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Indonesian palm oil producers are being asked for EcoVadis scores by EU buyers at the same time as EUDR documentation requirements are landing. The two are not the same thing, do not satisfy each other, and need to be handled separately. This article explains both obligations and where they genuinely overlap.
Most widely used social compliance audits, including SMETA, rely on a model where the supplier selects and pays the auditor. This article explains the structural incentive that creates, why it matters more under CSDDD than it did before, and what companies can do about it.
A strong EcoVadis score is useful for supplier screening. It is a different kind of evidence from what a CSDDD regulator or a court assessing civil liability will actually weigh. This article explains why, using the credibility standards regulators and courts apply.
EU buyers increasingly point to supplier SMETA audits as evidence of CSDDD due diligence. This article maps what a SMETA audit actually produces against each obligation the directive requires, and identifies exactly where the gap sits.
EU buyers are conducting supplier audits to meet CSRD and CSDDD obligations, and the regulatory basis of those audits has shifted. This walkthrough shows how a Southeast Asian manufacturer can use Verdandi to prepare with the right sources, not secondhand summaries.