# RTRS implements world´s first zero deforestation standard for soy production – RTRS

> The Round Table on Responsible Soy (RTRS) released version 3.0 of its Soy Production Standard, described as the first multi-stakeholder zero-deforestation certification standard. Producers can certify that their operations have not converted native forests, wetlands or riverbanks.

- Date: 2017-02-08 · published 2017-02-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/72511-rtrs-implements-world-s-first-zero-deforestation-standard-for-soy-production
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Certification requirements may favour soy from verified producers in European supply chains, but the effect on soybean and meal prices is likely small.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: neutral
- SOY: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2022-03-17 | [EU Regulation on Deforestation-Free Products - Proforest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42304-eu-regulation-on-deforestation-free-products-proforest.md) | +4.2% | +1.6% |
| SOY | 2024-08-29 | [The EU’s Regulation on Deforestation-Free Products (EUDR) \| Crowe](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28802-the-eu-s-regulation-on-deforestation-free-products-eudr-crowe.md) | +5.2% | +8.6% |
| SOY | 2022-05-19 | [Strengthening the EU regulation on deforestation-free products](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41417-strengthening-the-eu-regulation-on-deforestation-free-products.md) | +1.1% | +2.8% |
| SOY | 2021-09-14 | [EU mulling rules to stop import of ‘deforestation’ products – EUobserver](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45098-eu-mulling-rules-to-stop-import-of-deforestation-products-euobserver.md) | -0.8% | -3.5% |
| SOY | 2025-11-12 | [Soy giants quietly prepare for EU deforestation law; impacts still uncertain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21986-soy-giants-quietly-prepare-for-eu-deforestation-law-impacts-still-uncertain.md) | +3.6% | -2.0% |
| SBM | 2023-08-09 | [World’s Top Food Producers Push Back on Deforestation Rules - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34615-world-s-top-food-producers-push-back-on-deforestation-rules-bloomberg.md) | -5.4% | -6.1% |
| SBM | 2022-03-15 | [Strengthening the EU regulation on deforestation-free products - Insights - Trase](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42298-strengthening-the-eu-regulation-on-deforestation-free-products-insights-trase.md) | -6.5% | -11.2% |
| SBM | 2024-06-11 | [EU ill-prepared to implement its own deforestation law, says grain trade association \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29771-eu-ill-prepared-to-implement-its-own-deforestation-law-says-grain-trade.md) | -2.0% | +0.3% |

## Sources

- responsiblesoy.org: https://responsiblesoy.org/rtrs-implements-worlds-first-zero-deforestation-standard-for-soy-production?lang=en

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