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Circular economy, ISO, ESG, accise e dogane: una breve sintesi
E’ stata pubblicata la norma ISO 59004:2024 (“Circular economy – Measuring and assessing circularity performance”) la quale ha lo scopo di spiegare come implementare una guida per lo sviluppo di misure di economia circolare per qualsiasi tipo di organizzazione. Le misure in esame mirano a: – promuovere soluzioni più sostenibili e ambiziose. -Migliorare le relazioni con gli stakeholder. – contribuire all’ ottenimento efficace ed efficiente degli obblighi volontari e legali. – fornire un contributo alla mitigazione e all’adattamento ai cambiamenti climatici. -Aumentare la resilienza contro la scarsità di risorse e altri rischi ambientali, sociali ed economici. Questo standard per la misurazione delle performance ambientali può rappresentare un interessante strumento per…
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The next challenge of AEO: deforestation and CBAM
Environment protection is one of the key factor of the European trade policy. This requires a strong due diligence for the import of relevant commodities and the export of relevant product to prevent deforestation and forest degradation linked to cattle, cocoa, coffee, oil palm, rubber, soya and wood trade and deployment. From the other side, from October 2023 the reporting required by the Carbon border adjustment mechanism will enter into force for the import of cement, iron and steel, aluminium, fertilisers, electricity and hydrogen. CBAM implies a good management of the following customs aspects required for the AEO: The customs classification will play an important role to well identify the…
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The ESG key legislative developments: deforestation, CBAM
ESG (environmental, social and corporate governance) is the new approach of the European trade compliance policies and is a business framework for considering environmental issues and social issues in the context of corporate governance. This means that businesses must seek greater visibility of their suppliers’ operations and ensure certain environmental, human rights and governance safeguards, including driving ESG commitments into their supply contracts. The key pieces of legislation introduced are: deforestation risks: EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) requires extensive due diligence obligations on the value chain for all operators and traders dealing with certain products derived from cattle, cocoa, coffee, oil palm, rubber, soya and wood. It is important to ensure…