in the UK…