The geopolitical and geoeconomic shocks of the recent years have exposed the vulnerabilities of value chains and the EU’s strategic dependence on other global actors, such as China and the United States. The European Union has recently taken a number of measures to reduce the risks of value chains (de-risking) and to gain strategic autonomy, particularly in sectors with a higher risk of dependence.

The project is dedicated to analysing the evolution of coffee certifications with regard to the major political and environmental transformations currently taking place, with a particular focus on the impact of the new EU Deforestation-free Regulation, the EUDR. Indeed, the research will seek to understand how the new European tracking requirements will interact with schemes such as Fairtrade or Rainforest Alliance, in the face of numerous overlaps between one and the other.