PUBLIC CONSULTATION: Feedback on National Risk Assessments

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As part of the ongoing development of the assurance model, the Secretariat has commissioned national risk assessments that will support members in the implementation of GPSNR’s assurance system. We are now opening a public consultation to solicit feedback on these risk assessments.

Please note that the risk assessments provided through this consultation are initial drafts prepared by an external consultant and their contents do not reflect the view of GPSNR or symbolize an endorsement by any of its members. This public consultation will gather feedback to improve the drafts for subsequent review within GPSNR.

The risk assessments are available for review here. Please note that the validation sheets contain identical content to the risk assessment forms.

We invite members and stakeholders to provide their feedback on the relevant countries using the feedback sheets available here. Kindly ensure that all feedback is submitted by the 28th of August.

Should you have any questions or require further information, please do not hesitate to contact us at info@gpsnr.org. We appreciate your input.

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PUBLIC CONSULTATION: GPSNR’s Assurance System

GPSNR is conducting a 30 day public consultation from 4 March 2025 to 4 April 2025 on the following mandatory aspects of its assurance system:

Resolution Document

Link

Feedback file 

Assurance System Documents 

Resolution EGA3.a Assurance System Documents.docx

Public Consultation on GPSNR Assurance System Documents Resolution.xlsx

Assurance System Disclosure Schedule 

Resolution EGA3.b Assurance System Disclosure Schedule.docx

Public Consultation on GPSNR Assurance System Disclosure Schedule Resolution.xlsx

Input from GPSNR’s February 2025 meetings, intra-category discussions, and the Assurance System Task Force has been incorporated into the documents.

After 4 April 2025, the GPSNR Secretariat will review and incorporate the comments from this public consultation. Once agreed upon, the Assurance System Task Force (ASTF) and GPSNR Executive Committee will then call an Extraordinary General Assembly to put the documents forward for a vote. 

Any feedback on the documents should be added to this file and this file by 4 April 2025.


View the Assurance System Documents here (Key documents in Resolution Annexes)


View the Assurance System Disclosure schedule here (Key documents in Resolution Annexes) 


Add your feedback here by 4th April 2025 (Assurance System Documents)


Add your feedback here by 4th April 2025 (Assurance System Disclosure Schedule)

Natural Rubber Supply Chain urges European Parliament not to amend essence of EUDR

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Natural Rubber Supply Chain urges European Parliament not to amend essence of EUDR 

 

Singapore, 13 November 2024: As Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) convene to vote on 14th November on the proposed amendments to the EUDR, the Global Platform for Sustainable Natural Rubber (GPSNR) urges them to provide legal certainty around the implementation timeline and not re-open the regulatory text.

Along with the European Tire and Rubber Manufacturers Association, GPSNR has written to the European Parliament earlier this month to ask MEPs to use the proposal for amendments solely to create certainty about the timeline and not change the substance of the regulation. 

GPSNR members represent almost 60% of the global NR demand and include OEMs, manufacturers of rubber products, producers and traders of natural rubber, smallholder farmers, and civil society. All these stakeholders have worked tirelessly and swiftly to comply with the regulation, whose original date of implementation is weeks away. 

Notwithstanding this, GPSNR believes MEPs have a key role in ensuring the European Commission uses the proposed additional 12 months for implementation to resolve the remaining issues, particularly the functioning of the information system and the necessary secondary legislation, including on the benchmarking system as well as completing the planned review of the relevant products in Annex I by June 2025. 

The natural rubber industry strongly supports the vision of the EUDR and GPSNR members have been working on committing to and implementing strong environmental and human rights related principles in their operations for a long time. These efforts need the support of a fair and transparent regulatory environment that can help the industry move further ahead on their efforts on deforestation and human rights. 

 

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About GPSNR: 

GPSNR is an international membership driven platform set up to define sustainability for the natural rubber value chain. It brings together various stakeholders to a common ground based on fairness, equity and environmental sustainability. More on sustainablenaturalrubber.org

 

For more information, please contact:

Bani Bains

Communications Director

Email: bani.bains@gpsnr.org

Ph: +65 97268165

 

 

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