Environment & Sustainability
Covers the latest EU mandatory environmental requirements — the compliance basis for Jiumo to help clients build a sustainable European brand image under 「Brand Co-Forging」.
1. Operators must establish a due diligence system ensuring products do not originate from land deforested or degraded after 31 Dec 2020, and submit a due diligence statement.——EUDR Art.7 Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 Large operators: 30 Dec 2025 SMEs: 30 Jun 2026
2. Operators must collect traceability information including geographic coordinates, country of production, and compliance documentation.——EUDR Art.9
3. EUDR covered products: soy, palm oil, cattle, coffee, cocoa, rubber, wood, and their derived products.——EUDR Annex I
4. Packaging, E&E equipment, batteries, etc. are subject to EPR registration obligations, including recycling and recovery.——Packaging Directive 94/62/EC WEEE Directive 2012/19/EU Battery Directive 2006/66/EC
5. Packaging placed on the EU market must meet: minimum packaging, recyclable design, and recycling marking requirements.——Packaging Directive 94/62/EC New PPWR Regulation (EU) 2025/40
6. CBAM covers steel, cement, aluminium, fertilisers, electricity, hydrogen, etc. Importers must declare the embedded carbon and purchase CBAM certificates.——CBAM Regulation (EU) 2023/956 Transitional: from 1 Oct 2023 Full charge: from 1 Jan 2026
7. Large undertakings with EU operations must disclose sustainability reports under the CSRD/ESRS framework.——CSRD Directive (EU) 2022/2464 ESRS Delegated Reg. (EU) 2023/2772
8. Batteries placed on the EU market must bear carbon footprint labels, battery passports, and recycled content statements.——Batteries Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 Effective 17 Aug 2023
9. The EU Textiles Strategy requires improved durability, repairability, and recycled-fibre content; ESPR rules will follow.——ESPR Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 EU Textiles Strategy 2022
10. Products placed on the EU market must comply with REACH restriction list and POPs Regulation limits on persistent organic pollutants.——REACH Annex XVII POPs Regulation (EU) 2019/1021
11. Undertakings must conduct environmental and human rights due diligence across the supply chain to identify, prevent, and mitigate adverse impacts.——CSDDD Directive (EU) 2024/1760 German Supply Chain Act (LkSG), effective 2023
12. Environmental claims must be fact-based, verifiable, and prominent; vague or misleading green marketing will be subject to penalties.——Empowering Consumers for Green Transition Directive (EU) 2024/825 Full application 27 Mar 2026