Knowing where a commodity came from is no longer the hard part. Regulators and auditors are asking a different question: show us what you did, and prove it. A look at why the unit of proof is shifting from the record to the action.

Asian cocoa grindings jumped 25% in Q2 while Europe posted its weakest quarter in six years. We look at what’s driving the shift east, what it means for first-mile traceability, and why the conversation lands in Singapore this September.

As of 13 July, the EUDR rulebook is complete. No more revisions, no more delays. The European Commission just finalised the last two pieces of the framework, and one addition matters more for coffee supply chains than most have noticed.