Liquats Vegetals: Navigating the EUDR Through Integrated Climate & Nature Strategy
Situation
Liquats Vegetals is a leading producer of plant‑based beverages made from oats, almonds, rice, and soy, with some products incorporating cocoa and other agricultural ingredients. With the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) coming into force, the company sought Anthesis’ support to understand how this evolving regulatory landscape could affect its operations and strategic positioning.
Given that climate and nature pressures increasingly shape business performance, Liquats aimed to assess its real exposure to EUDR‑linked risks, clarify its role in the value chain (operator, trader, or consumer), and understand the obligations it may assume in different scenarios – particularly in the case of direct importation. This formed part of a broader ambition to strengthen sustainable performance, embed integrated climate–nature risk management, and anticipate future market and regulatory expectations.
Solution
To determine how the EUDR affects Liquats and to define an appropriate strategic response, Anthesis worked closely with the organisation to:
- Analyse its exposure to the regulation, including products, ingredients, and suppliers linked to commodities covered by the EUDR.
- Review the structure and traceability of its supply chain to understand roles, responsibilities, and potential gaps.
- Assess supplier readiness and the robustness of current data on provenance, land-use change, and due diligence processes.
- Develop an action plan to strengthen traceability systems, mitigate enterprise risks, and ensure compliance—while supporting Liquats’ commitments to regeneration, circularity, and responsible sourcing.
- Support internal capability building, training Liquats’ staff so they can confidently interpret EUDR requirements and manage future obligations autonomously.
Anthesis’ experts also mapped how this regulatory shift aligns with wider climate and nature transitions – decarbonisation, regeneration, circularity, and empowerment – helping Liquats view compliance not only as a requirement, but as an opportunity to reinforce resilience and credible capital allocation.
- Understand its true exposure to the EUDR across its full activity.
- Identify which raw materials fall under EUDR scope and in which scenarios the company acts as operator, trader, or consumer, including cases where it holds no due diligence obligations.
- Anticipate how future sourcing or import decisions could change its responsibilities, helping close the execution gap between regulatory awareness and operational readiness.
- Strengthen supply chain traceability, improving the company’s ability to respond to customer enquiries with confidence and transparency.
- Integrate climate‑nature‑equity considerations into long‑term strategy, reinforcing sustainable performance and reducing enterprise risk.
Impacts
As a result of the project, Liquats Vegetals now has:
- A structured, comprehensive view of its regulatory exposure.
- Improved clarity on when it assumes obligations under the EUDR and when it operates solely as a consumer.
- A forward-looking understanding of how future import scenarios could introduce new responsibilities.
- A robust roadmap to mitigate regulatory risks, enhance traceability, and align internal processes with both compliance requirements and broader climate and nature objectives.
- Strengthened organisational capacity to manage regulatory, climate, and nature‑related challenges proactively.
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