Issues we cover:

  • Child labour
  • Circular Economy
  • Deforestation
  • Environmental, social, and governance due diligence
  • Food waste
  • Product Carbon Footprint and Life Cycle Assessment
  • Traceability

EU Legislative files and initiatives we are active on:

  • Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)
  • Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)
  • EU Carbon Removals and Carbon Farming Certification (CRCF) Regulation
  • EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR)
  • EU Sustainable Cocoa Initiative
  • Forced Labour Regulation (FLR)
  • Waste Framework Directive

Members’ involvement:

  • Sustainability & Environment Working Group
  • Task Force on EUDR Compliance

Platforms we are involved in:

  • European Commission Multi-Stakeholder Platform on Protecting and Restoring the World’s Forests
  • Cocoa Coalition (observer status)

Issues we cover:

  • Breeding variety
  • Contaminants
  • Labelling of food products
  • Pest & disease management
  • Plant Protection Products
  • Planting material
  • Resilient agronomy
  • Soil fertility

EU legislative files and initiatives we are active on:

  • MOH Regulation
  • New Genomic Techniques Regulation (NGTs)
  • Sustainable Use of Pesticides Directive (SUD)

Members’ involvement:

  • ECA Food Safety & Quality Working Group
  • ECA Mineral Oils Task Force
  • ECA-CAOBISCO Pesticides & Contaminants Working Group
  • ECA -CAOBISCO Pesticides Task Force
  • ECA-CAOBISCO Quality & Productivity Working Group
  • ECA-CAOBISCO Joint Cocoa Research Fund

Platforms we are involved in:

  • Agri-Food Chain Roundtable on Plant Protection (AFRCT-PP)
  • FAO Codex Alimentarius Commission (observer status)
  • ICCO Working Group on Food Safety (co-sharing)

Joint Cocoa Research Fund

Created in 2013, the Joint Cocoa Research Fund (JRF) supports research in the areas of cocoa bean quality and food safety, integrated pest and disease management, and resilient cropping systems. Supported by 14 cocoa and chocolate companies, the Fund is managed by ECA.

More information can be found on the JRF website.

Issues we cover:

  • Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs)
  • ETS2 – Maritime Sector
  • Free Trade Agreements (FTAs)
  • Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP)
  • Non-tariff barriers
  • Rules of Origin
  • Sustainable Investment Working Agreement

EU legislative files and initiatives we are active on:

  • EU-Malaysia trade agreement
  • EU-Philippines trade agreement
  • EU-Thailand trade agreement
  • European Ports Alliance to Fight Drug Trafficking and Organised Crime
  • New EU Customs Code

Members’ involvement:

Trade & Logistics Working Group

Platforms we are involved in:

  • EU Market Access Advisory Committee
  • Domestic Advisory Group (DAG) Vietnam
  • Domestic Advisory Group (DAG) Central America
  • Domestic Advisory Group (DAG) EU – MERCOSUR