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Draft:Cutoff date

In today's world, Draft:Cutoff date is a topic that has gained great relevance in various areas. Both in personal and professional life, Draft:Cutoff date has aroused growing interest due to its impact on society. Whether locally or globally, Draft:Cutoff date has significantly influenced the way we face various challenges and opportunities. In this article, we will thoroughly explore Draft:Cutoff date and its role today, analyzing its impact in different contexts and proposing possible solutions or approaches to address it effectively.

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A cutoff date is a concept in sustainable supply-chain accounting that defines when clearing of natural habitats is permissible or not.[1][2][3] Clearing of habitats after the cutoff date is impermissible, thus a cutoff date acts as a definition of protected habitat under a particular policy; in other words, "a cutoff date indicates that the commodity covered by the commitment may not be produced on land subject to deforestation or conversion since that date." [4] Cutoff dates may be defined by regulation (e.g., EU deforestation regulation defines a cutoff date of 31 Dec 2020 [5]), by individual corporate sourcing policies, by groups of companies (e.g., the voluntary Agricultural Sector 1.5C Roadmap set a maximum cutoff date for individual signatories [6]), or by standard / certification bodies (e.g., the Science Based Targets Network for land use cutoff dates to define when land was cleared out-of-compliance with a commitment[7]). Some sources may specify "historical" or "immediate" cutoff dates to describe when in time the cutoff occurs. [8]. Different municipalities, sectoral agreements, certifications, etc. employ different cutoff dates; for example, Fairtrade Cocoa uses a 31 Dec. 2018 cutoff date, while Colombia's Zero Deforestation Agreements used 1 Jan. 2010.[9]

A closely related, and sometimes confused, concept is the reference date. A reference date "is defined as the date from which deforestation or conversion associated with a given area or supply chain is measured and/or managed." [10] While a company may assess their progress with respect to a reference date, there is no compliance element to a reference date.

The Amazon Soy Moratorium is an example of a sustainability policy which had the cutoff date as a critical point of agreement. It is a corporate agreement that employed a cutoff date to protect the Amazon rainforest from conversion into soy cropland; companies pledged not to purchase soy on land cleared after 2008.[11] It has been characterized in the academcic literature as one of the "great conservation successes" of the past century, potentially preventing over 18,000 square km of deforestation over a decade.[12]

References

  1. ^ Accountability Framework initiative. "Operational Guidance on Cutoff Dates" (PDF). Accountability Framework. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  2. ^ Garrett, R.D.; Levy, S.; Carlson, K.M.; et al. (January 2019). "Criteria for effective zero-deforestation commitments". Global Environmental Change. 54: 135, 147. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
  3. ^ Moberg, Emily. "Deforestation-and-Conversion-Free agriculture: what's the difference between cutoff dates and target dates?". Sustainability Works. WWF. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
  4. ^ Global Canopy. "Global Canopy's response to SBTi consultation on FLAG targets: the 2020 cutoff date is key to a strong deforestation commitment". Global Canopy. Global Canopy. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
  5. ^ European Commission. "Guidance document for Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 on Deforestation-Free Productions". Official Journal of the European Commission. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  6. ^ World Economic Forum. "Agricultural Sector Roadmap to 1.5C: Reducing Emissions from Land Use Change". World Economic Forum.
  7. ^ Science Based Targets for Land. "Draft for public consultation" (PDF). Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  8. ^ Garrett, R.D.; Levy, S.; Carlson, K.M.; et al. (January 2019). "Criteria for effective zero-deforestation commitments". Global Environmental Change. 54: 135, 147. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
  9. ^ AFi. "Common Cutoff Dates" (PDF). Accountability Framework initiative. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
  10. ^ Accountability Framework initiative. "Operational Guidance Cutoff Dates" (PDF). Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  11. ^ Hanbury, Shanna. "Brazil soy deal that curbs Amazon deforestation to be suspended in 2026". Mongabay. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  12. ^ Heilmayr, Robert; Rausch, Lisa L.; Munger, Jacob; Gibbs, Holly K. (11 Dec 2020). "Brazil's Amazon Soy Moratorium reduced deforestation". Nature Food. 1: 801–810.
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