
Fern and an European Parliament cross-party group hosted an event discussing practical options for regulating company behaviour and agricultural supply chains linked to forest-risk commodities. Panellists considered how a horizontal EU human rights regulation could complement a product-focused forest regulation.
The Commission has signalled upcoming due diligence rules.
Mandatory EU due diligence on forest-risk commodities such as soy and palm oil could eventually restrict or add compliance costs on imports used in feed, shaping future sourcing and price spreads.
After 206 past neutral policy events, Soybean Meal moved a median -0.4% over 5 sessions (44% higher; middle half -2.3% to +1.8%), and -0.7% over 20.
After 513 past neutral policy events, Palm Oil moved a median 0.0% over 5 sessions (50% higher; middle half -1.6% to +1.4%), and -0.1% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.