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 Drawing of the Digital Product Passport timeline: passport dates for vehicles, batteries, detergents and toys on a 2026 to 2033 axis.Digital Product Passport TimelineEvery EU passport date in one place, fixed in law or only planned, with the source behind each.Open the timeline Drawing of the Digital Product Passport finder: a product and role grid leading to a passport record.Digital Product Passport FinderWhich passport applies to a product, from when, and who carries the duty, for 18 products and four roles.Open the finder 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