Attendance/apologies

Review of agenda

Team composition

Team almost assembled, Martin to present on CA in a coming meeting.

Textile Circularity BRS status

1. Need to make the intent and approach more clear to non-experts (departing from the standard BRS template, if considered necessary for clarity).
2.  The structure seems to not yet adequately put into the perspective the complexity of approaches in the real world - voluntary vs mandatory, variability by country/region, acceptability of CA other than 3^rd party CA, acknowledge reliable non-CA assurances, bundling of both ‘like and unlike’ attestations
3. Steve spoke about his Red Meat trial (get a presentation on this?) and suggested we need to reach a point of clarity as to how generic/specific we aim to be when preparing the framework that is then to be ‘tested’ in relation to the two Use Cases.  This may naturally require an iterative approach based on connections made with the Use Cases.
4. The message seems to be that the sooner we can start investigating specific supply chains the better.
5. Urgently need a speaker to provide insights for the group explaining the intricacies of steel supply chains, with particular reference to CA requirements, approved CEFACT expert preferred.
6. We must keep clearly in mind that, even within a selected supply chain Use Case, a single product will still be subject to different approaches depending on geographical differences in cross-border and domestic regulation as well as local industry practices.

Alex, Jaco, Steve, Jeanne have offered to write text

Organise Steel speaker for next mtg on 7 Nov - BH/AL

Upload collaboration document to be available by the end of the week (either on CUE or elsewhere) - BH