{"id":17415,"date":"2026-05-18T01:52:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T01:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/april.hellopomelo.space\/?p=17415"},"modified":"2026-07-23T01:52:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T01:52:49","slug":"april-group-aligns-forest-conversion-free-cut-off-date-with-global-standards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/april.hellopomelo.space\/id\/articles\/april-group-aligns-forest-conversion-free-cut-off-date-with-global-standards\/","title":{"rendered":"APRIL Group Aligns Forest Conversion Free Cut-Off Date with Global Standards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"post__metaLink\" title=\"Digital Team\" rel=\"author\">Following a strategic review of its supply chain and close\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sustainability.aprilasia.com\/sac-meeting-minutes-20-february-12-march-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">consultation<\/a>\u00a0with its\u00a0independent Stakeholder Advisory Committee (SAC), APRIL Group has updated its forest conversion\u00a0cut-off date to 31 December 2020 effective 20 February 2026, ensuring full alignment\u00a0with evolving international regulatory frameworks \u2013 including the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) conversion date, and the Accountability Framework initiative (AFi).<\/p>\n<p>This update supersedes all prior references to the 2015 cut-off date across all existing APRIL policies, supplier due diligence systems, and operational frameworks.\u00a0Accordingly, APRIL is in the process of\u00a0reviewing and updating its Sustainable Forest Management Policy (SFMP 2.0) which APRIL had steadfastly implemented for a decade and needs to be brought up to date.<\/p>\n<p>To view our updated supplier list and monitor our progress, please visit the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sustainability.aprilasia.com\/sac-meeting-minutes-20-february-12-march-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">APRIL Sustainability Dashboard<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following a strategic review of its supply chain and close\u00a0consultation\u00a0with its\u00a0independent Stakeholder Advisory Committee (SAC), APRIL Group has updated its forest conversion\u00a0cut-off date to 31&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17416,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[38,44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-april-dialog","category-stakeholder-engagement"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/april.hellopomelo.space\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/april.hellopomelo.space\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/april.hellopomelo.space\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/april.hellopomelo.space\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/april.hellopomelo.space\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17415"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/april.hellopomelo.space\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17418,"href":"https:\/\/april.hellopomelo.space\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17415\/revisions\/17418"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/april.hellopomelo.space\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/april.hellopomelo.space\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/april.hellopomelo.space\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/april.hellopomelo.space\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}