EUDR and Traceability: A New Challenge for the Fashion Luxury Supply Chain

In recent years, sustainability and supply chain transparency have become strategic priorities for companies, driven by growing consumer awareness and increasingly stringent regulations. Among these, the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) marks a turning point for all industries that rely on raw materials potentially harmful to ecosystems, introducing new standards for due diligence and traceability. 

Focus: The Impact on the Leather Goods Sector

In the world of fashion luxury, the leather goods sector is particularly affected, as bovine leather is among the regulated raw materials. This entails: 

• The need to map the entire supply chain, from raw material to finished product.
• The management of certifications that prove compliance with the regulation (DDS – Due Diligence Standard) 
• The obligation to trace production batches and link the information to individual items. 

The impact of this regulation on the fashion industry goes beyond the leather goods sector. Since rubber and wood are also among the regulated materials, other product categories will be affected as well first and foremost, footwear manufacturing 

Temera’s Response: T.care

Temera has developed T.care, a module within the Stylewhere suite, as a solution designed to ensure complete traceability of raw materials throughout the entire production chain—well before the introduction of EUDR. Today, T.care evolves to support this new regulation and facilitate the compliance process. 

Key Features of T.care:

• Production batch traceability: each batch is monitored, and the information is linked to the final product. 
• Supplier and certification management
• Automated data collection: certified repositories and dynamic questionnaires.
• Due diligence support: automatic generation of documents compliant with EUDR and other regulations.

Why choose T.care

With T.care, brands can:

• Build a transparent and verifiable supply chain. 
• Proactively respond to regulations like EUDR.
• Strengthen their ethical and sustainable positioning.
• Reduce the risk of penalties and reputational damage.

Conclusion

EUDR is not just a regulatory challenge—it’s an opportunity to rethink the supply chain through a sustainable lens. Temera, with T.care, offers a concrete solution to face this transformation, leveraging traceability as a strategic asset for the future of fashion luxury. 

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