SID-0412
Sidama → Hamburg
At the roaster · 1,196 kg
Every rule checked. Proof sealed and ready for the roaster’s buyers.
Live · Ethica regulation monitoring · coffee Rules keep changing.
Rules keep changing.
Your coffee stays ready.
Two always-on agents. One watches every regulation, label and buyer standard, and rewrites your workflows the moment something changes. The other checks every lot at every step and catches what does not add up, before it ships.
- 24/7
- watching for changes
- 23
- coffee rules in view
- 284 → 68
- questions to data points
- Every lot
- checked at every step
Watching 23 coffee rules · loops every few seconds, all day, every day
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1 Watch
Reads every regulation, label and buyer standard for changes, day and night.
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2 Detect
Finds what changed, and which customers, lots and steps it touches.
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3 Update
Rewrites every affected workflow, so the right data is asked for in the right place.
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4 Verify
Collects only what is needed, and makes sure it all gets done.
Watch it happen
A rule changes. Nobody on your team lifts a finger.
Example: a Hamburg roaster’s buyer standard now says every lot must now show the premium paid to each farmer. Run it and watch the agent find the gap, add one step where the data is born, and collect only what is missing.
- 1 Click “Simulate a rule change”
- 2 Watch the agent log
- 3 See only the lots that need it change
Agent log
Idle · watching- › Ready. Press “Simulate a rule change”.
Coffee lots in the chain
6/6 ready| Lot | Origin | kg | Premium payment |
|---|---|---|---|
| SID-0412Sidama, Ethiopia | Sidama, Ethiopia | 1,200 | Evidence held |
| SID-0417Sidama, Ethiopia | Sidama, Ethiopia | 950 | Evidence held |
| SID-0421Sidama, Ethiopia | Sidama, Ethiopia | 1,100 | Evidence held |
| MAR-0108Marcala, Honduras | Marcala, Honduras | 1,380 | Evidence held |
| MAR-0113Marcala, Honduras | Marcala, Honduras | 760 | Evidence held |
| MAR-0119Marcala, Honduras | Marcala, Honduras | 1,040 | Evidence held |
Only what is needed. Lots that already hold the payment record from tracking are never asked again.
Example: the rule change, lots and volumes on this page are scripted demo data. The rule counts come from the Ethica dictionary v2.5.0 (October 2026).
The proof agent
Every lot. Every step. Every time.
A second agent follows each lot from farm to roaster, checks it against every rule you have added and builds its proof. When something does not fit, it asks for the data at the source, or puts the lot in front of a person.
Missing dataVolumes that don’t add upExpired certificates
4 · Decide on the flagged lot (the agent handled the rest on its own)
MAR-0108
Marcala → Oslo
At the importer · 1,380 kg
All checks pass so far. Proof builds at every handoff.
SID-0421
Sidama → Hamburg
At the exporter · 1,100 kg
- Rainforest Alliance certificate expired 30 Sep 2026 Agent asked at the source automatically
MAR-0119
Marcala → Oslo
At the exporter · 1,035 kg
- Missing: export declaration Agent asked at the source automatically
MAR-0113
Marcala → Oslo
At the exporter · 6,100 kg
- Volumes don’t add up: 4,800 kg received, 6,100 kg shipped (+27 %, tolerance 3 %) Needs a person: the agent will not guess where 1,300 extra kg came from
Example lots on the two demo corridors. The proof agent applies the platform’s 3 % mass-balance tolerance at each handoff.
Why now
The rules got serious. The paperwork didn’t get smaller.
30 Dec 2026
EUDR applies to large and medium companies; small ones from 30 Jun 2027
≥ 4 %
of EU turnover: the maximum EUDR fine, plus seized goods and revenue
23
rules a coffee chain answers to: laws, labels, reports and claims
23
of the 68 data points already come from tracking
Never chase a rule change again
The agent reads the change, works out what it means for your lots, and updates the workflow before your next shipment.
Ask suppliers only for what is missing
One shared dictionary means one answer serves every rule. Farmers and cooperatives are never asked twice.
Catch the bad lot before it ships
Volumes, certificates and documents are checked at every handoff, so a problem lot is held, not discovered by an auditor.
EUDR: Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 as amended, Art. 25. Rule counts: Ethica dictionary v2.5.0, October 2026.
FAQ
Questions people ask first
Want to see the full coffee chain, plot to roast, with the rules it answers to?
Open the coffee showcaseWhat does the agent actually watch?
Every rule a customer has added: laws such as the EU Deforestation Regulation, labels such as Rainforest Alliance, Fairtrade and EU Organic, sustainability reports, and the buyer standards their own customers send. When the text changes, it reads the change.
Does it ask my suppliers for more data every time a rule changes?
Only where the data is missing. Ethica maps every requirement to one shared dictionary, so if a lot already holds the answer from tracking, nobody is asked again. For coffee, 284 questions come down to 68 data points, and 23 of those come from tracking.
Who decides when a lot is flagged?
The agent asks for missing data on its own. When something does not add up, such as volumes beyond tolerance, a person on your team decides: request more data, or flag the lot for rejection. Every decision is recorded on the lot.
Does this certify us?
It keeps you ready: the evidence each rule needs is held, current and linked to the lot it describes. Certification and legal sign-off stay with the certifier and the authority.
Add your rules. The agents do the rest.
A 30-minute walkthrough with your corridors, your certificates and the buyer standards in your inbox, watched by the agents from day one.
Readiness and evidence held, not certification.