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Verdandi monitors EU sustainability regulation continuously and delivers personalised compliance intelligence anchored to adopted law, Commission proposals, and agency guidance. Here is what it does, who it is for, and why we built it.
CSRD and CSDDD have changed what EU procurement teams ask for, what they put in supplier contracts, and what happens when suppliers cannot provide it. This article explains what EU buyers are now requiring, why, and what it means for non-EU suppliers who want to stay in those supply chains.
CSRD does not apply directly to most Vietnamese manufacturers. But if your factory supplies a large EU brand, retailer, or buying house, their CSRD obligations create real data requests and compliance requirements that land on you. This article walks through exactly what those requests look like and what you need to be able to answer.
EU sustainability regulations carry real financial penalties: up to 4% of annual EU turnover under EUDR, up to 3% of worldwide turnover under CSDDD. But for most non-EU businesses, the more immediate cost is commercial: lost contracts, exclusion from supply chains, and reduced access to EU market buyers. This article maps both dimensions.
Sedex is a data-sharing network. SMETA is an audit methodology. They are related but not the same thing. This guide explains how each one works, what a SMETA audit can and cannot demonstrate, and how both fit within EU sustainability compliance requirements.