On January 17th, 2025, Welthungerhilfe and Meo Carbon Solutions present an expert panel titled “Aligning biomass production with HRDD and local food security: practical approaches”.
The panel sheds light on the challenges and opportunities of socially sustainable biomass production in the Global South. Agricultural production there is often located in food insecure regions, where farmers and agricultural laborers themselves are affected by hunger. New regulations such as the CSDDD & EUDR are intended to result in the assumption of greater responsibility for social issues – including the protection and realization of the human right to food as well.
The debate will focus on how enterprises can implement their due diligence in biomass production. Civil society, scientific institutions and companies have developed practical approaches that contribute to making human rights on large-scale plantations and in smallholder farming a practical reality.
Together with the audience, concrete examples will be used to discuss both the benefits and challenges of biomass production, while practical solutions will be presented that promote social dialogue and support the implementation of human rights due diligence. The panel brings together practitioners, scientists and standard-setting bodies. The aim is to show through best practices how sustainable biomass production can contribute to local food security, fair production conditions and responsible corporate governance in supply chains.
