Sri Lanka, April 10 -- Control Union Sri Lanka has achieved back-to-back global milestones in deforestation-free certification, having issued both the world's first Deforestation-Free Standard (DFS) certificate and most recently, the world's first DFS Group Certificate, the latter awarded to Samson Rubber Industries (Pvt) Ltd.

Together, the two certifications mark Sri Lanka as the first country anywhere in the world to operationalise Control Union's newly developed DFS framework, built specifically to help producers and supply chain operators meet the requirements of the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR).

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