The farm is removed from the season’s Farm Register and is not allowed to deliver. The ground-truthing and remediation protocol (see section III below) is enacted. • If the deforestation risk analysis results suggest a farm has a high future risk of deforestation, based on the probabilistic risk analysis A visit to the farm is conducted to develop a mitigation plan aimed at reducing the risk of deforestation. Mitigation includes adopting sustainable land-use practices, protecting forests and their ecosystems or making direct investment (i.e., inputs) to improve cocoa production.
4. Reconciling discrepancies with Supply Chain Partners
What? While Tony’s Open Chain and its supply chain partners share a common Farmer Registry, they employ different Deforestation Risk Analysis providers. Utilizing multiple systems within the same value chain enhances compliance verification and improves the accuracy of deforestation risk assessments thanks to a multi-faceted verification process. Tony’s Open Chain, as part of this process, will compare its data against that of supply chain partners.
When? 1 October – 1 January
Key steps in the process: • Compilation of non-compliant farms across all partners : Tony’s Open Chain will compile a list of all EUDR-non-compliant farms: from its supply chain partners and from its own Deforestation Risk Analysis partner. All the farms for which there is discrepancy, meaning one partner believes the farm is compliant, and the other partner believes the farm is non-compliant—will be further evaluated through the reintegration protocol. • Reintegration Protocol : In the case of discrepancies between the results of Tony’s Open Chain and its supply chain partners, the Tony’s Open Chain reintegration protocol will be implemented to evaluate, on a case-by-case basis, which methodology provides the most reliable results, to reduce the chance of farmers being unfairly excluded and non-compliant farms entering the supply chain. This reintegration protocol involves a comparative analysis of methodologies— focusing on data collection, processing techniques, validation steps, and data accuracy. It will also involve a farm-level review, assessing individual plots with
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