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Transform Trade retweeted
Who bears the burden when new sustainability rules demand more data from farmers?
This afternoon, SEATINI and Transform Trade are convening the webinar “Putting Farmers First: Inclusive Data Governance for EUDR and UKFRC Compliance.”
As new deforestation-related requirements increase demands for traceability and farm-level data, smallholder farmers and producer organisations are increasingly being asked to provide the information needed to demonstrate compliance.
But this raises important questions: Who pays for data collection and verification? Who owns and controls farmers' data? How is consent protected? And how do we ensure compliance systems do not become another barrier to market access for smallholders?
Today's discussion is examining how data governance and traceability systems can meet regulatory requirements while protecting farmers' rights, interests and continued participation in global value chains.
@transformtrade_ @herbertk4 @OwenMugambwa @SeatiniU @MAAIF_Uganda @mtic_uganda @TradeMarkAfrica
#EUDR #UKFRC #DataGovernance #SmallholderFarmers #SEATINIAt30
Transform Trade retweeted
Sophia Ostler, Senior Policy Manager at The Fairtrade Foundation, reacts to new rules that everyday products sold in the UK do not contribute to illegal deforestation around the world 👇
gov.uk/government/news/gover…
🌲 Today's announcement from the UK Government on tackling deforestation-linked commodities is an important step forward.
Mandatory due diligence can help protect forests, tackle climate change and create greater accountability in global supply chains.
🗣️ Communities need a voice. Farmers and forest communities should be able to raise complaints and access remedy when their rights are violated.
🌳Join us and @SEATINIUGANDA next Wednesday for a webinar focusing on new Deforestation regulation in the EU and UK and what it means for cocoa and coffee in East Africa:
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
Transform Trade retweeted
This 2017 Honda Jazz was donated through Giveacar and sold at auction, raising an impressive £5,363.20 for @transformtrade_
If you’re thinking of donating your vehicle, we’ll work hard to get the best value for your chosen charity.
#Giveacar #CarDonation #TransformTrade
Transform Trade hosted a Westminster event on unfair purchasing practices in UK fashion, launching Who Pays?
Researchers from University of Leicester & University of Nottingham, plus industry voices, made the case for a UK Fashion Watchdog.
#WhoPays #FashionPolicy
We are quoted in this @TheGrocer article.
Unfair trading practices persist in the supply chains of everyday products such as onions coming into the UK.
Overseas growers should not be impoverished when selling to the UK.
We need fair business practices.
The widespread use of ‘middlemen’ supermarket suppliers means downstream producers remain exposed to sharp buying practices
Campaigners warn little has changed two years after the issue was first put to the Groceries Code of Adjudicator
thegrocer.co.uk/news/growers…
This survey by @riverford is damning - over two thirds of UK famers feel their relationship with retailers has worsened over the last two years.
It's a similar story for farmers in countries around the world that supply the UK market.
wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk/…
If you haven't already: ask your MP to back Early Day Motion for Farmers, Growers and the Supermarket Supply Chain here:
action.transform-trade.org/s…
Calls for a #JustTransition at #COP30 are key for women workers in India and across the world - enabling them to become more resilient to climate shocks by building social protection systems that secure their livelihoods.
Proposals by G77+China and the EU have already positioned #JustTransition as a cornerstone of global climate implementation at #COP30.
Mansi Shah is in Belém to ensure a JT mechanism helps build social protection systems for millions of Indian women.
climatechangenews.com/2025/1…
To mark #WorldFoodDay, we’re calling on the UK Government to make sure new deforestation laws work with farmers, not against them.
The food and drink we love most - chocolate, coffee, and more - depends on millions of smallholder farmers.
But right now, they risk being cut out of the very markets they depend on.
The UK is introducing new laws to tackle deforestation. These are important steps for our planet - but unless they’re designed fairly, they could pile extra costs onto farmers.
That’s not just unfair. It undermines the fight against climate change.
Take action and find out more here: transform-trade.org/deforest…
