Timber, Forest Fibre & Due Diligence
Compliance with timber and deforestation laws like Australia's ILPA and the EUDR is no longer optional - it's a requirement for market access. With devastating penalties for getting it wrong, we provide legal expertise, practical systems and on-the-ground verification to ensure your business is compliant, defensible and protected.
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Establish Your Due Diligence System
We help you build and implement a robust, legally sound due diliegence system to meet the complex requirements of both Australia's Illegal Logging Prohibition Act (ILPA) and the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR). We work with you to create a practical framework that demonstrates compliance and secures your access to international markets including:
Developing systems to meet ILPA and EUDR requirements
Practical risk assessment and mitigations strategies
Guidance on gathering supply chain information and geolocation data
Ensuring your documentation is complete and defensible
Our proprietary Ready Reckoners are powerful tools designed to dramatically speed up your due diligence process for uncertified products. Drawing on DAFF-endorsed data, they help you make faster, smarter decisions.
Instantly identify red flags for 22 harvest countries and 16 species groups
Quickly substantiate low-risk claims to keep compliant products moving
Generate timestamped, downloadable reports for accurate record-keeping
Focus your resources on mitigating high-risk sources sooner
If you face investigation or enforcement action, the stakes are enormous and include fines up to 6% of global turnover and criminal sanctions. Our lawyers provide urgent, strategic legal support to protect your interests.
This can include:
Managing engagement with regulators in Australia and the EU
Building a robust legal defence to demonstrate your due diligence
Responding to audits, notices and formal investigations
Helping you reduce liability and protect your market access
Expert Defence During Compliance Actions
Sometimes, a desk review isn't enough. We close the loop on your due diligence by providing independent, on-the-ground audits to verify what your suppliers are telling you is true.
Targeted audits to verify timber origin and legality claims
Real-time deforestation risk monitoring using GIS and forensic tech
Legally sound, corruption-free assurance from our Asia-based teams
Backed by a registered Australian law firm (Hikari Solutions)