Category · 3 briefings
Binding statutes, implementation guidance and enforcement dates shaping global agrifood trade.
Food systems carry about a third of anthropogenic greenhouse gases. Wave-one CSRD reports are already out — and most agrifood Scope 3 lines still estimate that load with industry averages that cannot see regenerative practice or who keeps the plot-level claim.
Directive (EU) 2026/470 is in force. Transposition is due by 26 July 2028 and application from 26 July 2029. The maximum fine is three percent of worldwide turnover — and the livelihood cost lands at origin when the buyer captures the due-diligence claim.
Companies with 1,000 employees have been in scope since 1 January 2024. BAFA is reviewing report filing from 1 January 2026. Sections 4 to 10 were not put on hold — and biomass origins already absorb lot-level proof requests while buyers capture the claim.