GREENSUTRA COMPLIANCE GUIDES

Compliance Guides

In-depth, source-referenced GreenSutra guides to the regulations shaping sustainable trade: EU carbon, deforestation, packaging and product-passport rules, plus carbon footprinting, life cycle assessment and ESG reporting. Each guide is an interactive knowledge hub built for exporters and sustainability teams.

CBAM at the EU border: a dock worker and a customs officer on either side of a cargo container, with a container ship and factories behindCBAM Compliance GuideThe Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism in depth: embedded emissions, MRV methods, the deadline calendar, how certificates are worked out and the six covered goods with their CN codes.Read the guide EUDR due diligence: a ranger and a farmer at a forest boundary, a geolocation pin on the plot and cargo passing into the EU marketEUDR Compliance GuideThe EU Deforestation Regulation in depth: the seven covered commodities, plot geolocation with GeoJSON and WGS-84, TRACES due diligence and India low-risk benchmarking.Read the guide EU PPWR: a worker among recyclable cartons and plastic bottles on a dock, under a recycling symbol and an EU archEU PPWR Compliance GuideThe Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation in depth: the deadline calendar, recycled-content and recyclability thresholds, PFAS limits and the EU Declaration of Conformity.Read the guide Digital Product Passport: a worker scans the data carrier on a product as a customs official stands by the EU registryDigital Product Passport GuideThe Digital Product Passport in depth: the ESPR framework, the EU battery passport, the data carrier and GS1 Digital Link, who is responsible and the product-group timeline.Read the guide Carbon footprint: an analyst measures Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3 emissions rising from an industrial site toward a net zero horizonCarbon Footprint GuideCarbon accounting in depth: the GHG inventory, Scope 1, 2 and 3, how a company footprint is calculated, carbon neutral versus net zero, the standards and verification.Read the guide Product life cycle: a loop linking raw material, a factory, a sealed product and a recycling bin, with a figure at its centreLife Cycle Assessment GuideLCA in depth: the four ISO 14040 phases, the boundary approaches, LCA versus EPD versus product carbon footprint, EN 15804, software and databases and the impact categories.Read the guide ESG reporting: three pillars crowned with a leaf, two people and a balance scale for environment, social and governanceESG Reporting GuideESG reporting in depth: the weighted pillar method, materiality and double materiality, the BRSR, GRI, ISSB and ESRS standards compared, SEBI rating providers and the CSRD timeline.Read the guide Extended Producer Responsibility solutions: workers drop plastic waste into recycling bins that feed a recycling lineEPR Compliance GuideExtended Producer Responsibility in India in depth: the PIBO roles, the six CPCB portals, how registration works, how targets are calculated, the plastic categories and EPR certificates.Read the guide